IS suffers double blow as Ramadi falls

US-led forces have killed 10 Islamic State leaders in airstrikes, including individuals linked to the Paris attacks, a US spokesman said, dealing a double blow to the militant group after Iraqi forces ousted it from the city of Ramadi.

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A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a government office in a northwestern Pakistani city on Tuesday, killing at least 26 people and wounding 45 in an attack claimed by a breakaway Taliban group.

Coming-of-age parties thriving

Up a winding flight of stairs at a beachside Havana home, Camila Lopez Rivas lies on the tile floor, smiling mischievously into a video camera circling overhead.

Motorhead frontman, hard-rock hero 'Lemmy' dies at 70

Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister, the hard-living, hell-raising frontman of British heavy metal band Motorhead, has died at age 70 after recently being diagnosed with an aggressive cancer, the band said on its Facebook page on Monday.

Relatives of AirAsia crash victims call for apology

Monday marked the first anniversary of the crash of AirAsia's flight QZ8501 in Indonesia, with the families of those killed in the crash demanding an open apology from the airline. The aircraft crashed on its way from Surabaya to Singapore on Dec 28, killing all 162 people aboard.

Thai king's favorite dog dies, after 'insult' arrest

The favorite dog of Thailand's ailing monarch has died, days after a man was arrested under the kingdom's strict royal defamation laws for allegedly making a satirical online remark about the beloved canine.

'Affluenza' teen arrested in Mexico

Authorities in Mexico have detained a wealthy Texas teenager sought in the United States after he apparently violated the terms of his probation for killing four people in a drunk-driving accident.

Ebola battle nears landmark end in Guinea

A key moment in the battle against the world's deadliest outbreak of Ebola will be reached on Tuesday when Guinea, the first of three west African states struck by the epidemic, is set to be declared free of the disease.

Relatives of drowned Syrian boy arrive in Vancouver

Relatives of Aylan Kurdi - the toddler whose limp body was photographed on a Turkish beach, becoming a heartbreaking symbol of the Syrian refugee crisis - arrived on Monday in Canada where they hope to rebuild their lives.

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'Comfort women' oppose deal

South Korean officials are to meet with former wartime sex slaves on Tuesday to seek their support for a landmark deal with Japan, after criticism it does not properly atone for the treatment of women forced into WWII army brothels.

Report: 69 journalists died on the job in 2015

Sixty-nine journalists were killed around the world on the job in 2015. Twenty-eight of them were slain by Islamic militant groups, including al-Qaida and the Islamic State group, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.