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N. Korea claims successful test of underwater ballistic missile
North Korea announced Saturday the successful test-firing of a submarine-based ballistic missile – a technology that would offer the nuclear-armed...
North Korea claims to have test-fired underwater ballistic missile
North Korea announced Saturday the successful test-firing of a submarine-based ballistic missile – a technology that would offer the nuclear-armed...
International inspectors find undeclared chemical weapons in Syria
International inspectors have found traces of sarin and VX nerve agent at a military research site in Syria that had not been declared to the global chemical...
N. Korea says successfully test-fired underwater ballistic missile
North Korea announced Saturday the successful test-firing of a submarine-based ballistic missile – a technology that would offer the nuclear-armed...
Weapons inspectors find undeclared sarin and VX traces in Syria
International inspectors have found traces of sarin and VX nerve agent at a military research site in Syria that had not been declared to the global chemical...
Ambassadors killed in Pakistan helicopter crash
A Pakistani military helicopter crashed Friday, killing seven people including the Norwegian and Philippine envoys and setting a school building ablaze...
Cameron, Conservatives win big in surprising U.K. elections
Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives are set to govern Britain for another five years after an unexpectedly strong showing, but they may...
Bali Nine ringleader Andrew Chan’s funeral held in Sydney
A funeral service for Australian convict Andrew Chan, who was executed in Indonesia last week was held in Sydney on Friday.
Cannes heist: £13m in jewels and watches taken
Four robbers looted £13 million ($20m) in jewellery and watches from a boutique in the French resort town of Cannes just days before the start of...
Video: Harry superfan plants kiss on the prince and proposes marriage - again
Prince Harry has earned a kiss and a marriage proposal - his third from the same Australian superfan - during a walkabout in Sydney. Hundreds gathered...
Human traffickers targeting Nepalese villages following earthquake
Human traffickers are taking young women and girls from Nepalese villages to be exploited in the Asian sex trade, according to a child rights activist.
South China Sea watch: New islands rising, ASEAN worried
The dispute over the strategic waterways of the South China Sea has intensified, pitting a rising China against its smaller and militarily weaker neighbors...
Outrage over 10-year-old Paraguayan pregnant by stepfather
The case of a 10-year-old girl raped and impregnated by her stepfather has triggered outrage in Paraguay, where the health minister has blocked her from...
Ex-in-law testifies from Kazakhstan in Boston Marathon trial
A former brother-in-law of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev testified Wednesday from Kazakhstan about the role of a conservative Muslim convert...
Millions displaced: Violence takes devastating toll on world’s people in 2014
Conflicts and violence in places like Syria and Ukraine have displaced a record 38 million people inside their own countries, equivalent to the total populations...
Millions displaced: Violence takes devastating toll on world’s people in 2014
Conflicts and violence in places like Syria and Ukraine have displaced a record 38 million people inside their own countries, equivalent to the total populations...
Italy again calls for EU help after more migrant deaths
Italy on Tuesday renewed its appeal to the EU for help in managing a relentless wave of migrant arrivals, after around 40 migrants died when their inflatable...
Forty feared dead in latest Mediterranean migrant boat tragedy
Around 40 people are feared to have drowned after falling out of a rubber boat in the latest tragedy in the Mediterranean.
Go home: Nepal tells foreign nations to end quake search and rescue
Nepal told foreign countries to wrap up search and rescue operations on Monday, nine days after a devastating earthquake killed more than 7,200 people,...
Two dead as gunmen ‘with bombs in their car’ attack anti-Muslim cartoon contest
Two suspected gunmen have been shot dead in Texas at a contest to draw the Prophet Muhammad. The event, which was organised by the New York-based...
Russian U.N. envoy: West, Arab states pay ‘lip service’ on Yemen aid
Russia criticised Western and Arab members of the U.N. Security Council on Friday for paying “lip service” to humanitarian needs in Yemen after...
Nepal quake deaths pass 6,200 as reconstruction estimate tops $2B
The death toll from Nepal’s devastating earthquake rose steadily past 6,200 on Friday as fresh aftershocks and the stench of rotting bodies made...
Nepal death toll rises to 6,200 as Red Cross warns of ‘total devastation’
Rescue efforts are continuing in Nepal with further aid arriving from Britain as authorities confirm the death toll from the disaster has risen to more...
Mentally ill Bali convict ‘did not know he was going to be executed’
A mentally ill Brazilian executed in Indonesia was unaware that he was being put to death in his final hours, say his lawyer and priest. Rodrigo Gularte,...
Malala shooting: 10 men handed 25-year jail sentences
A court in Pakistan has jailed 10 people over the attack on schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head in 2012. Taliban militants had claimed...
U.N. seeks $415M in aid as Nepalese quake death toll continues to rise
On an otherwise dreary day, this quake-hit nation got a rare bit of good news — a teenager was rescued after being buried under rubble for five days.
Nepal quake survivors clash with riot police as UN calls for £270m aid package
Desperate survivors of an earthquake that killed more than 5,000 people have clashed with riot police in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu, as the United...
Nepalese quake death toll rises to 5,489, U.N. seeks $415M aid
The death toll in Nepal from a massive weekend earthquake has risen to nearly 5,500, according to a new tally by disaster management officials.
Desperate Nepal quake survivors clash with riot police, U.N. seeks $415M
Desperate survivors of an earthquake that killed more than 5,000 people clashed with riot police in Nepal’s capital on Wednesday, as the United Nations...
Japan PM offers ‘eternal condolences’ for Americans killed in WWII
Declaring “history is harsh,” Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan offered solemn condolences Wednesday for the Americans who died in World War...
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