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Ukraine president to order unilateral ceasefire ‘shortly’
Ukraine´s new President Petro Poroshenko said earlier today that he would soon order a unilateral ceasefire in the separatist east…
Boat carrying almost a hundred people capsizes off the coast of Malaysia
A boat carrying 97 people overturned about two nautical miles off the western coast of Malaysia, a media report said…
China weapons facility blast: 17 soldiers dead
At least 17 Chinese soldiers have died in an explosion at a weapon storage facility, Xinhua the official state media…
US defense secretary Hagel testifies Wednesday on Taliban prisoner swap
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is telling Congress that Qatar officials negotiating the release of captured Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl told…
Egypt prosecutor orders release of hunger-striking Al-Jazeera journalist
Egypt’s prosecutor general on Monday ordered the release of Al-Jazeera journalist Abdullah Elshamy, who has been on hunger strike for…
Fighting raging near Baghdad as UN warns crisis ‘life-threatening’
Militants pushed a weeklong offensive that has overrun swathes of Iraq to within 60 kilometres (37 miles) of Baghdad Tuesday,…
Obama returns to Iraqi quagmire
Barack Obama returned to Washington yesterday after a brief family break in California to find himself confronted once again by…
Police fire rubber bullets in Brazil World Cup city
Police fired rubber bullets and arrested 11 people yesterday to break up anti-World Cup protests by rioters who trashed banks…
Sea Saw battle rages for control of north Iraqi town
Militants gained ground today in a battle for a strategic enclave in northern Iraq that provides a corridor to Syria,…