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U.S., Japan unveil new defense guidelines for global Japanese role
Japan and the United States unveiled new guidelines for defense cooperation on Monday, reflecting Japan\'s willingness to take on a more robust ...Fear stalks Damascus after jihadist gains
Some Damascus residents now fear the worst after Islamist coalition gains against the military in northern Syria. Despite regime reassurances, could jihadists ...Desperate Nepalis flee capital as aftershocks spread fear, over 3,500 dead
Hundreds of Nepalis were fleeing the capital Kathmandu for the plains on Monday, terror-stricken by two days of powerful aftershocks following a ...Australia pleads for stay in executions, demands Jakarta probe
Australia made a last-minute plea on Monday for a stay in the imminent execution of two Australian drug traffickers in Indonesia, saying ...Leftist Akinci wins north Cyprus election, seeking peace deal
A leftist moderate promising to press for a peace deal in ethnically-split Cyprus swept to victory in a Turkish Cypriot presidential election ...Desperate Nepalese sleep in open as aftershocks spread fear
Thousands of desperate Nepalese spent a second night in the open in the early hours of Monday, unable to return to homes ...Baltimore police arrest 34 after violent protests
Police arrested 34 people when protests over the death of a black man in custody spiraled into violence in Baltimore, authorities said, ...German Chancellor, Greek PM agree to stay in touch to reach debt deal
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed in a phone conversation on Sunday to maintain contact during talks ...Nepal hit by major aftershock as search for quake survivors intensifies
Rescuers dug with their bare hands and bodies piled up in Nepal on Sunday after an earthquake devastated the heavily crowded Kathmandu ...Seventeen bodies found at Everest base camp, injured rescued by helicopter
Seventeen bodies have been recovered at the base camp on Mount Everest where hundreds of climbers are stranded after an earthquake in ...