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Russia under fire at United Nations as air strikes pound Syria's Aleppo

Britain, France and the United States lashed out at Russia on Sunday over the worsening carnage in Syria as Syrian and Russian warplanes pounded Aleppo in one of the heaviest bombing raids of the five-year war.

Clinton need not give sworn testimony over emails - U.S. judge | Reuters

U.S. judge rules against Clinton giving sworn testimony over emails | Reuters

Trump tours flooded Louisiana, Obama to visit next week | Reuters

FBI asked Macau billionaire if partner was Chinese agent - court records | Reuters

Germany blast: Syrian man dies in explosion near Ansbach music festival, 10 others injured

Police in the southern German city of Ansbach said a man was killed when an explosive device he was believed to be carrying went off near an open-air music festival, injuring 10 others.

Suicide bomber kills several in Syrian coastal city Latakia - monitor | Reuters

BEIRUT A suicide bomber detonated explosives near a mosque in the Syrian coastal city of Latakia on Thursday, killing and wounding several people, a monitoring group and state media reported. The explosion took place near the city centre as people were leaving prayers, state TV reported, describing it as a terrorist attack. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which tracks the conflict using sources on the ground, confirmed the blast took place in a northern area of Latakia

Syrians suspected of planning Islamic State attack arrested in Germany

German authorities on Thursday arrested three Syrian men suspected of planning an attack in Dusseldorf for the Islamic State group, prosecutors said.

Rebels seize Islamic State stronghold along the Turkish border in Syria: Monitor

Syrian rebel forces on Thursday took over a town near the Turkish border that had been the main stronghold of Islamic State in the northern Aleppo countryside, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and rebel sources said.

250 Syrians missing after IS attack east of Damascus: Residents

Around 250 Syrian civilians are feared kidnapped after an attack by the Islamic State jihadist group on a cement factory east of Damascus, residents told AFP on Thursday.