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Italian coast guard, navy rescue hundreds of migrants
The Italian coast guard says it has rescued nearly 300 Syrian migrants from a fishing boat adrift in the Mediterranean Sea.U.S. sends aircraft carrier to Persian Gulf
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered an aircraft carrier moved into the Gulf on Saturday, readying it in case Washington decides to ...Drone strikes kill five suspected militants in Yemen
A drone strike killed five suspected al Qaeda militants in Yemen late on Friday, a local official and a tribal source told ...US condemns attack on Russian embassy in Kiev
The United States condemned an attack on Russia\'s embassy in Kiev on Saturday and called on Ukraine to provide adequate security for ...Afghans vote for new president amid Taliban threats
Voting is under way in Afghanistan\'s presidential run-off amid tight security following warnings from the Taliban.Separatists shoot down Ukraine military plane
A Ukrainian military spokesman says 49 government troops were killed when pro-Russian separatists shot down a cargo plane over the eastern city ...Iraqi Shia clerics issue call to arms to fight militants
Iraq’s senior Shiite cleric has urged his followers to take up arms in the face of a Sunni insurgency that has overrun ...Ukrainian forces reclaim port city from rebels
Ukrainian forces regained control of the port of Mariupol on Friday, raising the national flag over the southeastern city\'s main administrative building, ...Thai junta lifts curfew nationwide
Thailand\'s ruling junta on Friday lifted a night-time curfew across the country.Freed US soldier Bergdahl back in US
US soldier Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who was freed after nearly five years as a Taliban captive, has arrived in Texas from Germany.