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President Barack Obama makes surprise visit to Afghanistan
President Barack Obama has made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan this Memorial Day weekend, arriving under the cover of darkness Sunday night ...Pope Francis prays at Bethlehem wall, calls for Middle East peace
Pope Francis invited Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli President Shimon Peres to pray together at the Vatican for peace between their ...Ukraine votes in presidential poll amid fears of violence
Ukraine votes Sunday in a presidential election aimed at calming a deadly crisis that has threatened the ex-Soviet country\'s very survival and ...First polls close in European Parliament election
Polls have closed in some of the 21 countries voting on the final day of the European Parliament elections.Colombians vote in presidential election
Colombians vote Sunday in a presidential election characterized by a clash of personalities and relentless mudslinging that have overshadowed differences on how ...Deadly bomb attack at Djibouti restaurant
At least two people have been killed in an attack on a restaurant popular with Westerners in Djibouti, police say.Iran billionaire executed over $2.6B bank fraud
A billionaire businessman at the heart of a $2.6 billion state bank scam in Iran, the largest fraud case since the country\'s ...A Pivot on the Peace Island
For the past two weeks, I’ve been in the Republic of Korea (ROK), as ...Three people killed in shooting at Brussels Jewish Museum
Three people were killed in a shooting near the Jewish Museum in Brussels, which the Belgian authorities believe may be “an anti-Semitic ...10 dead in suicide bomb, gunfire attack on Somali parliament
At least ten people were killed and more than 10 others injured after a suicide car bomb went off outside Somali parliament ...