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UN Security Council condemns North Korea missile launch
The U.N. Security Council on Thursday condemned North Korea\'s latest launches of medium-range ballistic missiles in violation of council resolutions.Bad weather halts air search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
An air search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has again been suspended because of bad weather in the southern Indian Ocean.Turkey bans YouTube after Syria security talk leaked
The Turkish government blocked access to YouTube on Thursday, after an audio recording was uploaded to the platform in which the foreign ...UN General Assembly declares Crimea secession vote invalid
The U.N. General Assembly on Thursday passed a non-binding resolution declaring invalid Crimea\'s Moscow-backed referendum earlier this month on seceding from Ukraine ...Pope Francis meets with Obama at Vatican
US President Barack Obama meets Pope Francis in his first official visit to the Vatican.IMF offers Ukraine up to $18 billion in loans
The International Monetary Fund announced on Thursday a $14-$18 billion bailout for Ukraine to avert bankruptcy for the crisis-hit country amid its ...Foot and mouth disease spreads to cattle in North Korea – UN
North Korea is struggling to contain foot and mouth disease, which was earlier reported in pigs and has now spread to cattle, ...US, Europe looking at possible sanctions against Russian energy
The US and EU are discussing "deeper sanctions" against Russia if there are "further incursions into Ukraine".Satellite spots 122 objects in search for missing Malaysian jet
A further 122 objects potentially from the missing Malaysian plane have been identified by satellite, the country\'s acting transport minister has said.US, Russian astronauts fly Soyuz to ISS
A Soyuz rocket carrying two Russian cosmonauts and a US astronaut failed to dock as planned early Wednesday to the International Space ...