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Officials: At least 185 killed in Nigeria attack

Nigeria: Fighting between Nigeria’s military and Islamic extremists killed at least 185 people in a fishing community in the nation’s far northeast, officials said Sunday,

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Condition of Indian girl who was raped improves

NEW DELHI: The condition of a 5-year-old girl who was raped, tortured and then left alone in a locked room for two days has improved, a doctor said, as protests

Paraguayans elect tobacco magnate as president

Paraguay: Paraguayans elected a tobacco magnate as their new leader Sunday, returning the conservative Colorado Party to the presidency that it held for 61 years before former Roman Catholic bishop

Kerry pushes Turkey-Israel rapprochement

ISTANBUL: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday urged Turkey to speed up and cement an American-brokered rapprochement with Israel, and he explored with Palestinian officials new ways to

Bank of England’s cheap credit scheme to be extended – reports

LONDON: A scheme to get more credit flowing in Britain’s stagnant economy will be expanded to include specialist lenders and will run for a year longer than planned, the Sunday

China criticizes US for its human rights record

BEIJING: China slammed the human rights record of the United States in response to Washington’s report on rights around the world, saying that U.S. military operations have infringed on rights

People gather on a street to avoid aftershocks of an earthquake, in Shifang, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Saturday, April 20, 2013.(AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhang Xiaoli)
China rushes relief after Sichuan quake kills 180

China: Rescuers and relief teams struggled to rush supplies into the rural hills of China’s Sichuan province Sunday after an earthquake left at least 180 people dead and more than

Indian girl, 5, in serious condition after rape

NEW DELHI (AP) — A 5-year-old girl was in serious condition Saturday after being raped and tortured by a man who held her in a locked room in India’s capital

Boston bomb suspect hospitalized under heavy guard

BOSTON: Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev lay hospitalized in serious condition under heavy guard Saturday — apparently in no shape to be interrogated — as investigators tried to establish

People gather on a street to avoid aftershocks of an earthquake, in Shifang, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Saturday, April 20, 2013.(AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhang Xiaoli)
Strong quake jolts China’s Sichuan, killing 156

BEIJING (AP) — A powerful earthquake struck the steep hills of China’s southwestern Sichuan province on Saturday, leaving at least 156 people dead and more than 5,500 injured, nearly five