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IMF approves $17bn aid deal for Ukraine
The International Monetary Fund has approved a two-year $17.1 billion loan package for Ukraine.British actor Bob Hoskins dies aged 71
British actor Bob Hoskins, whose varied career ranged from noir drama "Mona Lisa" to animated fantasy "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" has died ...Aerial search to locate missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 plane ends
The intensive aerial search for surface wreckage from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has officially ended, with ships also moving out of the ...Thailand to hold fresh general election in July
Thailand\'s government and election authorities agreed Wednesday to hold a new general election on July 20 in an attempt to end the ...Road accident kills 19 in western Nepal
At least 19 people were killed and 45 wounded in western Nepal when a bus travelling to Butwal collided with ...Oklahoma prison botches US inmate execution
Oklahoma halted the execution of a prison inmate due to problems with its lethal injection, but the man later died of an ...Senior US lawmaker blocks aid for Egyptian military
US senator Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Senate subcommittee that oversees foreign aid, said on Tuesday he would not approve sending funds ...Abducted Nigerian girls sold into marriage to Islamist extremists
Hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped two weeks again are being sold to as wives to Islamic militants for as little as $12 each, it ...Airstrike on Syrian school kills 18, say activists
An air raid on a rebel-held neighbourhood of Syria\'s main northern city Aleppo hit a school, killing at least 18 people, 10 ...China says three killed in attack at Xinjiang train station
At least three people were killed and 79 injured when an explosion rocked a train station in Urumqi, the capital of China\'s ...