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Park postpones US trip as South Korea MERS death toll hits nine
South Korean President Park Geun-hye postponed a U.S. visit on Wednesday to supervise the handling of an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory ...Hezbollah announces battle with IS on Syria-Lebanon border
The head of Lebanon\'s Hezbollah movement announced Wednesday that the powerful Shiite militia had begun to fight the Islamic State jihadist group ...Worldwide study finds high concern about fixing climate change
Almost 80 percent of people worldwide are perturbed about global warming and most want tough action to fix the problem, according to ...Norway to take in 8,000 Syria refugees by late 2017
Norway has agreed to take in 8,000 Syrian refugees by the end of 2017, under an agreement reached Wednesday by most of ...FIFA suspends bidding for 2026 World Cup
FIFA announced on Wednesday it had suspended the bidding process to host the 2026 World Cup amid the furore surrounding corruption probes ...Obama determina envio ao Iraque de até 450 militares dos EUA
O presidente dos Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, ordenou nesta quarta-feira o envio de até mais 450 militares norte-americanos e a criação de ...German-born big band leader James Last dies at age 86
Big band leader James Last, whose style of light orchestral entertainment appealed to a wide audience in his native Germany and abroad, ...Woman gives birth after transplant of ovarian tissue
A woman who had ovarian tissue removed and frozen during childhood has given birth to a baby after the tissue was successfully ...Syrian rebels seize largest army base in Deraa
An alliance of Syrian rebel forces seized a key army base in the south of the country on Tuesday in a new ...Egypt court sentences 11 to death over soccer violence
An Egyptian criminal court from the Mediterranean city of Port Said on Tuesday sentenced 11 people to death over a 2012 soccer ...