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Typhoon Pam hits Vanuatu, UN fears high casualties
Widespread casualties are feared after a powerful typhoon battered Vanuatu overnight, triggering flash floods and knocking out telephone lines in the isolated ...Costa Rica volcano spews ash in most powerful eruption in 20 years
Costa Rica\'s Turrialba volcano belched a column of gas and ash up to 3,280 feet (1 km) into the air on Thursday ...36 towns now retaken from Boko Haram, says Nigeria
Nigeria said on Wednesday that 36 towns had been retaken from Boko Haram since the start of a four-nation military offensive, voicing ...US and Cuba re-establish direct telephone calls
The United States and Cuba have re-established a direct telephone link, the Cuban state telecommunications company said Wednesday, in the latest step ...US military helicopter crashes off northwest Florida; 11 feared dead
Seven Marines and four soldiers aboard an Army helicopter that crashed over waters off Florida during a routine night training mission were ...French sports stars among 10 dead in Argentina helicopter crash
Two helicopters carrying passengers filming a popular European reality show crashed Monday in a remote area of northwest Argentina, killing eight French ...UN chief calls on world to stop destruction of Iraqi sites
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the international community to halt the destruction by Islamic State jihadists of Iraqi archaeological sites, branding ...First round-the-world solar flight takes off from UAE
Two pilots attempting the first flight around the world in a solar-powered plane began the maiden leg of their voyage on Monday, ...Thousands of passengers stranded at Nepal airport
Nepal\'s only international airport remained closed for the fourth day Saturday, forcing the cancellation of all flights to and from foreign destinations and stranding ...Three Europeans shot dead in Mali restaurant
Three Europeans and two locals were shot dead on Saturday in a busy restaurant in the Malian capital in what security sources ...