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US warns Afghanistan of complete troop pullout without security deal
The US president, Barack Obama, has told his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai that he is preparing a contingency plan to withdraw all ...US penalizes Asiana Airlines over crash
U.S. regulators are fining South Korea\'s Asiana Airlines $500,000 for failing to adequately help the families of passengers involved in a fatal ...Suspected Islamist militants kill dozens of students in Nigeria
Suspected Islamic extremists killed more than 30 students Tuesday in northern Nigeria in an attack the president calls "heinous, brutal and mindless."US expels Venezuelan diplomats in tit-for-tat move over unrest
The United States has expelled three Venezuelan diplomats, a week after Venezuela expelled three U.S. diplomats it accused of conspiring with student ...Iraq signs deal to buy arms, ammunition from Iran
A published report says Iraq has signed a deal to purchase weapons from Iran, breaking a U.N.-imposed embargo on weapons sales by ...Ukraine delays forming new government amid intense negotiations
Parliament speaker says that a new government should be in place by Thursday, a delay reflecting intense ongoing consultations. Oleksandr Turchinov has ...Pakistan air strikes on militant hideouts kill at least 30
Pakistan\'s military have launched air strikes against suspected militant hideouts in the north-west, killing at least 30 people, officials say.US plans to shrink army and cut warplanes
The Pentagon said on Monday it would shrink the U.S. Army to pre-World War Two levels, eliminate the popular A-10 aircraft and ...Ukraine interim government issues arrest warrant for Yanukovich
Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich is wanted by police for the "mass murder of peaceful civilians", according to a statement posted on ...Seventeen dead in bombings and shootings in Iraq
Militants launched separate attacks shortly after sunset Sunday in northern Iraq and Baghdad, killing at least 17 people and wounding dozens.