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Powerful tornadoes kill at least 18 in US
A strong storm system moving across the central and southern United States has spawned several tornadoes, killing at least 18 people in ...Egypt sentences 683 Morsi supporters to death
An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 682 supporters to death, a lawyer and prosecutor said.Dozens killed in suicide attacks ahead of Iraqi vote
Attacks including a spate of suicide bombings killed 57 people on Monday as soldiers and policemen cast their votes in Iraq\'s first ...South Sudan peace talks resume in Ethiopia
Peace talks between South Sudan\'s government and rebels aimed at ending a four-month-old civil war resumed in the Ethiopian capital on Monday, ...US, EU impose sanctions on more Russian officials, firms
The U.S. and Europe have imposed sanctions on more than 60 Russian and Ukrainian individuals—many of them Russian executives and close Putin ...Pope Francis makes John XXIII, John Paul II saints
Pope Francis made history on Sunday, elevating to sainthood John XXIII and John Paul II, two of his most famous papal predecessors, ...South Korean Prime Minister resigns over Sewol ferry disaster
South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong Won said he offered to resign over the government\'s failure to properly handle a ferry sinking ...Pro-Russian separatists release observer
Pro-Russia forces on Sunday freed one of the eight European military observers being held prisoner in eastern Ukraine.Flash floods kill more than 123 in northern Afghanistan
More than 123 people have been killed in flash floods triggered by days of torrential rain in northern Afghanistan, local officials said. ...G7 agrees to impose new sanctions on Russia over Ukraine crisis
The Group of Seven rich countries have agreed that they will impose new sanctions on Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, a ...