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US Candidates Tap into Fears to Mobilize Voters

Recent opinion surveys reflect an undercurrent of unease among American voters ahead of the November 4 congressional, state and local elections. A Gallup poll says the Ebola virus and the threat posed by Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria are...

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US: Kurdish Forces Still Control Most of Kobani

The U.S. Defense Department said that while the situation in the Syrian border town of Kobani remains tenuous, Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State militants remain in control of most of the city. Coalition airstrikes are also supporting Kurdish...

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‘Clock is ticking’ for Gaza; pledges for aid, reconstruction must be honoured – Ban

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle...

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UNICEF supplies reach children displaced by fighting in Ain Al Arab/Kobane

Lifesaving UNICEF supplies including hygiene kits, blankets, water and high energy biscuits have been delivered to northern Aleppo where thousands of children from the besieged Syrian border city of Ain Al Arab/Kobane have taken refuge.

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