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Syria Kurds urge US-led strikes as IS forces mass
Syrian Kurdish fighters urged the US-led coalition Friday to launch new air strikes on the Islamic State group as the jihadists brought ...Maldives ex-president Nasheed sentenced to 13 years in prison on terrorism charges
Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed was sentenced to 13 years in prison on Friday after being found guilty of terrorism for ordering ...Costa Rica volcano spews ash in most powerful eruption in 20 years
Costa Rica\'s Turrialba volcano belched a column of gas and ash up to 3,280 feet (1 km) into the air on Thursday ...Typhoon Pam hits Vanuatu, UN fears high casualties
Widespread casualties are feared after a powerful typhoon battered Vanuatu overnight, triggering flash floods and knocking out telephone lines in the isolated ...Egypt announces plans to build new capital
Egypt plans to build a new administrative capital east of Cairo within five to seven years at a cost of $45 billion.Angola storm death toll rises to 69, half of them children
The death toll from torrential rains that pounded the Angolan town of Lobito has risen to 69, including 36 children, officials said ...Spain, France triathletes win opening World Cup races
Tamara Gomez Garrido of Spain and David Hauss of France won season-opening World Cup triathlon races at Mooloolaba on Australia\'s Sunshine Coast ...Thousands evacuated in Chile as forest fire spreads
Chile declared a state of emergency and ordered the evacuation of up to 16,000 people as a raging forest fire led to ...Sierra Leone vice president requests asylum at U.S. embassy
Sierra Leone\'s vice president, Samuel Sam-Sumana, said on Saturday that he had requested asylum at the U.S. embassy in Freetown after soldiers ...Cyclone Pam devastates South Pacific islands of Vanuatu
One of the Pacific Ocean\'s most powerful ever storms devastated the island nation of Vanuatu on Saturday, tearing off roofs, uprooting trees ...