US Secretary of State Kerry makes surprise stop in Egypt
US Secretary of State John Kerry on a surprise Egypt visit urged Iraqi leaders to rise above sectarianism, and said Washington was ...South Korean soldier kills 5 comrades at border
A South Korean conscript soldier shot and killed five of his fellow unit members and injured five others late on Saturday at ...Messi saves Argentina as they beat Iran 1-0
Lionel Messi spared Argentina\'s blushes with a wonderful last-gasp winner against unheralded Iran at the World Cup on Saturday to give the ...Egypt court confirms death sentence on Brotherhood leader
An Egyptian court has confirmed death sentences for 183 Islamists, including Muslim Brotherhood chief Mohamed Badie, a prosecutor said, after a speedy ...Iraqi militants take border post with Syria
The militants, led by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), first moved into the nearby town of al-Qaim on ...Chinese police shoot dead 13 attackers in Xinjiang
Chinese police have shot dead 13 people in the restive Xinjiang province after attackers drove into a public building and set off ...Kevlar inventor Stephanie Kwolek dies at 90
Stephanie Kwolek, the American chemist who invented the super-strong fibre Kevlar used in bullet-proof vests, has died at age 90Ukraine President declares week-long ceasefire
Ukraine\'s President Petro Poroshenko announced a week-long unilateral ceasefire would begin Friday in the separatist east to give the pro-Russian rebels a ...UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon calls for arms embargo on Syria
United Nations: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday urged the Security Council to impose an arms embargo on Syria, in a ...Global refugee figures highest since Second World War, UN says
The number of refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced people has surged to more than 50 million people, the first time since ...
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