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Egypt sentences former president Mubarak and sons to three years in jail
An Egyptian court sentenced former president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons to three years in jail without parole on Saturday in ...Russia stages huge military parade, Western leaders boycott
Thousands of Russian troops marched across Red Square, tanks rumbled through the streets and jets screamed overhead on Saturday in a huge ...Saudi-led warplanes bomb Yemen capital airport
Warplanes from the Saudi-led coalition struck Sanaa\'s international airport on Saturday, shortly after authorities in the rebel-controlled Yemeni capital said it would ...North Korea says successfully test-fired underwater ballistic missile
North Korea said on Saturday it has successfully conducted an underwater test-fire of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, which, if true, would indicate ...Nepal earthquake survivors turn to rebuilding homes and lives
Six years ago, Paru Shrestha\'s family tore down their old home in the Nepali town of Sankhu and replaced it with a ...Pakistan helicopter crashes killing Norwegian, Philippine ambassadors
A Pakistan military helicopter carrying diplomats to the launch of projects in northern Pakistan crashed on Friday killing six people, including the ...David Cameron wins second term as British Prime Minister
Prime Minister David Cameron\'s Conservatives are set to govern Britain for another five years after an unexpectedly strong showing, but may have ...Al Qaeda says prominent member killed by US air strike in Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula said on Thursday a U.S. air strike had killed the senior figure who issued the group\'s ...US court rules NSA bulk phone metadata collection illegal
A US appeals court ruled Thursday that the National Security Agency\'s massive collection of phone records of Americans is illegal because it ...Emergency funds for Nepal quake slow to come in, says UN
Only a fraction of the emergency funds the United Nations has requested for victims of Nepal\'s earthquake have come in, U.N. officials ...