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Saudi-led airstrikes on police headquarters kill 45 in Yemen
Saudi-led coalition warplanes killed 45 soldiers on Wednesday when they targeted a rebel troop headquarters in the Yemeni capital as the United ...FIFA officials arrested over corruption charges, face US extradition
Six soccer officials, including some high-ranking members of world governing-body FIFA, were arrested by Swiss police on Wednesday and detained pending extradition ...Iraq launches operation to drive Islamic State from Anbar
Iraq\'s Shi\'ite paramilitaries said on Tuesday they had taken charge of the campaign to drive Islamic State from the western province of ...Syrian airstrikes kill 140 IS militants
The Syrian air force hit an Islamic State-controlled air base in Raqqa province on Tuesday, killing more than 140 militants, state media ...Mexico and Texas struck by deadly storms
At least 13 people died and dozens more were injured after a freak tornado ripped through the northern Mexican city of Ciudad ...Colombian government, FARC rebels resume peace talks
The Colombian government and FARC guerrillas resumed peace talks Monday in Havana amid heightened tensions following air strikes that killed dozens of ...Fire at China nursing home kills 38
Thirty-eight people were killed in a fire at a home for senior citizens in China\'s central Henan province, state media said, the ...Hundreds gather in Nepal capital to mark one month since quake
Hundreds of people have held a candlelight vigil in Nepal\'s capital to mark one month since the earthquake that killed thousands of ...Israel ex-PM Olmert sentenced to 8 months in jail for corruption
Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced to eight months in prison for corruption on Monday, the latest legal blow in ...Nepal struggles to rebuild one month after earthquake
One month after an earthquake devastated Nepal, and with the June monsoon fast approaching, thousands are still living in temporary shelters. In ...




