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Anti-US govt. militias surrender in Oregon
A 41-day armed occupation of a US federal wildlife refuge in the state of Oregon has ended.

A 41-day armed occupation of a US federal wildlife refuge in the state of Oregon has ended.

South Sudan’s President Kiir reappoints his rival Machar as vice president as part of a peace deal.

The US Treasury Department is reportedly keeping sanctions against Iran's Mahan Air despite the last month removal of the economic bans against the country.

Pakistan detains nearly 100 militant operatives belonging to various terrorist groups, a military spokesman says.

Venezuela top court overrules the opposition-led congress and gives broad decree powers to President Maduro.

US Democratic presidential rivals Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton faced off once again at the latest presidential debates.

Yemeni forces kill at least 20 Saudi soldiers in the kingdom’s Jizan region.

Riyadh urges the UN and the global aid groups to remove staff from northern Yemen amid Saudi air raids.

South Korea and the US will begin talks as early as next week on the deployment of an advanced missile system in the South, an official in Seoul says.

Pentagon chief Ashton Carter says NATO mulls joining the so-called anti-Daesh coalition led by the US in Syria and Iraq.

A UN rights investigator denounces Israel for using excessive force against Palestinians.

Major negotiators agree to a cessation of hostilities in Syria set to begin in a week and to provide rapid humanitarian access to besieged Syrian towns.

Thousands of people stage rallies in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain to mark the 40th day since the execution of prominent cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr by Saudi Arabia.

A US police officer in New York City was convicted on Thursday of manslaughter for fatally shooting an innocent black man.

Russia warns about the complexities lying ahead of ceasefire in Syria.

The US CIA director says the Daesh terrorist group has used chemical weapons in attacks.

Israeli military forces destroy over 40 Palestinian houses and residential structures in the northeastern part of the occupied West Bank.

The Spanish police raid houses and offices of a former official and a corporate executive as part of probe into high-level corruption.