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Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the cities of Amuda and Efrîn without resistance.
Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) captured the cities of Serê Kaniyê and Dirbêsiyê, during clashes…
Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) captured the cities of Serê Kaniyê and Dirbêsiyê, during clashes…
Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the city of Girkê Legê.
South African police fatally shoot 34 miners and wound 78 more during an industrial dispute at Marikana near Rustenburg.
Anders Behring Breivik, perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, is sentenced to 21 years of preventive detention.
An accidental explosion at a Turkish Army ammunition store in Afyon, western Turkey kills 25 soldiers and wounds four…
Canada officially cuts diplomatic ties with Iran by closing its embassy in Tehran and orders the expulsion of Iranian…
Canada officially cuts diplomatic ties with Iran by closing its embassy in Tehran and orders the expulsion of Iranian…
A wave of attacks kills more than 100 people and injure 350 others across Iraq.
The U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya is attacked, resulting in four deaths.
Three Egyptian militants open fire on a group of Israeli soldiers in a southern Israel cross-border attack.
A bomb explosion kills eight people and injures 110 more in Lebanon.
Fidel Castro resigns as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba after holding the title since July 1961
Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted fugitive, is killed by the Uni
Two bombs explode in the Charsadda District of Pakistan killing 98 people and wounding 140 others
Mamata Banerjee is sworn in as the Chief Minister of West Bengal, the first woman to hold this post
Radio broadcaster Harold Camping predicted that the world would end on this date
Malta votes on the introduction of divorce; the proposal was approved by 53% of voters, resulting in a law allowing divo
A rally takes place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to call for fairer elections in the country.