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Top court orders Italian marines tried in India

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Supreme Court ruled Friday that two Italian marines accused of killing a pair of fishermen off the coast of India

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Pakistani cleric ends rally after government deal

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani officials struck a deal late Thursday with a fiery Muslim cleric to end four days of anti-government protests by thousands of his supporters that largely paralyzed

West African troops arrive in Mali to aid French mission

BAMAKO/SEGOU, Mali (Reuters) – The first West African regional forces arrived in Mali on Thursday to reinforce French and Malian troops battling to push back al Qaeda-linked rebels after seven

Britain to drift out of European Union without reforms: PM

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will drift out of the European Union and the European project will fail unless the bloc tackles three serious problems it faces, British Prime Minister David

Algeria ends desert siege, but dozens killed

ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algerian forces stormed a desert gas complex to free hundreds of hostages but 30, including several Westerners, were killed in the assault along with at least 11

Snow forces 3,400 to spend night at Tokyo airport

TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo’s Narita International Airport operator says 3,400 travelers spent the night in the terminal after snow caused airlines to cancel 71 flights. In the season’s first snowfall

Massacre of over 100 reported in Syria’s Homs

BEIRUT (Reuters) – More than 100 people were shot, stabbed or possibly burned to death by government forces in the Syrian city of Homs, a monitoring group said on Thursday,

Algerian forces launch operation to break desert siege

ALGIERS (Reuters) – Twenty-five foreign hostages escaped and six were killed on Thursday when Algerian forces launched an operation to free them at a remote desert gas plant, Algerian sources

Desert drama: Islamists take hostages in Algeria

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — In a desert standoff deep in the Sahara, the Algerian army ringed a natural gas complex where Islamist militants hunkered down with dozens of hostages Wednesday

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Suicide bombers attack U.S. base in Afghanistan

JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Suicide attackers detonated bombs and fired rockets outside a major U.S. base in Afghanistan on Sunday, killing five people in a brazen operation that highlighted the