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Ethnic protesting group meets Nepal government negotiators
Nepal government negotiators have met the main group opposing the new constitution but failed to reach an agreement that would end the ...EU high court rules against prisoner seeking voting rights
The European Union\'s highest court has ruled that a member state can ban prisoners guilty of serious offenses from voting in EU ...4 renal patients die in Singapore hospital from hepatitis C
A top public hospital in Singapore says four renal patients have died in one of its wards from hepatitis C and 18 ...NATO rejects Russia explanation on Turkish air space
NATO on Tuesday rejected Moscow\'s explanation that its warplanes violated the air space of alliance member Turkey at the weekend by mistake ...EU offers Turkey help with refugees in return for action
The EU has offered Turkey a plan under which it would resettle more refugees, but only if Ankara establishes new camps and ...Former UN General Assembly head arrested for bribery
A former president of the UN General Assembly, John Ashe, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with taking $1.3 million in bribes ...US strike on Afghan hospital was a mistake, says top general
The deadly air strike that hit a hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz was a mistake made within the U.S. chain ...Yemen PM unhurt in deadly rocket attack on hotel
Yemen\'s Prime Minister Khaled Bahah escaped unharmed Tuesday after a rocket attack killed and wounded an unknown number of people at a ...EU court rules against Facebook over transatlantic data deal
The EU\'s top court on Tuesday ruled that a key transatlantic data deal relied on by companies such as Facebook was invalid ...3 scientists share Nobel Prize for medicine for work on parasitic diseases
The Nobel prize in medicine went Monday to three scientists hailed as "heroes in the truest sense of the word" for saving ...