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Egypt’s ex-army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi declared new president
Egypt\'s former military chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi was officially declared the next president Tuesday, winning elections to replace the Islamist leader he removed ...Saudi MERS death toll surges to 282
A report by the official Saudi Press Agency said authorities have registered a total of 688 confirmed infections and 282 deaths as ...US plans $1b boost in military presence in Europe, Obama says
President Barack Obama pledged Tuesday to boost U.S. military deployments and exercises throughout Europe, an effort costing as much as $1 billion ...Obama to name first US envoy to Somalia in 20 years
President Barack Obama is set to name the first American ambassador to Somalia since the start of the brutal civil war more ...Pro-Russia rebels attack Ukrainian border guards
Hundreds of pro-Russian insurgents assaulted a border command center in a key eastern Ukrainian city before dawn Monday, leading to heavy clashes ...Sandstorm kills at least 4 in Iran capital
A massive sandstorm and record winds killed at least four people in Tehran on Monday, plunging the Iranian capital into darkness, knocking ...Last surviving child of famed British PM Churchill dies
Award-winning British author Lady Mary Soames, the last surviving child of legendary Prime Minister Winston Churchill, has died at age 91.US unveils sweeping plan to slash power plant pollution
The Obama administration has unveiled a plan to cut carbon emissions from power plants in the United States by nearly one-third in ...Three Turks killed in Afghan suicide bomb attack
A suicide bomber killed three Turkish engineers and wounded another on Monday in eastern Afghanistan, officials said, the latest attack on foreigners ...Former guerrilla sworn in as El Salvador president
Former guerrilla commander Salvador Sanchez Ceren was sworn in Sunday as president of El Salvador with the pressing tasks of dealing with ...