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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Thousands of Yazidis are being held captive by Islamic State in Syria where many are used for sexual slavery or forced to fight for the group, the United Nations said on Wednesday, on the second anniversary of what investigators termed a genocide.

A U.N.-appointed commission of independent war crimes investigators said in June that Islamic State was committing genocide against the Yazidis, a religious community of 400,000 people in northern Iraq... Читать дальше...

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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police have raided the offices of the national science research council, an official said on Wednesday, as authorities widen an investigation into followers of the U.S.-based cleric accused of masterminding last month's coup attempt.

Broadcaster NTV earlier reported that police raided the offices of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (Tubitak) on Wednesday and detained "many" people.

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The British arm of digital distributor TuneCore is growing its presence in the live sector by partnering with U.K. listings and ticket aggregator...

While thousands of adoring fans would probably want to smooch “Suicide Squad” star Jared Leto, costar Margot Robbie said their make-out scenes were messy. Not only did Leto stay in character the entire time throughout the filming process, his character, The Joker, wore lipstick.

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Google's parent company Alphabet has a bold plan to make commercial drone deliveries a reality by 2017 as part of Project Wing, and it got a huge boost in that direction Tuesday.

Google X, the division of Alphabet responsible for Project Wing, got approval from the White House to test Project Wing on a U.S. site, Bloomberg reported. The drones will be tested at one of the six sites approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). 

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LA VISTA — Friends have gathered to remember a former classmate who was killed after being hit by a train in La Vista.

The Cincinnati Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals with a walk-off, 3-run home run in the ninth inning on Tuesday. But before that, the game was marred by an ugly confontation between Reds first baseman Joey Votto and a fan.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday brushed off billionaire investor Warren Buffett's blistering critique of his business acumen.

"I don't care much about Warren Buffett," Trump said on the FOX Business television network Tuesday morning, a day after Buffett lashed out at Trump in a speech at a campaign rally for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.

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FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — FBI: DC-area transit officer charged with trying to support Islamic State; 1st US officer facing terror-related charge.

Hip-hop star AKA is part of an ANC contingent that has been invited to accompany ANC stalwart Winnie Mandela to the voting station on Wednesday.

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Tucked away in a rural corner of western New York is a survivor of D-Day. It is a C-47A Skytrain — an airplane that delivered paratroopers over drop zones around Normandy on June 6, 1944 — that has the distinction of being perhaps one of the few – if not the last – of its kind still in flying condition.

Named Whiskey 7 because of the large W7 painted on its fuselage, the Skytrain was the lead aircraft of the second invasion wave in the skies above France. Читать дальше...

Nicholas Young, a transit police officer in the US capital, was arrested and charged with trying to provide material support to the Daesh terror group.

The Islamic State group's newspaper identified a new leader of the group's West Africa Province, popularly known as Nigeria's Boko Haram, who has promised not to attack mosques or markets used by Muslims.

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A 32-year-old man was arrested in connection with a triple murder, Western Cape police said.

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Lewis and Clark County officials say a 65-year-old man whose body was found in a train tunnel west of Helena had been hit by a train.

GOIANIA, Brazil - Snipers stand guard atop the scoreboard during a soccer friendly between Brazil and Japan in Goiania...

LA VISTA, Neb. (AP) — Friends have gathered to remember a former classmate who was killed after being hit by a train in La Vista.

Huge numbers of visitors are making their way to national parks, like Yosemite, in search of the beauty and solace that nature can provide. Instead, they're finding hordes of sightseers on a similar mission. Photo: Jake Nicol/The Wall Street Journal

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker has asked President Barack Obama's administration for a federal disaster declaration for nine northern Wisconsin counties and the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa tribal nation in the wake of torrential rains…

An elderly woman caught in the cross fire of a suspected gang shooting in Manenberg‚ Cape Town‚ was rushed to hospital after a bullet struck her left side‚ police confirmed on Wednesday.