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Second volcano spews ash near Ecuador capital
A second volcano is once again spewing plumes of ash in the mountain chain near Ecuador\'s capital.Seven children among 13 killed in Pakistan landslide
Thirteen people including seven children were crushed to death in Karachi Tuesday when a rare landslide struck their thatch huts as they ...U.S. airdrops ammunition to Syria rebels
U.S. forces airdropped small arms ammunition and other supplies to Syrian Arab rebels, barely two weeks after Russia raised the stakes in ...Deaton wins economics Nobel Prize for work on consumption, poverty
Economist Angus Deaton has won the 2015 economics Nobel Prize for his work on consumption, poverty and welfare that has helped governments ...Turkey blames Ankara bombings on Islamic State
Turkey is targeting Islamic State in investigations of a double suicide bombing in Ankara that killed up to 128 people, officials said ...Russia resumes gas supplies to Ukraine
Russia\'s gas monopoly Gazprom resumed supplies to Ukraine Monday, in a development that will help the country meet its energy needs through ...KP Oli elected as new Prime Minister of Nepal
Nepal\'s parliament on Sunday chose veteran politician KP Sharma Oli as the new prime minister, weeks after the quake-devastated country adopted a ...Turkey mourns bomb blast victims, seeks to identify attackers
Turkish investigators worked on Sunday to identify the perpetrators and victims of Saturday\'s bomb blasts which killed at least 95 people in ...Iran tests new long-range missile
Iran announced Sunday it had successfully tested a new domestically produced long-range missile, which it said was the first that could be ...Belarus votes as Lukashenko aims to extend 21-year rule
Belarussians began voting Sunday in an election that is likely to see authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko claim a fifth term, with the ...




