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Islamic State second-in-command killed in Iraq airstrike
Iraq\'s Defence Ministry said on Wednesday the deputy commander of Islamic State insurgents had been killed in a coalition air strike on ...Top Burundi general launches coup attempt against president
A top Burundian general launched a coup attempt against President Pierre Nkurunziza on Wednesday, capping weeks of increasingly violent protests against the ...Dozens killed as devastated Nepal suffers another strong earthquake
A 7.3 magnitude earthquake killed at least 57 people and spread panic in Nepal on Tuesday, bringing down buildings already weakened by ...Blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh
A blogger was hacked to death by machete-wielding attackers in Bangladesh on Tuesday, the third killing of a critic of religious extremism ...Another strong earthquake strikes Nepal
A major earthquake hit a remote mountainous region of Nepal on Tuesday, killing at least 21 people, triggering landslides and toppling buildings ...Scores of Russian soldiers killed in east Ukraine
Moscow spent more than 53 billion rubles ($1.04 billion) supplying a separatist rebellion in east Ukraine and at least 220 Russian soldiers ...Massive 7.4 earthquake hits Nepal
A strong earthquake shook Nepal on Tuesday, sending people in the capital Kathmandu rushing out on to the streets weeks after a ...72 dead as Syria army battles to free loyalists
At least 72 fighters were killed in a single day as the Syrian army battled to relieve some 250 besieged regime loyalists ...Moroccan F-16 jet from Saudi-led coalition in Yemen goes missing
A Moroccan F-16 warplane that is part of the Saudi-led force carrying out air strikes in Yemen has gone missing, Morocco\'s military ...Saudi King Salman skips Obama summit amid angst over US-Iran nuclear negotiations
Newly crowned Saudi King Salman has refused an invitation to attend a landmark summit hosted by President Barack Obama, amid angst over ...




