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Suspected Islamist militants dressed in military clothing massacred at least 44 people praying at a mosque in Nigeria’s troubled Northeast.  A dozen more people were killed in a simultaneous attack elsewhere in Borno state.

A clearer picture emerges of the injured two British teens suffered in an acid attack in Zanzibar – Egypt apparently is prepared to disperse supporters of the former president from their sit-in – And a powerful Typhoon hits the Philippines.

Spain and Argentina are considering joining forces to push the British out of the disputed territories of Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands.

Israel's government has approved the release of 26 long-term Palestinian prisoners in advance of the resumption of peace talks.  But another move has Palestinian official wondering if the Israelis are trying to sabotage the talks.

A member of France’s military has been arrested for attacking one mosque and planning to shoot up another one in a plot designed to coincide with the end of Ramadan.

A extremist religious family that fled the United States over imagined religious persecution wound up lost at sea for months, and couldn’t have lasted had they actually gotten to their planned destination.

The father of fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden says he has gotten the correct papers from Russia, and will visit his son in exile.

Assange hails Obama – Post-Ramadan bombs kill scores of people around the Muslim world – A woman thought missing in Europe turns up in a drug arrest in a completely different part of the world – And it appears a herd of Elephants is taking a traumatic event very personally.

Olympic officials want to know what Russia’s anti-Gay law will mean to athletes – Barack Obama says he’ll reign in US surveillance, even as two email carrier shut down rather than acquiesce to the NSA's demands – And two people who hid out in the jungle during the Vietnam war are just now coming home.

Police in Canada charged two young men with distributing child pornography in the cyberbullying case of a girl who committed suicide after images of her being raped were passed around on the Internet.

The “Ship of the Desert” may be the carrier of the mysterious MERS virus that has infected at least 94 people in the Middle East and killed half of them.

Two British teens volunteered to teach in a developing nation but were subjected to an acid attack – Indonesia protects Buddhist sites from feared post-Ramadan violence – And did Kenya’s freighters fill their pockets while they battled the massive fire at the country’s main airport?

An experimental malaria vaccine has shown promising results in early stage clinical trials, marking a victory that has long eluded science.

Two Syrian rebel groups claim to have shelled President Bashar al-Assad’s motorcade, but Syrian state TV is denying the mortars hit their targets.

US drone strikes in Yemen have killed as many as 12 people.  It’s believed to be at least the seventh such attack on suspected al Qaeda targets in Yemen in recent weeks.

Investigators are at odds over a horrific family murder in Brazil:  A 13-year old appears to have shot and killed his police officer parents, and two more relatives.  But there’s another theory.

A British expat living in Spain has broken – nay, crushed – that country’s record for biggest naturally baby ever.  Little (?) Maria Lorena weighs in at 6.2 kilos, or 13 pounds 11 ounces.

No cases of human-to-human transmission of the H7N9 Bird Flu that broke out of China have been reported – Until this week.

Customs officials in Hong Kong seized an illegal shipment of elephant ivory, rhino horns, and leopard skinds worth in excess of A$5.8 million.

The Kremlin says it is “disappointed” US President Barack Obama cancelled bilateral talks with Vladimir Putin which were to take place on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Saint Petersburg next month