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Terrorism Fears Prompt Australia to Launch Three-month Gun Amnesty

The increased threat of terrorism and a flood of illegal firearms into Australia have prompted the government to offer its first national gun amnesty since a massacre at a former penal colony more than 20 years ago. In 1996, 35 people were killed by a...

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U.S. Navy Destroyer Collides With Merchant Ship Near Japan

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The U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald returns to Fleet Activities...

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Terrorist attacks 'major' hurdle to peace in Mali, UN mission chief tells Security Council

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Senegalese UNPOL Officers patrol the streets of Gao, Mali.

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750,000 children at risk of being cut off from safe drinking water after increased shelling in eastern Ukraine – UNICEF

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On 1 February 2017, following intense fighting in Avdiivka, Dasha, 1.5 year old, is held by her mother outside a...

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