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Muslim women kneel for the prayer service at the Women’s Mosque of America in downtown Los Angeles, California January 30, 2015. Reuters


Hateful Letters Target Mosques in California

Hateful Letters Target Mosques in California

California- Hateful letters sent anonymously to three mosques in California with a warning that President-elect Donald Trump would “cleanse” the United States of Muslims have stirred fears among congregants, a Muslim community leader has told Reuters . Executive...
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Spanish police. REUTERS/Albert Gea


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Members of the Philippine National Police Special Reaction Unit gather as part of a police visibility operation. Reuters/Romeo Ranoco


Manila Police Defuse Bomb near U.S. Embassy

Manila Police Defuse Bomb near U.S. Embassy

Police defused an improvised bomb in a trash bin near the U.S. embassy in the Philippine capital Monday, with militants who had declared allegiance to ISIS likely behind the attempted terrorist attack, authorities said. A taxi passenger dropped the mortar bomb with a...
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Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry. AP


Egypt Denies Military Presence in Syria

Egypt Denies Military Presence in Syria

Cairo- Egypt on Sunday denied Arab media reports claiming that it had a military presence in Syria, days after President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi expressed his support for the Syrian regime forces. “These claims only exist in the imagination of those who promote them,”...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to a statement from his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko after a session of the Supreme State Council of Russia-Belarus Union State in Minsk, Belarus, February 25, 2016. REUTERS/Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik/Kremlin