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- How online jihad recruitment drew two French girls to Syria
These departures are less the whims of adolescents and more the highly organized conclusions of months of legwork by networks that specifically target young people in search of an identity.
- Cuban migration surges over land and by sea
Thanks to eased travel restrictions, Cuban immigration has doubled since 2012 and almost tripled since 2011, say officials.
- Mexico captures alleged Juarez drug cartel boss
Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, purportedly head of the Juarez cartel, has been arrested in the northern city of Torreon, Mexican officials said Thursday. Both the US and Mexico had million-dollar rewards for his arrest.
- Hong Kong cancels student meeting, investigates city leader
Students say the local government doesn't want to have a dialogue. Meanwhile, Leung Chun-ying is being investigated over a several million dollar business payout.
- World Bank, African leaders, UN, IMF discuss Ebola, cost could top $32 billion
The outbreak has the potential 'to inflict massive economic costs' on the most severely affected countries and their closest neighbors, according to the World Bank's assessment.
- Kim Jong-un still in control of North Korea, source says
The North's leader reportedly suffered a leg injury over the summer that has 'worsened,' requiring more time for recuperation.
- Australian fighters target Islamic militants in Iraq
Australian officials say two bombs were dropped by Australian fighter jets in an assault against Islamic State militants in Iraq.
- Captain of doomed South Korean ferry: I'm sorry
Capt. Lee Joon-seok and three other crew members from the ferry Sewol were indicted on homicide charges alleging they were negligent and failed to protect passengers when the ferry sank in April.
- Hong Kong protests decline, as leaders agreed to talks with government
Hong Kong's student-led protests that brought tens of thousands on to the streets last week are down to just a few hundred on Wednesday, as talks with the government are all but certain to go nowhere.
- Kenyatta lawyers try to get case thrown out of ICC
International court prosecutors admit they don't have enough evidence against Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta to move forward with their case.
- Canada votes for air strikes against Islamic State, 157-134
Canada's Parliament authorized air strikes in Iraq for up to six months and explicitly stated that no ground troops be used in combat operations.
- At least one dead after strong earthquake rattles China's southwest
A magnitude 6 temblor, as measured by the US Geological Survey, struck the country's Yunnan province late Tuesday.
- Ukraine rebels strive to take Donetsk airport
Security spokesman Andriy Lysenko said rebels fired on the terminal from tanks, artillery systems and multiple rocket launchers.
- UK anti-terror raid nets four arrests in London
Police said Tuesday that officers fired a stun gun at one 21-year-old suspect, but he did not need medical treatment.
- Vladimir Putin celebrates birthday in Siberia as supporters create tributes
Russian news websites published photographs from a one-day exhibition in Moscow titled 'The 12 Labors of Vladimir Putin,' in which Putin is depicted as Hercules.
- Spanish nurse tests positive for Ebola
The unnamed health care worker is contracted the virus after treating two priests who came down with the disease while working in West Africa. She is the first person to contract Ebola in the west.
- Mexico president vows to find justice for families of missing students
Some 30 bodies have been uncovered in a burial site in Mexico's Guerrero state. The Guerrero attorney general said that it is "probable" that some of the missing 43 students are among the remains found in the graves.
- Typhoon that killed US airman hits Japan
The airman was one of three washed off Okinawa. Meanwhile, the powerful storm has struck the main Japanese island with high winds and heavy rain.
- Kenyan president to temporarily step down for ICC hearing
Uhuru Kenyetta made the announcement Monday during a speech in parliament.
- Hong Kong returns to some kind of normalcy as protests shrink
Schools were back in session and civil servants went to work on Monday as traffic began to flow again on city streets.