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Former US president George H.W. Bush dead at 94
Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush, who presided over the end of the Cold War and ...China, US showdown looms on trade at fractious G20
The United States and China, the world\'s two largest economies, will see Saturday if they can find a breakthrough to exit a ...85,000 children may have died of hunger in Yemen
A leading international aid group said Wednesday that an estimated 85,000 Yemeni children under the age of 5 may have died of ...Deadly Israeli Gaza operation threatens to derail truce efforts
A clash that erupted during an Israeli special forces operation in the Gaza Strip and killed eight people threatened Monday to derail ...New border crossings open in divided Cyprus, first in 8 years
Cypriot officials opened two new border crossings Monday for the first time in eight years, the latest push for peace by the ...Separatist areas elect leaders as Ukraine and Moscow trade barbs
Two separatist-controlled regions of eastern Ukraine announced the winners of leadership elections on Monday that were dismissed by Kiev and its international ...Rohingya flee refugee camps in Bangladesh, as Myanmar prepares for first returnees
Dozens of Rohingya Muslim families on a list of refugees set to be repatriated to Myanmar later this week have fled from ...Two Koreas, U.N. forces agree to remove weapons at border
North and South Korea and the U.N. Command agreed on Monday to withdraw firearms and guard posts in the demilitarized zone village ...Anti-India strike shuts Kashmir amid anger over deaths
Armed soldiers and police fanned out across much of Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday as separatists challenging Indian rule called for a general ...Former Croatian PM convicted of war profiteering
Croatia\'s former premier Ivo Sanader was convicted on Monday of war profiteering, in a re-trial that found him guilty of taking a ...




