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Somali pirates say hijacked ship MV Abdullah released after $5 million ransom was paid
By Abdiqani Hassani Reuters Somali pirates released a hijacked ship, MV Abdullah, and its crew of 23 early on Sunday after a ...Nearly 55 million people face hunger in West and Central Africa
By Ngouda Dione Reuters Soaring prices have helped fuel a food crisis in West and Central Africa, where nearly 55 million people ...Sydney knife attacker shot dead by police after killing six at shopping centre
A man stabbed six people to death at a busy Sydney shopping center Saturday before he was fatally shot, police said. Multiple ...European court ruling puts cautious Swiss in climate bind
By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber and Dave Graham Reuters Switzerland for all its snow-capped mountains and crisp Alpine air has failed to protect its ...Russia and Germany urge restraint as Iranian threat puts Middle East on edge
Russia and Germany on Thursday urged countries in the Middle East to show restraint and Israel said it was preparing to “meet ...Russian missiles pound Ukraine’s embattled energy system
By Tom Balmforth Reuters Russian missiles and drones struck Ukrainian power facilities across five regions in a major attack on Thursday, officials ...Vietnam sentences real estate tycoon Truong My Lan to death in its largest ever fraud ...
A top Vietnamese property tycoon faces a potential death sentence Thursday as she and her co-accused await verdicts in one of the ...Israeli strike kills Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh’s sons in Gaza as truce talks drag on
By Belal AlSabbagh with Fiachra Gibbons in Jerusalem AFP An Israeli strike Wednesday killed three of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh’s sons in ...Palestinians returning to Khan Younis after Israeli withdrawal find an unrecognizable city
BY WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY AP Stunned Palestinians found their home city unrecognizable Monday as they filtered in to salvage what ...Russia, Kazakhstan evacuate over 100,000 people amid worst flooding in decades
Russia and Kazakhstan ordered more than 100,000 people to evacuate after swiftly melting snow swelled mighty rivers beyond bursting point in the ...