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Prayers, cheers as total eclipse darkens swath of Asia
People gazed at the sky in wonder and cheered while others knelt in prayer as a total eclipse of the sun unfolded ...How many global crises can a 15-year-old Afghan take on, including the water crisis?
On Jan. 31 I followed Zekerullah, an Afghan Peace Volunteer who coordinates the Borderfree Street ...Syria opposition sees fewer truce breaches, U.N. prepares talks
The Syrian opposition said on Wednesday there had been fewer breaches of a truce agreement by the government and its allies in ...Peru bars second-place presidential candidate
The second-place candidate in Peru\'s presidential election was disqualified Wednesday over procedural irregularities, upending the campaign and giving controversial frontrunner Keiko Fujimori ...Brazil expects Olympics without protests despite tensions
Brazil\'s Defense Minister Aldo Rebelo has downplayed risks of massive protests during the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, despite the country\'s ...Death toll from Lagos building collapse hits 34
Thirty-four people died in the collapse of a five-storey building under construction in an upmarket area of Nigeria\'s biggest city, Lagos, a ...Europe effectively shuts its borders, stranding thousands
Migrants hoping to trek from Greece towards northern Europe found their path blocked Wednesday after a string of western Balkan nations slammed ...South Korea issues new sanctions against North, bans ships via North ports
South Korea said on Tuesday it would impose new sanctions against 40 individuals and 30 entities because of suspected links to North ...U.N., rights groups say EU-Turkey migrant deal may be illegal
The United Nations and human rights groups warned on Tuesday that a tentative European Union deal to send back all irregular migrants ...Blast kills eight as Pakistani Taliban avenge executed Islamist
A suicide bomber blew himself up in northwest Pakistan Monday, killing at least eight people and injuring 21 in an attack the ...




