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Iraq deputy PM escapes assassination attempt
Gunmen attacked Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Saleh Al-Mutlak\'s convoy in the Abu Ghraib area west of Baghdad on Friday, killing a guard ...Iran insists on choice for UN envoy despite US denial of visa
Iran says it is not considering a replacement nominee for its prospective new envoy to the United Nations, despite his being denied ...Pro-Russia militants raise flags in east Ukraine
Armed men have raised a Russian flag at a police and security headquarters that they seized on Saturday morning, in the latest ...Ukraine PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk promises more power to regions
Ukraine\'s prime minister has told leaders in the country\'s restive east that he is committed to allowing regions to have more powers, ...Pope asks victims for forgiveness in sex abuse by priests
Pope Francis on Friday personally asked forgiveness for thousands of child sex abuses carried out by priests and promised more action following ...Shoe thrown at Hillary Clinton in Las Vegas
A woman threw a shoe at Hillary Clinton on Thursday as the former secretary of state was delivering a speech at a ...Strong earthquake rocks Nicaragua
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck Nicaragua on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.US Health Secretary Sebelius resigns amid Obamacare row
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is resigning after overseeing the botched rollout of President Barack Obama\'s signature healthcare law, ...UN approves peacekeepers for Central African Republic
The U.N. Security Council on Thursday unanimously approved a nearly 12,000-strong U.N. peacekeeping force for Central African Republic, which has been torn ...Bomb explodes outside Bank of Greece offices in central Athens
A car bomb went off outside a Bank of Greece building in central Athens early today, smashing windows in nearby shops but ...




