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Obama to meet families of CA victims
US President Barack Obama will meet with families of victims of the recent mass shooting in San Bernardino, California.

US President Barack Obama will meet with families of victims of the recent mass shooting in San Bernardino, California.

Hezbollah rejects a Saudi-led coalition purported to be fighting terrorism as a US scenario.

Rwandans living abroad vote on a constitutional amendment which would allow President Paul Kagame to run for a third term.

Official figures blame the rise in temporary accommodation on end of the private tenancy.

The UN Human Rights Council agrees to send investigators to Burundi to investigate rights abuses there.

Thousands of angry Haitians take to the streets of Port-au-Prince over alleged vote rigging in the recent presidential election.

A French court orders IMF chief Lagarde to stand trial over a 400-million-euro payout case.

Libya’s rival factions sign a UN-brokered deal to end the conflict in the country and form a unity government.

Americans doubt their government’s ability to block “lone wolf” attacks, a new poll has found.

Iran will face Myanmar in its opening match at a four-nation futsal tournament to be held in China later this week.

Controversial EU reform high on the agenda of Prime Minister David Cameron’s trip to Brussels.

Syria revokes a visa exemption agreement with Turkey, citing the principle of reciprocity.

Gunmen shoot and injure the dean of an Egyptian university in the province of el-Sharqia.

Syria warns that any foreign deployment of troops on its soil without the consent of Damascus would be a violation of international law.

A long-delayed review into Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has been tabled in the British parliament.

A Ramallah-based rights group says Israel is seeking to cleanse occupied al-Quds (Jerusalem) of ethnic Palestinians.

Guards at a California state prison have created a "culture of racism," engage in alarming use of force against inmates.

Three teams proceed to the semifinal round of the second edition of the Greco-Roman World Wrestling Clubs Cup in Iran.