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G7 powers meet without Russia in summit snub over Ukraine
The leaders of the powerful G7 industrial nations meet in Brussels Wednesday, intent on maintaining diplomatic and economic pressure on Russia, their ...Taliban releases video showing Bowe Bergdahl handover to US forces
The Taliban have released a video showing the handover of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl to U.S. forces in eastern Afghanistan.Bashar al-Assad re-elected Syrian president for third term
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been re-elected in a landslide, officials said on Wednesday, capturing another seven-year term in the middle of ...Indian Minister Munde dies in road accident
Indian Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde died on Tuesday after a head-on road collision in New Delhi, depriving Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...Syrians vote in presidential elections
Syrians voted Tuesday in a presidential election that is all but guaranteed to hand Bashar Assad another seven-year term.Obama to name first US envoy to Somalia in 20 years
President Barack Obama is set to name the first American ambassador to Somalia since the start of the brutal civil war more ...US plans $1b boost in military presence in Europe, Obama says
President Barack Obama pledged Tuesday to boost U.S. military deployments and exercises throughout Europe, an effort costing as much as $1 billion ...Saudi MERS death toll surges to 282
A report by the official Saudi Press Agency said authorities have registered a total of 688 confirmed infections and 282 deaths as ...Egypt’s ex-army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi declared new president
Egypt\'s former military chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi was officially declared the next president Tuesday, winning elections to replace the Islamist leader he removed ...Three Turks killed in Afghan suicide bomb attack
A suicide bomber killed three Turkish engineers and wounded another on Monday in eastern Afghanistan, officials said, the latest attack on foreigners ...




