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US female immigrants strike over custody
Over two dozen women detained in a Texas immigration facility go on hunger strike against detention.

Over two dozen women detained in a Texas immigration facility go on hunger strike against detention.

Russia says any form of military force in Syria should get the approval of the Syrian government.

Director of the US National Intelligence James Clapper says Russian President Vladimir Putin has no strategic plans in Syria.

At least 20 members of the MKO terrorist group are reportedly killed in rocket attacks on their camp in Iraq.

North Korea says it will hold the first convention of the ruling party in decades.

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) demands answers from Saudi Arabia over the bombing of one of its hospitals in northern Yemen.

An engine on a passenger plane has burst into flames while preparing for takeoff at an airport in the US state of Florida.

The European Parliament calls on EU members to drop charges against US whistleblower Edward Snowden.

Turkish media slam the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for media crackdown.

Israeli forces raid a hospital in East al-Quds for a third day, striking terror among the medical staff.

Saudis take to the streets in Eastern Province to denounce death sentence against Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr.

The Republicans are unlikely to take back the White House back, because of their role in the 2007-08 financial crisis and their racist policies, an American analyst says.

Thousands of Danes rally in the capital as well as elsewhere in the country to protest education cuts.

Rebels in South Sudan abduct 12 UN contractors operating a barge carrying fuel, weapons and equipment for international peacekeepers.

A US federal appeals court has rejected efforts by a civil rights group to stop bulk collection of Americans’ phone records.

The increase in number of American troops near Russian borders shows that the US is preparing for war with Russia, an analyst says.

India's iron ore pellet producer KIOCL has announced that it is preparing to resume exports to Iran after a gap of 10 years.

The Spanish coastguard says dozens of refugees have gone missing after their boast capsized off the Moroccan coast.