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Several killed in twin blasts at Pakistan churches
Bombs outside two churches in the Pakistani city of Lahore killed 14 people and wounded more than 78 during Sunday services, rescue ...US shuts Saudi embassy over security fears
The US embassy in Saudi Arabia said it had suspended consular services in the kingdom for two days due to "heightened security ...Vanuatu appeals for aid after devastating cyclone
Vanuatu\'s president made an emotional appeal for international assistance after his island nation was hit by a calamity of a cyclone, wreaking ...Dozens feared dead as Myanmar ferry sinks
A crowded double-decker passenger ferry capsized in northwestern Myanmar after being slammed by huge waves, killing 34 people and leaving more than ...Egypt sacks 41 judges for supporting Brotherhood
An Egyptian disciplinary court ordered 41 judges into compulsory retirement on Saturday for supporting the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, judicial sources said, the ...Serbian military helicopter crashes, seven dead including child
A Serbian military helicopter evacuating a five-day-old baby for emergency medical treatment has crashed in heavy fog, killing all seven people on ...Venezuela holds massive military exercises, citing looming U.S. threat
Soldiers rolled out shoulder-fired missiles, fighter planes and armored trucks Saturday for the first of 10 days of military exercises that the ...Syria enters fifth year of bloody civil conflict
Syria\'s conflict entered its fifth year on Sunday with the regime emboldened by shifting international attention, and a growing humanitarian crisis exacerbated ...Cyclone Pam devastates South Pacific islands of Vanuatu
One of the Pacific Ocean\'s most powerful ever storms devastated the island nation of Vanuatu on Saturday, tearing off roofs, uprooting trees ...Sierra Leone vice president requests asylum at U.S. embassy
Sierra Leone\'s vice president, Samuel Sam-Sumana, said on Saturday that he had requested asylum at the U.S. embassy in Freetown after soldiers ...