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Hospital fire in South Korea kills 21
A fire at a hospital annex housing elderly patients in the south-western county of Jangseong killed 21 people early on Wednesday, South ...Obama outlines foreign policy at West Point
President Barack Obama is declaring American isolationism is not an option and used his speech at ...Pakistani Taliban splits into two amid infighting
A major faction of the Pakistani Taliban on Wednesday announced it was splitting from the militant outfit following bloody clashes with a ...Chechen leader Kadyrov denies sending fighters to Ukraine
Chechnya\'s leader says the country hasn\'t sent fighters to join rebels in eastern Ukraine, denying a charge that gained substance after Chechens ...US poet Maya Angelou dies at 86
Maya Angelou, the American poet and author, died at her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on Wednesday. She was 86.Thai Military says many detainees freed
Thailand\'s army says it has now released 124 people, including politicians and activists, who were taken into custody after the coup.Pregnant Pakistani woman stoned to death by her family
A woman was stoned to death by her own family in front of a Pakistani high court on Tuesday for marrying the ...US tells its nationals to leave Libya
The State Department on Tuesday told US citizens in Libya to leave immediately, warning that the security situation in the country was ...US plans full Afghan withdrawal by end of 2016
President Obama announced Tuesday that he aims to keep 9,800 U.S. troops in Afghanistan after the war formally ends later this year, ...Dozens of pro-Russian separatists killed in Ukraine airport battle
At least 50 people, including civilians and pro-Russian fighters, have been killed during a 24-hour bloodbath in the eastern Ukraine city of ...




