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Bombing and heavy fighting rock Yemen despite truce

Saudi-led air strikes and heavy shelling between warring factions shook several cities in Yemen on Saturday, residents said, violating a United Nations humanitarian truce which took effect just before midnight. The U.N.-brokered pause in the fighting was meant to last a week to...

Greek parliament backs government bailout proposals

The Greek parliament voted overwhelmingly on Saturday in favor of authorizing the left-wing government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to negotiate with international creditors on the basis of a reform program unveiled this week. A number of leftist members of the ruling Syriza party,...

Iraqi troops, militias repel ISIS

Government forces and Shiite militiamen repelled an ISIS attack Friday that left 10 soldiers dead in Anbar province, officials said. ISIS attacked the government-held town of Khalidiyah with mortar bombs and five suicide car bombs, Anbar councilman Athal al-Fahdawi said. They retreated after an...

Coffins of 136 victims brought to Srebrenica memorial

  Thousands turned out to pay respects Friday on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre as 136 more coffins of identified victims were brought to a memorial centre to be buried the next day. Bosnian soldiers in battlefield uniforms, survivors of the...