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Venezuela holds massive military exercises, citing looming U.S. threat
Soldiers rolled out shoulder-fired missiles, fighter planes and armored trucks Saturday for the first of 10 days of military exercises that the ...Syria enters fifth year of bloody civil conflict
Syria\'s conflict entered its fifth year on Sunday with the regime emboldened by shifting international attention, and a growing humanitarian crisis exacerbated ...Several killed in twin blasts at Pakistan churches
Bombs outside two churches in the Pakistani city of Lahore killed 14 people and wounded more than 78 during Sunday services, rescue ...US shuts Saudi embassy over security fears
The US embassy in Saudi Arabia said it had suspended consular services in the kingdom for two days due to "heightened security ...Vanuatu appeals for aid after devastating cyclone
Vanuatu\'s president made an emotional appeal for international assistance after his island nation was hit by a calamity of a cyclone, wreaking ...Cyclone Pam devastates South Pacific islands of Vanuatu
One of the Pacific Ocean\'s most powerful ever storms devastated the island nation of Vanuatu on Saturday, tearing off roofs, uprooting trees ...Sierra Leone vice president requests asylum at U.S. embassy
Sierra Leone\'s vice president, Samuel Sam-Sumana, said on Saturday that he had requested asylum at the U.S. embassy in Freetown after soldiers ...Thousands evacuated in Chile as forest fire spreads
Chile declared a state of emergency and ordered the evacuation of up to 16,000 people as a raging forest fire led to ...Angola storm death toll rises to 69, half of them children
The death toll from torrential rains that pounded the Angolan town of Lobito has risen to 69, including 36 children, officials said ...Egypt announces plans to build new capital
Egypt plans to build a new administrative capital east of Cairo within five to seven years at a cost of $45 billion.