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North Korea Threatens Nuclear Test Over UN Vote

North Korea is threatening to conduct a fresh nuclear test in response to a U.N. committee's condemnation of Pyongyang's alleged human rights abuses.

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Mexico Protests Over Disappearances Escalate

Protests in Mexico over 43 students missing since September continue to escalate, reflecting growing anger among Mexicans about a political system they view as corrupt, and increasingly tainted by the drug trade. Mounting outrage over the...

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Analysts: Chibok Raid Only Part of Larger Boko Haram Advance

Boko Haram's brief occupation of Chibok last week showed that no part of northeastern Nigerian is safe from the insurgency — not even the town where the militants kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls earlier this year.

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Israeli-Palestinian Tensions Spur Renewed Violence

With Israel vowing to use “a heavy hand” in response to Tuesday’s attack on a synagogue by two Palestinians that left four Israelis dead and six wounded, the violence has taken on renewed and dangerous dimensions, analysts say.

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