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  Brazilians scramble to arrange supplies for evacuees in the southeastern city of Mariana after a dam broke, devastating a neighboring town and killing at least 15.

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Obama Points to 'Possibility' of Explosive on Russian Plane

The U.S. president dropped his own bomb yesterday, noting that it was "certainly possible" that an explosion took down a Russian airliner last week in the Sinai Peninsula. British experts, meanwhile, suspect terrorism and believe a device was placed in the hold before takeoff. U.K. flights to and from Sharm el-Sheikh are tentatively set to resume amid tightened security. But if the 224 victims were killed by militants, it elevates the risk that civilians from all nations opposed to  extremism will face in the skies.

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7 photos from Syria which could make you believe in humanity on World Kindness Day

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Facing the extreme attacks from the militants of the both sides, the children of the Syria are one of the most beneficiaries of World’s Kindness towards them

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The US plans to take in 10,000 Syrian refugees in 2016, despite terrorist attacks in Paris that left at least 129 dead and more than 350 injured.

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A man protests military action in Syria outside the Houses of Parliament as British MPs begin debating anti-ISIS airstrikes.

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A high-intensity earthquake hit the Central Asian country of Tajikistan today, tremors of which were felt in parts of north India, including Delhi and Kashmir. According to National Seismological Division of the Ministry of Earth Science, the 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Tajikistan at 1.20 PM (IST). The depth of the earthquake was recorded at 25 km.

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   U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov shake hands today in Moscow before their meeting to discuss Syria.

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Refugees fleeing Russian airstrikes in Syria converge on a Turkish border gate.

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   Syrian government forces, patrolling a village north of Aleppo, raise their weapons