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Japan marks 70th anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bombing
Bells tolled and thousands bowed their heads in prayer in Hiroshima on Thursday at ceremonies marking the 70th anniversary of the world\'s ...U.S. drone hits Syria in first lethal strike launched from Turkey
The United States has conducted its first drone strike into northern Syria from a base in Turkey, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, ...Hundreds of migrants feared dead after overcrowded boat capsizes off Libyan coast
Hundreds of migrants attempting the perilous journey across the Mediterranean were feared to have drowned Wednesday after their overcrowded fishing boat capsized ...UN reports rise in women, children casualties in Afghan war
The United Nations said on Wednesday that an increasing number of women and children were getting hurt or killed in Afghanistan\'s war ...Chile takes first step towards legal abortion
Chile\'s Congress took its first step toward legalizing abortion in some cases, a practice that has been legally banned for decades in ...16 dead, 50 injured in Russia bus crash
At least 16 people were killed and more than 50 others were injured Wednesday when two buses collided head-on in far eastern ...Nepal villagers recover the remains of 17 people missing after landslide
Nepal villagers have recovered the remains of 17 people who went missing after their village was buried by a landslide triggered by ...Several killed as two trains derail in India
Two passenger trains derailed after being hit by flash floods on a bridge in central India, killing at least 27 people in ...11 soldiers killed in attack on Mali camp
Eleven soldiers were killed Monday in a "terrorist" attack on their camp in northern Mali\'s Timbuktu region, a government statement said, an ...Pakistan executes man who killed child as minor
A Pakistani prison official says authorities have executed a man convicted of killing a 7-year-old boy in 2004, when he himself was ...