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Merkel, Hollande urge unified EU response to refugee crisis
Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande called Monday for a unified response to Europe\'s biggest migrant crisis since World War ...Russia launches military drills in Arctic
Russia launched military exercises in the Arctic on Monday as it seeks to bolster claims to the region\'s vast hydrocarbon and mineral ...Protests over draft Nepal charter turn violent, nine dead
Demonstrators armed with spears and axes killed eight police officers in western Nepal on Monday during escalating protests against a proposed new ...Police, anti-government protesters again clash in Beirut
Protests against the Lebanese government turned violent for a second day on Sunday, and Prime Minister Tammam Salam threatened to resign as ...Thousands of migrants cross Macedonia, Serbia heading for EU
Thousands of migrants, mostly Syrian refugees, travelled through Macedonia and Serbia on Sunday towards western Europe, as Italy\'s foreign minister said the ...Quake-hit Nepal opens Everest for climbing
Nepal Sunday opened Everest for the autumn season, granting its first climbing permit four months after a deadly earthquake triggered an avalanche ...South Korea slams North over submarine, artillery deployments
North Korea has mobilised dozens of submarines and doubled its artillery units along the border, South Korea said Sunday, accusing Pyongyang of ...Britain reopens embassy in Iran
Britain\'s foreign secretary reopened his country\'s embassy in Tehran on Sunday in a long-awaited step signalling better relations four years after a ...Two Koreas to hold high-level talks as North Korea deadline looms
South and North Korea agreed to hold top-level talks on Saturday as a North Korean deadline loomed for Seoul to halt loudspeaker ...France train gunman identified as Islamist militant
Fingerprint evidence shows that the gunman overpowered by passengers on a train in France is a Morrocan known to European authorities as ...