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North Korea fires ballistic missile
North Korea fired a ballistic missile early Wednesday, South Korean military officials said, the first such launch in two months and just ...Hariri returns to Lebanon for first time since resigning as PM
Saad al-Hariri landed in Beirut on Tuesday, his media office said, returning home for the first time since he resigned as Lebanon\'s ...Greece in mourning as several still missing after deadly flood
Greece was in mourning Thursday as rescue crews tried to locate several people missing in a flood that killed 16 people near ...UN braces for likely Russian veto of Syria gas attacks probe
The UN Security Council will vote Thursday on whether to extend an investigation to determine who is behind chemical weapons attacks in ...Suicide bomber kills nine near Afghan political meeting
A suicide bomb attack in the Afghan capital near a meeting of supporters of an influential regional leader on Thursday killed at ...Iran, Russia, Turkey leaders to hold Syria summit next week
Russian President Vladimir Putin will next week host Turkish and Iranian counterparts Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Hassan Rouhani for summit talks on ...Mugabe refuses to stand down in talks with military
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, the world\'s oldest head of state, refused to resign during a crunch meeting Thursday with military generals who ...Zimbabwe crisis: Mugabe under house arrest as military takes control
Zimbabwe\'s military was in control of the country on Wednesday as President Robert Mugabe said he was under house arrest, although generals ...EU readies sanctions on Venezuela, approves arms embargo
European Union foreign ministers approved economic sanctions including an arms embargo on Venezuela on Monday, blaming regional elections last month for deepening ...Strong earthquake hits Iraq and Iran, killing at least 332
At least 332 people were killed in Iran and Iraq when a magnitude 7.3 earthquake jolted the region on Sunday, state media ...




