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Islamic State leader al-Baghdadi releases audio message
The leader of the Islamic State group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Thursday urged Muslims to emigrate to his self-proclaimed "caliphate", in the ...Ukraine appoints US senator McCain presidential aide
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has appointed John McCain, a hawkish US senator who has pressed Washington to send lethal weapons to war-torn ...Burundi president loyalists say coup failed amid sporadic shooting
The head of Burundi\'s army said on Thursday that an attempted coup had failed and forces loyal to President Pierre Nkurunziza were ...Iranian ships fire warning shots at Singapore-flagged vessel in Gulf
Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces fired warning shots at a Singapore-flagged commercial ship in the Gulf on Thursday, before vessels from the United ...Nepal prime minister lends helicopter to woman badly injured in earthquake
A Nepali woman seriously injured by falling debris in Tuesday\'s earthquake was airlifted to a Kathmandu hospital on Thursday in the prime ...Malaysia and Thailand turn away hundreds on migrant boats
Malaysia turned away two vessels carrying hundreds of migrants while one boat turned up Thursday in Thai waters, as critics accused Southeast ...Nepal villagers demand help after 2nd quake; search continues for US copter
Thousands of villagers jammed the streets of this small Himalayan town Thursday, demanding government help after Nepal suffered its second major quake ...Peru on alert for moderate El Nino this year
Peru is bracing for a moderate El Nino weather event in coming months, with warming sea temperatures threatening to set the stage ...No sign of missing U.S. aid helicopter after second Nepal quake
A daylong search failed to find a missing U.S. Marine helicopter on Wednesday, a day after the second Nepal earthquake in less ...Islamic State second-in-command killed in Iraq airstrike
Iraq\'s Defence Ministry said on Wednesday the deputy commander of Islamic State insurgents had been killed in a coalition air strike on ...