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Greek PM Tsipras sacks leftist party rebels in reshuffle
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras sacked left-wing Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis and two deputy ministers on Friday as he reshuffled his cabinet ...Volcano ash shuts major Indonesian airport
Thousands of Indonesians were spending a miserable Eid Friday after failing to make it home to see their families after erupting volcanoes ...Typhoon Nangka lashes Japan, killing two, triggering floods
Typhoon Nangka barreled across the western end of Japan\'s largest main island on Friday, snarling transport, leaving at least two men dead ...IS claims suicide bombing in Saudi capital
A suicide bomber wounded two policemen at a checkpoint near a high-security prison in the Saudi capital Riyadh in an attack claimed ...Ukraine passes draft bill to grant east regions more autonomy
Ukraine\'s parliament approved a draft law on Thursday to grant two separatist regions greater autonomy, a step towards meeting the demands of ...Greek Parliament approves bailout measures
The Greek parliament passed sweeping austerity measures demanded by lenders to open talks on a new multibillion-euro bailout package to keep Greece ...Russia plans fuel shipments to Syria from Crimea
Russia plans to supply Syria with 200,000 tonnes of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) per year via the Crimean port of Kerch, two ...IS claims missile attack on Egypt navy boat
The Islamic State jihadist group said it carried out a missile attack on an Egyptian navy vessel off North Sinai on Thursday, ...Four Marines killed in US military shootings, gunman dead
Four Marines were killed Thursday in twin shootings at US military centers in the southern state of Tennessee, officials said, opening a ...Eurogroup approves launch of Greece bailout talks
Eurozone finance ministers approved the launch of formal bailout talks with debt-wracked Greece on Thursday, after the Greek parliament pushed through a ...




