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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 ...Thousands evacuated in Chile as forest fire spreads
Chile declared a state of emergency and ordered the evacuation of up to 16,000 people as a raging forest fire led to ...Angola storm death toll rises to 69, half of them children
The death toll from torrential rains that pounded the Angolan town of Lobito has risen to 69, including 36 children, officials said ...Egypt announces plans to build new capital
Egypt plans to build a new administrative capital east of Cairo within five to seven years at a cost of $45 billion.Typhoon Pam hits Vanuatu, UN fears high casualties
Widespread casualties are feared after a powerful typhoon battered Vanuatu overnight, triggering flash floods and knocking out telephone lines in the isolated ...Costa Rica volcano spews ash in most powerful eruption in 20 years
Costa Rica\'s Turrialba volcano belched a column of gas and ash up to 3,280 feet (1 km) into the air on Thursday ...Maldives ex-president Nasheed sentenced to 13 years in prison on terrorism charges
Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed was sentenced to 13 years in prison on Friday after being found guilty of terrorism for ordering ...