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White House: Kunduz raid not war crime
The White House has said the weekend US attack on an Afghan hospital, which killed 22 civilians, was not a "war crime."

The White House has said the weekend US attack on an Afghan hospital, which killed 22 civilians, was not a "war crime."

Former Pentagon official Michael Maloof says the US airstrike against an MSF hospital had to “be approved by a US commander.”

Striking Air France workers have stormed a senior board meeting.

A fact-finding committee on the Mina crush must be formed, a senior Iranian cleric says.

A high-ranking Russian military delegation is set to hold talks on Syria with Israeli officials in Tel Aviv, an Israeli officer says.

A US pilot dies during an overnight flight from Phoenix to Boston, forcing the plane to make emergency landing.

Dozens of Saudi clerics call for supporting the war against the Syrian government as well as its Iranian and Russian supporters.

The 2015 Nobel Prize in Medicine is awarded to three scientists for their life saving discoveries.

A new poll confirms the lead by Fiorina in the state of Iowa.

Russia’s raids in Syria do not violate the Arab country’s sovereignty, Syria's foreign minister says.

The US Department of Homeland Security has reopened an investigation into Secret Service’s breach.

Afghan officials say Takfiri Daesh militants plan to attack several towns in the country’s eastern province of Nangarhar.

Kerry has warned that a Russian fighter jet's "incursion" into Turkish airspace risked provoking a serious escalation.

The US policy of fighting Daesh (ISIL) in Syria has been exposed by Russia as deeply flawed, says an analyst.

Three car bomb blasts across Iraq leave 57 killed, with the death toll expected to rise.

NATO calls on Russia to immediately halt its air campaign in Syria.

John Kerry calls on Israel and the Palestinians to show calm after violent clashes in the Old City of al-Quds (Jerusalem).

Pro-Palestine renowned Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell dies at 67.