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Thousands stranded as strong typhoon nears Philippines
Thousands of passengers were stranded in seaports and some domestic flights were canceled as Typhoon Noul strengthened further before its expected landfall ...Central African Republic militias agree to disarmament deal
Rival armed groups in Central African Republic on Sunday agreed to a peace accord requiring them to disarm and potentially face justice ...Turkish PM crosses into Syria to visit historic Ottoman tomb
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu briefly crossed into Syria on Sunday to visit the tomb of a revered Ottoman figure and vowed ...Fresh avalanches force workers to call off search in Nepal
Fresh avalanches forced rescuers in a village buried by a landslide in northern Nepal to stop searching for bodies in the aftermath ...Houthi allies accept five-day truce in Yemen proposed by Saudi Arabia
Yemen\'s dominant Houthi group accepted a five-day humanitarian ceasefire proposed by its adversary Saudi Arabia on Sunday but said it would respond ...North Korea says successfully test-fired underwater ballistic missile
North Korea said on Saturday it has successfully conducted an underwater test-fire of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, which, if true, would indicate ...Saudi-led warplanes bomb Yemen capital airport
Warplanes from the Saudi-led coalition struck Sanaa\'s international airport on Saturday, shortly after authorities in the rebel-controlled Yemeni capital said it would ...Russia stages huge military parade, Western leaders boycott
Thousands of Russian troops marched across Red Square, tanks rumbled through the streets and jets screamed overhead on Saturday in a huge ...Egypt sentences former president Mubarak and sons to three years in jail
An Egyptian court sentenced former president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons to three years in jail without parole on Saturday in ...30 prisoners killed, 40 escape in Iraq jail break claimed by IS
Dozens of people were killed and 40 inmates escaped in a bloody prison break north of the Iraqi capital for which the ...




