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Dozens killed in suicide attacks ahead of Iraqi vote
Attacks including a spate of suicide bombings killed 57 people on Monday as soldiers and policemen cast their votes in Iraq\'s first ...Egypt sentences 683 Morsi supporters to death
An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 682 supporters to death, a lawyer and prosecutor said.Powerful tornadoes kill at least 18 in US
A strong storm system moving across the central and southern United States has spawned several tornadoes, killing at least 18 people in ...US and Philippines sign defence pact
Washington has signed a new defence agreement with the Philippines as US President Barack Obama landed in Manila as part of an ...Deadly MERS virus still spreading in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, where MERS was discovered around two years ago and which remains the country most affected, has now had 339 confirmed ...Pro-Russian separatists release observer
Pro-Russia forces on Sunday freed one of the eight European military observers being held prisoner in eastern Ukraine.South Korean Prime Minister resigns over Sewol ferry disaster
South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong Won said he offered to resign over the government\'s failure to properly handle a ferry sinking ...Pope Francis makes John XXIII, John Paul II saints
Pope Francis made history on Sunday, elevating to sainthood John XXIII and John Paul II, two of his most famous papal predecessors, ...Afghanistan faces presidential election run-off between Abdullah and Ghani
Afghanistan\'s presidential election will go to a second round after no one candidate garnered more than 50% of the vote, the country\'s ...NATO helicopter crash in Afghanistan kills 5 soldiers
Five NATO troops died in a helicopter crash Saturday in southern Afghanistan, the U.S.-led military coalition said, the single deadliest day this ...