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Syria says at least 23 killed in rebel shelling in Aleppo
At least 23 people were killed and 100 wounded on Monday in Syrian rebel rocket fire on government-held parts of the city ...Quake-hit Nepal reopens damaged heritage sites for tourists
Nepal on Monday reopened most of the cultural heritage sites that were damaged in a pair of devastating earthquakes, hoping to lure ...World leaders accused of shameful failure over refugee crisis
Rights group Amnesty International on Monday slammed world leaders for "condemning millions of refugees to an unbearable existence" and demanded they work ...Swedish prosecutors plan to question Assange in June or July
Swedish prosecutors plan to question WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at Ecuador\'s embassy in London in June or July, the prosecutor said on ...Algerian jihadist Mokhtar Belmokhtar killed in US air strike
A veteran Islamist militant blamed for masterminding an Algerian gasfield attack and running smuggling routes across North Africa, has been killed in ...Child sacrifice for wealth and power in Uganda
Kanani and Sylvia, brother and sister aged nine and eight, were grazing the family cattle in rural Uganda when they were approached ...Thousands rally as Hong Kong braces for democracy showdown
Hong Kong is gearing up for a vote this week on a contentious electoral reform package backed by Beijing, with a weekend ...Britain pulls out spies as Russia, China crack Snowden files
Britain has pulled out agents from live operations in "hostile countries" after Russia and China cracked top-secret information contained in files leaked ...China to remove visa requirements for Taiwanese
China will lift a visa requirement for Taiwanese travelling to the mainland, state media reported Sunday, part of a wider plan to ...Why the bear is back in Vietnam
Russia-Vietnam ties that seemed to be cooling after the end of the Cold War are warming up all over again. More than ...




