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  Turkey nightclub attack : IS says it carried out shooting

  BBC | Updated at 08:25am on January 02, 2017

  So-called Islamic State says it was behind the new year attack on a Turkish nightclub that killed 39 people...

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  Istanbul nightclub massacre kills 39

  Agence France-Presse . Istanbul | Updated at 08:40am on January 02, 2017

  Thirty-nine people, including many foreigners, were killed Sunday when a gunman went on a rampage at an exclusive nightclub in Istanbul where revellers were celebrating...

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  Putin refuses to expel US diplomats, Trump applauds

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 12:51am on January 01, 2017

  President-elect Donald Trump on Friday praised president Vladimir Putin for refraining from tit-for-tat expulsions of Americans in response to US punitive measures over alleged Russian...

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  93 journalists killed in 2016, 29 more die in accidents

  Associated Press | Updated at 11:50am on December 31, 2016

  The International Federation of Journalists says that 93 journalists and media staff were killed in targeted attacks, by bombs or by crossfire in 2016 while...

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  Merkel says Islamist terrorism is biggest test for Germany

  Reuters | Updated at 11:25am on December 31, 2016

  Islamist terrorism is the biggest test facing Germany, chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday in a New Year's address to the nation, and she vowed...

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  Russia pushes Security Council resolution endorsing Syria peace plan

  Agence France-Presse . United Nations | Updated at 12:58am on December 31, 2016

  Russia on Friday submitted a draft resolution to the UN Security Council supporting the ceasefire it helped broker in Syria, as well as planned peace...

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  US punishes Russia over election hacks

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 12:40am on December 31, 2016

  The United States on Thursday fired back at Moscow for meddling in the presidential election, imposing tough sanctions on Russia’s top two intelligence agencies, expelling...

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  ‘Faulty wing flaps’ behind Russian plane crash

  BBC | Updated at 06:50pm on December 28, 2016

  The main flight recorder from the Russian jet that crashed into the Black Sea on Sunday has revealed that faulty flaps were to blame, Russian...

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  Berlin truck attack: Polish driver ‘shot hours before’

  BBC | Updated at 11:06am on December 28, 2016

  Polish driver Lukasz Urban was shot in the head hours before suspected jihadist killer Anis Amri rammed the man’s lorry into a crowd...

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  Russia finds black box from military plane crashed in Black Sea

  Reuters | Updated at 12:27pm on December 27, 2016

  A black box has been found in the wreckage of a Russian military plane that crashed into the Black Sea on Sunday, killing all 92...