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Tropical Storm Erika kills at least 27 in Dominica
Tropical Storm Erika left at least 27 people dead when it swept over the tiny island nation of Dominica, officials reported, as ...Ashley Madison parent CEO quits after huge infidelity data hack
The chief executive of infidelity website Ashley Madison\'s parent company Avid Life Media has left, just over a week after hackers leaked ...Albania seizes 500,000 cannabis plants in major crackdown
Albanian authorities say they have confiscated about half a million cannabis plants this year, arresting 240 suspected growers and drug traffickers.Thousands protest against corruption in Iraq capital
Thousands of Iraqis demonstrated against corruption in Baghdad\'s Tahrir Square on Friday, including supporters of powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.Nepal says will not let protests derail constitution
Nepal\'s government has vowed that protests in which 14 people have been killed will not derail a constitutional process that is in ...Landslides kill five in Nepal quake zone
Landslides triggered by heavy rainfall killed at least five people in central Nepal, four of them in a shelter for survivors of ...Asteroid will not destroy Earth next month: NASA
The world can breathe easy. A giant asteroid is not hurtling towards Earth about to wipe out much of the Americas, NASA ...Hundreds feared dead as migrant boats capsize off Libyan coast
A boat packed with mainly African migrants bound for Italy sank off the Libyan coast on Thursday and officials said up to ...Colombia, Venezuela recall ambassadors amid border tension
Colombia and Venezuela recalled their ambassadors for consultations, amid mounting tensions that began nearly a week ago when Caracas closed off their ...Austria raises refugee truck death toll to more than 70
A truck full of refugees discovered abandoned on an Austrian motorway on Thursday contains more than 70 bodies, the interior ministry said ...