World News Update, What you need to know

World News Update, What you need to know

Israel has arrested two suspected Jewish extremists after extending the detention of the leader of a radical religious group following the burning to death of a Palestinian baby.

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ATHENS - The Athens stock exchange has slipped further as bank shares were battered for a second straight day, while Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos held a new round of talks with Greece's creditors on the terms of a mammoth new bailout.

PARIS - Technical experts in France are to begin examining whether a washed-up plane part belonged to missing flight MH370, raising hopes that some light may finally be shed on one of aviation's darkest mysteries.

LONDON - People moved by the killing of Zimbabwe's beloved lion Cecil have donated more than half a million pounds in his memory towards lion conservation, the unit which spent years tracking Cecil said Tuesday.

BEIRUT - A Syrian military aircraft that crashed during a bombing run over rebel-held territory killed at least 37 people and injured more than 60.

KIEV - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has convened his generals to discuss the latest failed bid to negotiate an end to clashes with pro-Russian rebels.


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