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White Helmets squeezed by warring forces and global factions

With the help of the West, members of the volunteer rescue force known as the White Helmets are fleeing Syria as Russian-backed forces gain ground.

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Greek wildfire kills at least 20 near Athens as residents flee

"People should leave, close up their homes and just leave," a senior fire chief said.

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Euroviews. The Trump era's newest endangered species is the Endangered Species Act

The administration and Congress has opened a new front in its war on science by making it easier to cause extinctions

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Trump warns Iran over 'DEMENTED WORDS OF VIOLENCE & DEATH'

The fiery rhetoric by both presidents comes against the backdrop of increasingly adversarial actions between the two nations.

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Secret police files reopen old wounds decades after dictatorship crumbled

The machinery of the Communist apparatus relied on whisper networks of compromised people, including situations where a "brother spied on his brother."

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Toronto shooting: Gunman, 2 civilians killed as 15 people 'struck by gunfire'

Authorities said an unknown number of people were also still being treated at the scene. No further details were immediately available.

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Nicaraguan protester recounts gruesome torture

"They hit me with the gun and they said, 'No we're not going to kill you yet,'" Marco Novoa recalled.

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Blast hits Kabul airport on return of exiled Afghan vice president

Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum left the country last year amid allegations of sexual abuse and torture

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Israel evacuates stranded Syrian volunteers in 'international effort'

The Israeli military said it acted on a government directive to evacuate the civilians at the request of the United States and "additional" European countries.

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Iranian president warns Trump about 'mother of all wars'

"America should know that peace with Iran is the mother of all peace, and war with Iran is the mother of all wars," Rouhani said.

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Euroviews. Trump is wrong about the reach of MS-13. I know; I was their target

The gang the president has made the face of his immigration policy isn't all it's cracked up to be.

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Education program for inmates in South Africa honors Mandela's legacy

South Africa's new Prison to College Pipeline program seeks to address recidivism by providing prisoners with access to public university-level education.

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China is waging a 'cold war' against the U.S., says CIA Asia expert

Beijing does not want to go to war with the U.S. but is attempting to undermine Washington's global position, said Michael Collins, a CIA expert on Asia.

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North Korea's ex-poet laureate has a human-rights message for Trump

"The whole population is not just under a physical form of dictatorship, it's also an emotional or a psychological form of dictatorship."

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Fast news: The week in a minute

Take a quick look at the biggest stories from around the world this week.

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Israel strikes Gaza after its soldiers come under fire

Israel carried out "wide-scale" airstrikes and deployed tanks against Hamas military targets along the Gaza Strip on Friday, killing at least three Palestinians, officials said.

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Israel 'nation-state' law sparks criticism around the world

"The current bill and the way it was passed is harmful because it does not include the basic tenets and the basic components of the Jewish state."

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Europe briefing: Nine stories to know about today

Take a look back at the European stories hitting headlines today.

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Terminally-ill American robbed in Italy, pens 'open letter' forgiving thief

"The memory of this trip was initially ruined but after writing this letter the memory has now gone from anger and frustration to joy," Veley said.

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Olympic figure skating medalist Denis Ten stabbed to death

Ten's bronze at the Winter Olympics in Sochi in 2014 made him Kazakhstan's first medalist in figure skating.