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Iran Defends Denial Of Entry To UN Nuclear Expert Amid Probe

Bianca Ortega   | Oct 09, 2014 12:00 AM EDT

Iran defended its denial of entry to a United Nations (UN) nuclear expert earlier this year amid an investigation into allegations that it is studying nuclear weapons production. read more

Australia Launches First ISIL Air Strike In Iraq

Christl Leong   | Oct 09, 2014 01:52 AM EDT

Australia has dropped two bombs at targeted Islamic State (ISIL) locations, the first air strike the country has launched since it approved the initiative, a security official said on Thursday. read more

Erdogan Denies Kobani Support As ISIS Zeroes In On Turkish Border

Kristina Fernandez   | Oct 09, 2014 12:16 AM EDT

Turkish President Recip Tayyip Erdogan turns a blind eye Wednesday on the massacre happening just across the Turkish border as Islamic State militants continue their bloody advance against Kurdish militiamen holed up in the Syrian city of Kobani. read more

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta Faces ICC In Landmark Hearing

Staff Reporter   | Oct 08, 2014 10:40 PM EDT

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta became the first head of state to face the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague in Holland after being accused of being behind post-election violence from 2007 to 2008. read more

China Overtakes U.S. As World’s Largest Economy

Kristina Fernandez   | Oct 09, 2014 12:00 AM EDT

China has overtaken the United States to become the world’s largest economy as America falls behind for the first time in nearly 150 years, according to recent figures released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). read more

Ebola Patient’s Dog Euthanized Amid Protests

Christl Leong   | Oct 08, 2014 11:58 PM EDT

Health officials on Wednesday have euthanized Excalibur, a 12-year-old rescue dog owned by an Ebola-infected nurse Teresa Romero Ramos, amid protests from animal rights advocates to spare its life. read more

Poland: Russia Could Face More EU Sanctions Over Ukraine Actions

Bianca Ortega   | Oct 08, 2014 09:04 PM EDT

Poland warned Russia that it could face more sanctions from the European Union (UN) unless it changes its policy in Ukraine. read more

Britain To Send Troops To Sierra Leone To Combat Ebola Outbreak

Ren Benavidez   | Oct 08, 2014 11:51 PM EDT

The United Kingdom will be sending over 750 military troops to Sierra Leone in West Africa next week to increase efforts in tackling the deadly Ebola outbreak. read more

Remains of Texas Ebola Patient To Be Cremated

Ren Benavidez   | Oct 08, 2014 11:44 PM EDT

Texas state officials will be cremating the body of Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person in the United Stated to have died of Ebola, in accordance with federal protocol. read more

Thomas Eric Duncan, Man Who Brought Ebola to the U.S., Dies at Dallas Hospital

Andy Vitalicio   | Oct 08, 2014 01:58 PM EDT

Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian who brought Ebola to the United States mainland, died Wednesday morning in a Dallas hospital, ten days after he was rushed back to the hospital. read more

Hong Kong Government to Meet Students on Friday

Nestor Bande   | Oct 08, 2014 08:00 PM EDT

In a bid to end the ongoing standoff, and saying that the public’s desire for dialogue outweighed the students’ disappointment over the proposed agenda, Hong Kong protest leaders agreed to hold two rounds of talks with the city’s government. read more

Hezbollah To Israel: No More Carte Blanche For IDF In Lebanon

Rubi Valdez   | Oct 08, 2014 11:14 AM EDT

Hezbollah, the Shi'ite armed group, has broken months of silence against Israel by setting off an explosive device Tuesday that injured two Israeli soldiers. read more

Canada Joins War Against Islamic State Jihadists

Kristina Fernandez   | Oct 08, 2014 12:00 PM EDT

Canada’s parliament passed a controversial motion late Tuesday authorizing the deployment of Canadian forces to join the U.S.-led military campaign against the Islamic State insurgents in Syria and Iraq. read more

North Korea Readies For War, Declares 2015 ‘Unification Year’ After West Sea Skirmish With South Korea

Kristina Fernandez   | Oct 08, 2014 09:03 AM EDT

A day after a brief skirmish between North and South Korean warships in the western sea border, North Korea declared 2015 the year of unification, signaling a renewed commitment for a full-scale war, Seoul’s defense ministry reported Tuesday. read more

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