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Bashar al-Assad re-elected Syrian president for third term
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been re-elected in a landslide, officials said on Wednesday, capturing another seven-year term in the middle of ...Taliban releases video showing Bowe Bergdahl handover to US forces
The Taliban have released a video showing the handover of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl to U.S. forces in eastern Afghanistan.G7 powers meet without Russia in summit snub over Ukraine
The leaders of the powerful G7 industrial nations meet in Brussels Wednesday, intent on maintaining diplomatic and economic pressure on Russia, their ...Security tight in Beijing on Tiananmen Square anniversary
China has boosted security in Beijing ahead of the 25th anniversary of the suppression of pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square.Egypt’s ex-army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi declared new president
Egypt\'s former military chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi was officially declared the next president Tuesday, winning elections to replace the Islamist leader he removed ...Saudi MERS death toll surges to 282
A report by the official Saudi Press Agency said authorities have registered a total of 688 confirmed infections and 282 deaths as ...US plans $1b boost in military presence in Europe, Obama says
President Barack Obama pledged Tuesday to boost U.S. military deployments and exercises throughout Europe, an effort costing as much as $1 billion ...Obama to name first US envoy to Somalia in 20 years
President Barack Obama is set to name the first American ambassador to Somalia since the start of the brutal civil war more ...Syrians vote in presidential elections
Syrians voted Tuesday in a presidential election that is all but guaranteed to hand Bashar Assad another seven-year term.Indian Minister Munde dies in road accident
Indian Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde died on Tuesday after a head-on road collision in New Delhi, depriving Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...