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Karzai refused to meet Obama at Bagram Air Base, says US official
Afghan President Hamid Karzai was offered a meeting with President Barack Obama at Bagram Air Base outside Kabul but declined, a US ...Iran billionaire executed over $2.6B bank fraud
A billionaire businessman at the heart of a $2.6 billion state bank scam in Iran, the largest fraud case since the country\'s ...A Pivot on the Peace Island
For the past two weeks, I’ve been in the Republic of Korea (ROK), as ...Three people killed in shooting at Brussels Jewish Museum
Three people were killed in a shooting near the Jewish Museum in Brussels, which the Belgian authorities believe may be “an anti-Semitic ...10 dead in suicide bomb, gunfire attack on Somali parliament
At least ten people were killed and more than 10 others injured after a suicide car bomb went off outside Somali parliament ...Pope Francis arrives in Jordan for Mideast trip
Pope Francis arrived in Jordan on Saturday to kick off his first visit to the Middle East since becoming the head of ...Thai army detains former PM Yingluck after military coup
Thailand\'s military govt on Friday detained former PM Yingluck Shinawatra and several members of her family as coup leaders tighten their grip ...Putin says Russia will respect results of Ukraine presidential election
Russian president Vladimir Putin says he will respect the choice of the Ukrainian people in Sunday\'s presidential vote but says ousted ex-leader ...International Criminal Court sentences former Congolese militia leader to 12 years
The International Criminal Court on Friday sentenced former Congolese militia leader Germain Katanga to 12 years in jail for his role in ...22 killed as Syria rebels shell Assad election rally
Syrian Islamist rebels bombarded a campaign rally in support of President Bashar al-Assad\'s re-election in a controversial June 3 poll, killing at ...