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Obama lifts arms ban in Vietnam visit
US President Barack Obama has lifted a decades-old arms export embargo for Vietnam during his first visit to the communist country, looking ...IS-claimed Yemen bombings kill at least 41
Twin bombings claimed by Islamic State group targeted the Yemeni army in second city Aden Monday killing at least 41 people, most ...18 girls killed in fire at school dorm in northern Thailand
A nighttime fire at a dormitory of a primary school in northern Thailand killed 18 girls, many of whom had been roused ...Volcano erupts in western Indonesia, killing seven
The death toll in the eruption of a volcano in western Indonesia rose to seven on Sunday, with two other people in ...Afghan Taliban leader killed in U.S. drone strike
An American drone strike targeted and "likely killed" Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour in a remote area of Pakistan, US officials said, ...EgyptAir flight data show smoke alerts before crash
Egyptian authorities were investigating reports late Friday that there was smoke on the doomed EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo shortly before ...Five dead, thousands flee as Cyclone Roanu nears Bangladesh
Cyclone Roanu was poised to make landfall in southern Bangladesh Saturday, as strong winds and heavy downpours unleashed by the storm left ...Searchers find body parts, seats, luggage from Egyptian jet
Search crews found floating human remains, luggage and seats from the doomed EgyptAir jetliner Friday but face a potentially more complex task ...White House lockdown lifted, armed suspect in custody
The White House was briefly placed on lockdown Friday after a man reportedly brandished a weapon at Secret Service agents on the ...EgyptAir jet missing after mid-air plunge, Greeks find floating objects
An EgyptAir jet carrying 66 passengers and crew from Paris to Cairo disappeared from radar over the Mediterranean south of Greece on ...