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Islamic State second-in-command killed in Iraq airstrike
Iraq\'s Defence Ministry said on Wednesday the deputy commander of Islamic State insurgents had been killed in a coalition air strike on ...Top Burundi general launches coup attempt against president
A top Burundian general launched a coup attempt against President Pierre Nkurunziza on Wednesday, capping weeks of increasingly violent protests against the ...Barack Obama meets two Saudi princes after King sent regrets
President Barack Obama on Wednesday went out of his way to praise two of Saudi Arabia\'s top leaders before meeting privately with ...Gunmen kill 43 in attack on Shiite minority in Pakistan
Gunmen on motorcycles boarded a bus and opened fire on commuters in Pakistan\'s volatile southern city of Karachi on Wednesday, killing at ...Thousands spend night outdoors as death toll rises in Nepal
Thousands of fear-stricken people spent the night outdoors after a new earthquake killed dozens of people and spread more misery in Nepal, ...Nepali troops search for U.S. Marines chopper in rivers
The Nepali army has been told a missing U.S. Marines helicopter with eight on board may have come down in a river ...North Korea executes defense chief with an anti-aircraft gun
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un had his defence minister executed with anti-aircraft fire for insubordination and dozing off during a formal military ...Dozens killed as devastated Nepal suffers another strong earthquake
A 7.3 magnitude earthquake killed at least 57 people and spread panic in Nepal on Tuesday, bringing down buildings already weakened by ...Blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh
A blogger was hacked to death by machete-wielding attackers in Bangladesh on Tuesday, the third killing of a critic of religious extremism ...Another strong earthquake strikes Nepal
A major earthquake hit a remote mountainous region of Nepal on Tuesday, killing at least 21 people, triggering landslides and toppling buildings ...