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At least 31 feared dead near peak of Japanese volcano
Thirty-one people were presumed dead on Sunday near the peak of a Japanese volcano that erupted a day earlier, catching hundreds of ...Militants kill 20 in two separate Yemen attacks: sources
A suicide bomber linked to al Qaeda drove a car laden with explosives into a hospital used as a base by Yemen\'s ...Japanese troops head for volcano after eruption leaves missing, at least 40 injured
More than 500 Japanese military and police set out on Sunday to search the peak of a volcano popular with hikers a ...Russia at U.N. accuses U.S., allies of bossing world around
Russia used its annual appearance at the U.N. General Assembly on Saturday to accuse the United States and its Western allies of ...Islamic State defies air strikes by shelling Syrian Kurdish town
New U.S.-led air strikes against Islamic State fighters failed to stop them from pressing their assault on a strategic Syrian town near ...British warplanes return from Iraq without bombing
British warplanes flew their first mission over Iraq since parliament authorised strikes against Islamic State jihadists, but returned without bombing on Saturday, ...Goggles at the ready as Hong Kong activists brace for crackdown
Thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators surrounding Hong Kong government headquarters braced for a showdown with police on Sunday after accelerating a plan to ...Violent Conflict: We Can Do Better
Pres. Obama\'s speech on dealing with ISIL -- the violent Islamic ...French, U.S. planes strike Islamic State, Britain to join coalition
French fighter jets struck Islamic State targets in Iraq on Thursday, and the United States hit them in Syria, as ...Militant in Syria beheading videos identified: FBI
A masked Islamic State militant seen wielding a knife in videos at the beheading of two Americans has been identified, ...




