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Swiss hostage escapes from Filipino extremists
A Swiss hostage escaped Saturday from Abu Sayyaf extremists after hacking one militant commander and getting shot as he dashed to freedom, ...Typhoon Hagupit triggers massive evacuation in Philippines
More than half a million people in the Philippines have fled from a powerful typhoon in one of the world\'s biggest peacetime ...U.S. discloses failed attempt to rescue American in Yemen
The United States on Thursday for the first time publicly disclosed a failed attempt last month to rescue a U.S. citizen held ...Putin says foes hope to dismember Russia; ruble falls
President Vladimir Putin accused Russia\'s enemies on Thursday of seeking to carve it up and destroy its economy to punish it for ...U.S., Britain pledge to support Afghanistan as combat troops withdraw
The United States and Britain pledged on Thursday to support Afghanistan\'s new unity government as foreign combat troops withdraw from the country ...Philippines braces for powerful, erratic typhoon
A wide swath of the Philippines, including the capital Manila, braced Friday for a dangerously erratic and powerful typhoon approaching from the ...Lebanon detains wife of Islamic State leader
The Lebanese army detained a wife and daughter of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as they crossed from Syria nine days ...Netanyahu seeks early election, fires top ministers
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sacked his finance and justice ministers on Tuesday, signaling the break up of his bickering coalition and opening ...Liverpool boss Rodgers revels in Gerrard influence
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers said Steven Gerrard\'s goal-scoring display in a 3-1 win away to Leicester was proof he could still be ...Ukraine parliament votes in new government, fresh ceasefire hopes fade
Ukraine\'s parliament voted in a new government on Tuesday, putting foreign technocrats in key financial roles and renewing terms for the foreign ...




