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Iraq accuses Islamic State of Yazidi atrocity, U.S. conducts new strikes
BAGHDAD - Islamic State militants have killed hundreds of Iraq's minority Yazidis, burying some alive and taking women as slaves, an Iraqi government minister said on Sunday, as U.S. warplanes again bombed the insurgents and a political deadlock dragged on.
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Erdogan vows reconciliation after Turkish presidential win
ANKARA - Tayyip Erdogan secured his place in history as Turkey's first directly elected head of state on Sunday, taking him a step closer to the presidential system he covets in a result his opponents fear heralds an increasingly authoritarian rule.
Exclusive: Iraq says Islamic State killed 500 Yazidis, buried some victims alive
BAGHDAD - Islamic State militants have killed at least 500 members of Iraq's Yazidi ethnic minority during their offensive in the north, Iraq's human rights minister told Reuters on Sunday.
Heavy shelling resumes in Libyan capital Tripoli
TRIPOLI - Heavy shelling resumed in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Sunday after three days of relative calm following more than a month of street fighting between rival armed factions battling for control of the city's airport.
At least 39 killed in Iranian plane crash
DUBAI - At least 39 people were killed on Sunday when an Iran-140 Sepahan Air passenger plane crashed after takeoff from Tehran's Mehrabad airport on a flight to Tabas in northeast Iran, state media reported. | Video
Syria's Assad reappoints Halaqi as PM: state media
BEIRUT - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has reappointed Wael al-Halaqi as prime minister, state media reported on Sunday.
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