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Displaced Pakistanis face Ramadan in camps
For half a million Pakistanis displaced by a military offensive, the prospect of fasting during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan amid severe food shortages...
Syria threat could prompt changes at airports
The Obama administration may ask overseas partners to enhance security measures at airports and is weighing whether to do the same in the U.S.
Hong Kong wraps up unofficial democracy poll in defiance of Beijing
More than 780,000 voters in Hong Kong have cast their ballots on the last day of an unofficial referendum on electoral reforms, part of a civil campaign...
Pope leads long Vatican Mass after health setbacks
Looking tired but relaxed, Pope Francis has led his first major public ceremony after a spate of cancelled appointments due to health problems.
Hundreds feared trapped in two deadly building collapses
A dilapidated building and another under construction collapsed in India on Saturday, killing at least 15 people as rescuers searched for dozens of others...
World Cup: Brazil edge Chile, Rodriguez rocket launches Colombia
Brazilians rejoiced on Saturday when their nervy team edged past Chile to book a place in the World Cup quarter-finals in a nail-biting 3-2 penalty shootout...
U.S. takes gay rights global, despite unsure welcome
President Barack Obama’s administration has taken the U.S. gay rights revolution global, using American embassies across the world as outposts in...
For Muslim World Cup players, Ramadan fast presents game day dilemma
The Muslim players in World Cup teams that have qualified for the second round in Brazil face a thorny question on Sunday when much of the Islamic world...
Libyan suspected in Benghazi attack arrives in U.S.
The Libyan militia leader suspected of involvement in a 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi that killed four Americans arrived in Washington...
Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski defrocked by Vatican for sexual abuse
The Vatican has defrocked its former ambassador to the Dominican Republic for sexually abusing boys.
Sarajevo marks 100th anniversary of spark that triggered Great War
Sarajevo today marks 100 years since the assassination that triggered World War I but without the leaders of Europe and with its people still torn over...
Extended Ukrainian ceasefire holds despite overnight fighting
Four soldiers have been killed and five wounded after Ukraine’s military regained control of a checkpoint in the eastern region that had been earlier...
Ukraine signs historic pact with Europe despite Russian wishes and tactics
Over Russia’s objections, Ukraine’s new president on Friday signed a free-trade deal binding his country more closely to Western Europe, sealing...
Tiger leaped on boat in India, snatched man as his 2 children watched
A Bengal tiger snatched a man off a fishing boat in eastern India, dragging him away into a mangrove swamp as his children looked on in horror, the man’s...
US says it will stop making and buying landmines that target humans
The United States said on Friday it would no longer produce or purchase landmines that target people, paving the way for Washington to eventually join...
Looking for a place to live in DR Congo? Try the cemetery
In a Congolese cemetery overrun with weeds and rubbish strewn among the graves and banana trees, the living have moved in with the dead—some of them...
Study: U.S. drone strikes set ‘dangerous precedent’ of forever war
America’s reliance on secretive drone missile strikes against terror suspects has set a “dangerous precedent” that could be imitated by other...
Syrian air strikes on ISIS insurgents unsolicited, but welcome, says Iraq PM
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has welcomed Syrian air strikes against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS or ISIL) militants within Iraqi...
Ghana requests $8 million World Cup prize money early to pay players
Ghana’s cash-strapped football association has asked for an advance on the $8 million prize money it is guaranteed from the World Cup to pay outstanding...
Monkey business: Shrinking global habitats of apes is no laughing matter
Infrastructure development and extraction of natural resources, including timber, minerals, oil and gas, have devastated the prime habitat of apes and...
'Act of war': North Korea rails against U.S. comedy about assassination plot
North Korea is warning that the release of a new American comedy about a plot to assassinate leader Kim Jong Un would be an “act of war.” Pyongyang...
Mexico drug lord arrested watching World Cup
The head of the once-mighty Tijuana-based Arellano Felix drug cartel was arrested while watching Mexico’s football team play in the World Cup, a...
World Cup: Brazil, Netherlands storm into knockout phase
Neymar fulfilled Brazil’s expectations to score twice in a 4-1 destruction of Cameroon on Monday.
U.S. justified drone killing of Americans by saying it was at war with al-Qaida
The Obama administration justified using drones to kill Americans suspected of terrorism overseas by citing the war against al-Qaida and by saying a surprise...
'That was good': John Kerry upbeat after talks with Iraqi prime minister
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has urged Iraq’s top Shiite leaders to give more government power to political opponents before a Sunni insurgency...
Top Malaysian court decides against Catholic Church in controversial ‘Allah’ case
Malaysia’s highest court has dismissed a bid by Christians for the right to use the word “Allah,” ending a long legal battle that has...
All roads lead to Cuzco: Ancient Inca network wins World Heritage status
A vast and ancient Inca road system spanning six countries in South America has been granted World Heritage status by the U.N.
At World Cup, eyes turn to Nigerian press’ Boko Haram T-shirt protest
Nigerian journalists covering their country’s World Cup match with Bosnia on Saturday wore t-shirts protesting the Boko Haram Muslim militant group.
Pope excommunicates Mafiosi during visit to mafia bastion in Italy’s south
Pope Francis on Saturday took on one of Italy’s most dangerous organised crime groups, calling it an example of “the adoration of evil”...
Australia offers migrants cash to go home
Australia has offered asylum seekers at immigration camps in Southeast Asia up to AU$10,000 (US$9,400) if they drop their applications for refugee status...
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