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Turkish warplanes strike PKK targets in northern Iraq
Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq overnight, a security source told Reuters on Friday, the latest in ...South Korean gets 12 years for knife attack on US ambassador
The South Korean man behind a shocking knife attack that left the US ambassador in Seoul needing 80 stitches to a deep ...Japan deploys thousands of rescuers as floods kill three
Disastrous floods have left three dead and dozens missing in eastern Japan, authorities said Friday as thousands of rescuers were deployed to ...Hungarian camerawoman faces criminal charges for kicking refugees
A Hungarian camerawoman who caused global outrage after being caught on film tripping and kicking refugees as they fled police apologised Friday ...Indian court convicts 12 in 2006 Mumbai train bombs trial
An Indian court on Friday convicted 12 people over a series of bombings on commuter trains in the business capital Mumbai that ...Bride shortage in north India drives men to look far afield
When Sadhuram Berwal wanted to get married, his family went about it in the traditional Indian way, asking relatives, neighbors and local ...New human species found in South African cave
The fossilised bones of 15 members of a previously unknown branch of the human family tree have been discovered in a cave ...54 dead as IS advances on east Syria airbase
Jihadists of the Islamic State group edged closer to a strategic airbase in eastern Syria in heavy clashes that left 54 fighters ...Fiat Chrysler recalls 1.7 mn vehicles, mostly in US
Fiat Chrysler\'s US arm announced Thursday the recall of more than 1.7 million cars and trucks on Thursday for problems including air ...Japan evacuates 100,000 in floods sparked by rare torrential rains
Japan evacuated about 100,000 people from their homes on Thursday, after rare torrential rains unleashed floods that left at least two people ...




