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Nepal may be poised for another big earthquake
Large quakes in Nepal this year only partially relieved stress on a major Himalayan fault line, and chances for a big tremor ...Islamic State group seizes central Syrian town
The Islamic State group on Thursday seized a key town in central Syria following heavy clashes with President Bashar Assad\'s forces, in ...Nigeria on alert for massive flooding
Nigeria on Thursday warned tens of thousands of people living along one of its main rivers to expect massive flooding as neighbouring ...U.S. drone hits Syria in first lethal strike launched from Turkey
The United States has conducted its first drone strike into northern Syria from a base in Turkey, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, ...Hundreds of migrants feared dead after overcrowded boat capsizes off Libyan coast
Hundreds of migrants attempting the perilous journey across the Mediterranean were feared to have drowned Wednesday after their overcrowded fishing boat capsized ...UN reports rise in women, children casualties in Afghan war
The United Nations said on Wednesday that an increasing number of women and children were getting hurt or killed in Afghanistan\'s war ...Chile takes first step towards legal abortion
Chile\'s Congress took its first step toward legalizing abortion in some cases, a practice that has been legally banned for decades in ...16 dead, 50 injured in Russia bus crash
At least 16 people were killed and more than 50 others were injured Wednesday when two buses collided head-on in far eastern ...Several killed as two trains derail in India
Two passenger trains derailed after being hit by flash floods on a bridge in central India, killing at least 27 people in ...Cameroon expels thousands of Nigerians in Boko Haram fight
Cameroon has expelled more than 3,000 Nigerians as part of the fight against Nigeria\'s Islamic extremists who have launched attacks across borders, ...