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Deadly bomb attack at Djibouti restaurant
At least two people have been killed in an attack on a restaurant popular with Westerners in Djibouti, police say.Political earthquake in France as far right triumphs in EU vote
Marine Le Pen\'s far-right National Front stunned France\'s political elite on Sunday as exit polls put it on track to win European ...Karzai refused to meet Obama at Bagram Air Base, says US official
Afghan President Hamid Karzai was offered a meeting with President Barack Obama at Bagram Air Base outside Kabul but declined, a US ...Billionaire Petro Poroshenko declares victory in Ukraine
Billionaire Petro Poroshenko claimed Ukraine\'s presidency on Sunday after exit polls gave him an absolute majority in a first round of voting ...Car bombing in northern Iraq kills 12
A car bomb exploded outside a liquor store in northern Iraq overnight, killing at least 12 civilians, a senior police officer said ...President Barack Obama makes surprise visit to Afghanistan
President Barack Obama has made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan this Memorial Day weekend, arriving under the cover of darkness Sunday night ...Pope Francis prays at Bethlehem wall, calls for Middle East peace
Pope Francis invited Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli President Shimon Peres to pray together at the Vatican for peace between their ...Iran billionaire executed over $2.6B bank fraud
A billionaire businessman at the heart of a $2.6 billion state bank scam in Iran, the largest fraud case since the country\'s ...A Pivot on the Peace Island
For the past two weeks, I’ve been in the Republic of Korea (ROK), as ...Three people killed in shooting at Brussels Jewish Museum
Three people were killed in a shooting near the Jewish Museum in Brussels, which the Belgian authorities believe may be “an anti-Semitic ...




