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Egyptian court sentences 10 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to death
A court in Egypt has sentenced 10 Islamist supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi\'s Muslim Brotherhood to death for inciting violence and ...Dozens killed in flash floods in northeastern Afghanistan
Flash floods have killed at least 73 people in northern Afghanistan, washing away hundreds of homes and forcing thousands to flee, officials ...Petro Poroshenko sworn in as Ukraine President
Ukraine\'s Petro Poroshenko has been sworn in as president of his troubled country as government forces continued to battle pro-Russian separatists in ...Putin, Poroshenko discuss possible Ukraine ceasefire
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian president-elect Petro Poroshenko on Friday held their first face-to-face talks on the sidelines of a D-Day ...Afghan presidential candidate survives bombing attack
Afghan presidential election frontrunner Abdullah Abdullah escaped an assassination attempt when an explosion hit his campaign motorcade in Kabul, just days ahead ...North Korea detains third US tourist
North Korea has arrested a US tourist for violating visa regulations, Pyongyang\'s state media said today, with three Americans now believed to ...World leaders mark 70th anniversary of D-Day
World leaders and veterans gathered by the beaches of Normandy under clear blue skies on Friday to mark the 70th anniversary of ...Boko Haram kills dozens in assault on Nigerian villages
Forty-five people were killed by suspected Boko Haram gunmen pretending to be preachers in a village near the group\'s spiritual home in ...Hundreds break out of DRCongo jail
At least six two people were killed on Thursday when 301 inmates staged a dawn jailbreak from an eastern Democratic Republic of ...Obama: No apology for deal to free Bergdahl
US President Barack Obama said he makes “no apologies” for the Taliban prisoner exchange that freed Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl in Afghanistan.