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Boko Haram suffers setback in border clash amid growing fears of expansionThe killing of 143 militants from the Nigeria-based Islamic extremist group could be a major blow to their expansion strategy. Hundreds of people died during a recent Boko Haram attack on a Nigerian garrison town near the border.
France ramps up security across nation, warns of high risk of more attacksThousands of police will guard Jewish schools across France, while the military is also being deployed. Millions of people attended solidarity marches in France Sunday, including many world leaders.
Charlie Hebdo: French police corner suspects outside Paris; hostage takenTwo brothers accused of killing 12 people on Wednesday are in phone contact with authorities in what has become a hostage situation. In another, possibly related incident, a gunman has taken a hostage in a kosher supermarket in Paris.
Charlie Hebdo: Police narrow search for 'armed and dangerous' brothersTwo brothers, born in France to Algerian parents, are the subject of an intense manhunt focused on the Picardy region as France mourns the deaths of 12 people in Wednesday's assault on the offices of a satirical magazine.
French police hunt two brothers accused of Charlie Hebdo terror attackA third suspect has turned himself in. Prime Minister Valls said several arrests had been made overnight in connection with the deadliest terror attack in France in a generation.
Car bomb kills dozens in Yemen capital; security forces again the targetPolice cadets and others waiting outside a Yemen police academy in Sanaa were among more than 30 reportedly killed. Suspicions fell on the local Al Qaeda branch, which has attacked military targets in the past.
Leaders rally Germans to push back against growing anti-Islam protestsEighty prominent Germans have signed an appeal to their countrymen to say 'no' to xenophobia as anti-foreign protests organized by the grassroots group Pegida grow.
Afghanistan: US should 're-examine' withdrawing from countryJust days after US-led forces officially ended combat operations in Afghanistan, President Ashraf Ghani said there's more work to be done and there should be a willingness to reconsider withdrawal deadlines.
Boko Haram storms multilateral military base in northeast NigeriaSaturday's attack on the town of Baga is another embarrassing setback for Nigeria's military, which is working with its neighbors to secure the remote border area. Boko Haram militants separately abducted around 40 boys from another village.
Though a hoax, Madrid train bomb threat deepens jitters about 'lone wolf' attacksPolice have arrested a suspect, whose threat forced the emergency evacuation of a commuter train between stations.
Palestinians lose statehood bid but gain momentum at UNThe UN Security Council vote Tuesday fell just shy of the nine needed for approval. The resolution targeted Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories as well as a peace deal based on pre-1967 borders.
US airstrike targets Al Shabab leader in SomaliaThe strike follows a Christmas Day attack by the Islamic militant group on African Union forces in Mogadishu. It was the latest in a series of setbacks the group has faced in recent months.
Missing AirAsia jet caps devastating year for Malaysian aviationIndonesia's top search and rescue official said the Airbus jet likely crashed into the sea as it flew from Indonesia to Singapore. While the plane hit bad weather, its route was close to that of six other planes in the area at the time.
North Korea back online as UN body hears 'macabre lists' of atrocitiesThe UN Security Council openly discussed North Korea's gulag and human rights abuses, despite the efforts of Russia and China to block it.
North Korea boycotts UN Security Council and threatens USNorth Korea, amid ongoing fallout over 'The Interview,' has issued a new threat against the United States and refused to appear at a UN meeting on the country's human rights record.
Pakistan Army strikes back hard after school massacre by TalibanRetaliation after the killing of more than 130 children in Peshawar targeted the Khyber tribal region along the border with Afghanistan. The Army claims at least 77 Pakistani Taliban were killed.
Nigeria sentences mutinous soldiers to death as Boko Haram stages major attackBoko Haram militants kidnapped nearly 200 women and children and killed 32 people this week. The government, meanwhile, said 54 soldiers will face a firing squad for mutiny, assault, and disorderly behavior.
Pakistan's Army chief heads to Kabul as nation mourns slaughter of studentsThe Pakistan Taliban said the attack was revenge against the Army for its crackdown in a tribal area. More than 130 children died in Tuesday's attack by gunmen on a school in Peshawar.
Pakistani Taliban storm school, killing at least 130 in deadliest attack in yearsMost of the dead are young students. Pakistani militants say they targeted the military-run institution in Peshawar in retaliation for military offensives in northwestern tribal areas.
Falling oil prices shake economies of Iraq, RussiaTanking oil prices may force Iraq to delay its final Gulf War reparations payment to Kuwait. And oil's drop has weakened the ruble, which Russia's central bank intervened to prop up today.
