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Read more RUSSIA - UKRAINE Ukraine destroys Russian army vehicles that crossed border Ukraine's military has "eliminated" several armoured vehicles that crossed the border from Russia, Kiev said Friday. The statement came soon after NATO said that Rus... Read more On The Observers On The Observers Warring militias blight daily life in Tripoli The ongoing fighting between rival militias in Tripoli, the capital of Libya, has forced thousands to flee the country and prompted a number of embassies and international companie... Read more France Video: Remembering the Allied landing in Provence France marks the 70th anniversary Friday of one of the most important operations of World War II when, on August 15, 1944, 50,000 Allied troops stormed the coast near Marseille and... Read more EUROPEAN UNION EU ministers vow to aid Iraq in fight against ISIS militants EU ministers meeting in Brussels on Friday approved arms deliveries to Kurdish fighters and increases in humanitarian aid to Iraqis fleeing the rapid advance of Islamist militants. Read more NIGERIA Boko Haram militants kidnap scores in northern Nigeria Boko Haram Islamists kidnapped scores of people from fishing communities in Nigeria's extreme northeast, hauling some of the hostages away on boats across Lake Chad, witnesses... Read more USA Scientists create robot flash mob that can 'work together' They look vaguely like miniature hockey pucks skittering along on three pin-like metal legs, but a swarm of small robots called Kilobots at a laboratory at Harvard University is ma... Read more ATHLETICS ‘I’m not arrogant,’ says French shirtless athlete stripped of gold Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad, stripped of his European Championship gold medal in the 3,000m steeplechase for whipping off his vest before the end of the race, on Friday denied he a... Read more HEALTH Number of Ebola cases 'vastly underestimated', WHO says The Ebola outbreak that has already claimed more than 1,000 lives in west Africa is moving faster than aid organisations can handle, the medical charity MSF (Médecins Sans Frontièr... Read more MUSIC New Michael Jackson music video premieres on Twitter Five years after his death, Michael Jackson is back with a posthumous video that breaks new ground with its premiere on Twitter. Read more IRAQ Iraq's Nuri al-Maliki resigns as prime minister, backs Abadi Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has agreed to resign and lend his support to Haider al-Abadi, who was named to replace him this week amid fears that Maliki might seek to... Read more ATHLETICS French racewalker breaks world 50-km record Yohann Diniz of France set a world record in the 50-kilometer walk at the European Athletics Championships on Friday, smashing the previous best time by well over a minute. Read more IRAQ In pictures: Iraq’s minorities flee ISIS onslaught Fearing for their lives, hundreds of thousands of members of Iraq’s religious minorities have fled their homes as the Islamist extremist group, the Islamic State of Iraq and Greate... 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