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South Korea, U.S. begin two-week joint war drills
South Korea launched a military drill Monday with the United States against a simulated North Korean invasion, even as a ...Al-Qaeda reportedly targeting European high-speed rail network
A report by the German mass circulation daily Bild on Monday said that al-Qaeda leaders have been plotting attacks on ...95% chance that humans caused global warming, new report says
An international team of climate scientists reports with near certainty that most of the global temperature rise over recent decades ...Former Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak may be freed from jail soon
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, who was overthrown in an uprising in 2011, will be released from jail within days ...9/11 lawyer to challenge secret Guantanamo camp
A defense lawyer who gained access to a top-secret camp at the notorious US-run Guantanamo Bay prison has said it ...Egypt army chief vows to stand firm in face of violence
The head of Egypt\'s military says the army will not stand by silently in the face of violence after hundreds ...Central Africa coup leader Michel Djotodia sworn in as president
Former rebel leader Michel Djotodia was sworn in as president of the Central African Republic on Sunday, five months after ...Madagascar presidential hopefuls barred from election
Madagascar\'s electoral court has barred the incumbent president, Andry Rajoelina, and the wife of a long-standing rival from standing in ...UN inspectors arrive Syria to probe use of chemical weapon
United Nations\' inspectors have arrived in Damascus on a mission to investigate the alleged use of chemical weapons by the ...EU says it will review ties with Egypt
The European Union says it will "urgently review" its relations with Egypt where more than 800 people have died in ...