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Russia backs OSCE monitors in non-Crimea Ukraine
Russia on Saturday expressed hopes for the success of the OSCE monitoring mission in Ukraine, while stressing the observers were excluded from ...35 killed in road accident in Pakistan
A collision between two passenger buses and a petrol tanker has killed 35 people in southwest Pakistan, officials said, with many of ...Israeli troops kill 3 Palestinians in West Bank raid
Three Palestinians were killed in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank early on Saturday after Israeli soldiers launched an operation ...Putin formally gets Crimea; Ukraine, EU sign deal
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law the treaty formally making Crimea part of the Russian Federation, after it was approved ...No sign of Malaysian jet; search will be “long haul”
Australian authorities said Friday they had called off their search for the day for two mystery objects that may or may not ...Turkey blocks access to Twitter website
Turkey blocks access to Twitter. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to block Twitter because the site refuses to adhere to ...Search resumes for possible Malaysia Airlines jet debris
An international search force resumed the hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the remote southern Indian Ocean on Friday as ...Thai constitutional court declares Feb general election invalid
Thailand\'s Constitutional Court on Friday annulled the February 2 general election for failing to hold nationwide voting in every constituency on the ...At least 9 civilians killed in Kabul hotel attack
At least 9 civilians including children and foreigners were killed in a Taliban attack on a luxury hotel in Kabul, the spokesman ...Earth narrowly avoided huge solar storm in 2012
American and Chinese scientists say that two years ago, only nine days saved the Earth from a potentially devastating magnetic storm hurled ...