Turkish and Russian leaders agree on need for Aleppo ceasefire - sources

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan discussed the situation in Syria's Aleppo with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin by phone for the third time in a week on Wednesday and agreed on the need for a ceasefire, sources in Erdogan's office said.

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Sunni tribesmen battling Islamic State demand federalism in Iraq

SHAYYALAH AL-IMAM, Iraq (Reuters) - As mortar bombs landed ever closer, Sunni tribal fighters preparing to attack Islamic State seemed more preoccupied by the failures of Iraq's political class than the militants trying to kill them.

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France's Fillon seen to beat Le Pen next year with 66 percent of vote - Elabe poll

PARIS (Reuters) - France's Francois Fillon will convincingly beat National Front leader Marine Le Pen in a presidential election runoff next May, taking 66 percent of the vote, a new opinion poll showed on Wednesday.

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OPEC agrees first output cut since 2008, Saudis to take 'big hit'

VIENNA (Reuters) - OPEC has agreed its first limit on oil output since 2008, sources in the producer group told Reuters, with Saudi Arabia accepting "a big hit" on its production and agreeing to arch-rival Iran freezing output at pre-sanctions levels.

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On West Bank hilltop, Israeli settlers hunker down in the face of eviction

AMONA, West Bank (Reuters) - On a hilltop in the occupied West Bank, Israeli teenagers are hammering stakes into the earth and erecting tent frames, preparing the ground for a confrontation with Israeli security forces.

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Syrian rebels vow to resist army advances in Aleppo

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian government said it had recaptured a district of Aleppo on Wednesday, but rebels vowed to fight on despite losing a third of their sector of the city in recent days, bringing them to the brink of a catastrophic defeat.

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U.N. Security Council imposes new sanctions on North Korea

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council imposed new sanctions on North Korea on Wednesday that aim to cut the Asian country's annual export revenue by more than a quarter in response to Pyongyang's fifth and largest nuclear test in September.

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