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Morocco busts Daesh-linked terror cell
Moroccan authorities dismantle a terrorist cell linked to the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group.

Moroccan authorities dismantle a terrorist cell linked to the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group.

Protesters in the US and Canada denounced GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump's hate speeches.

Women vote for the first time in Saudi Arabia in unprecedented local elections.

The UN warns about rampant abuses, including rape, torture and murder, being committed in the Central African Republic.

The US and Russia trade barbs at a UN Security Council meeting, with the Russian envoy accusing Washington of “playing a destructive role” in Ukraine.

The IEA has predicted that oil markets will remain oversupplied at least until the end of 2016.

Yemen’s Defense Ministry confirms that a Saudi warplane has crashed while attempting to land in southwestern Yemen.

Protesters in Chicago continue to call for justice for an African-American teenager shot 16 times by a white police officer.

Officials from the two Koreas meet again for a second day in an effort to ease tensions.

Activists and lawyers express concern about the French government’s "abuse of power" under a state of emergency.

The US Air Force has unveiled a $3 billion plan to massively expand its drone force.

Greece strikes a deal with its international creditors on the latest set of reforms needed to receive a much-needed new 1-billion-euro bailout tranche.

An Iraqi twin are remanded in custody in Finland on the suspicion that they acted as Daesh executioners in 2014.

Thousands of Iraqi protesters take to the streets to slam what they call Turkey’s violation of their country’s sovereignty.

Worshipers at a burned mosque in California blame Donald Trump for setting the tone against Muslims in the US.

Brazil’s Petrobras says it has no plan for the time being to sell a 10% stake in its giant Libra offshore oil field.

Students in Italy have held a protest rally outside the Turkish consulate and UniCredit HQ in Milan.

Europe needs to figure out ways to rehabilitate extremists returning from Syria, a senior EU official says.