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Italian, Albanian cops crack IS recruitment ring

ROME (AP) – Italian police say they have dismantled a ring of Islamic extremists in Italy and Albania who recruited fighters for the Islamic State group. …

Yemen’s president flees his house in Aden as rebels advance

SANAA, Yemen (AP) – Yemen’s embattled president fled his palace in Aden for an undisclosed location Wednesday as Shiite rebels offered cash bounty …

China indirectly admits to forgoing veto power at new development bank

A growing membership of a Chinese-led Asian development bank means that each member state of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank would have smaller stakes …

China, Russia discuss ways on restart of N. Korea nuclear talks

The top nuclear envoys of China and Russia discussed ways to resume long-stalled multilateral talks aimed at persuading North Korea to give up its nuclear …

Obama expresses condolences over death of Singapore’s founding PM

U.S. President Barack Obama expressed condolences over the death of Singapore’s founding prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, saying he demonstrated …

US providing ‘eye in the sky’ for Iraq Tikrit op: official

The United States is providing reconnaissance support for Iraq’s operation to retake Tikrit from the Islamic State group, a senior military official from …

Plane with 150 on board crashes in French Alps
Plane with 150 on board crashes in French Alps

A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on Tuesday with all 150 people on board pronounced dead, in one of the worst ever plane …

[Newsmaker] Ted Cruz, Tea Party agitator, aims for White House
[Newsmaker] Ted Cruz, Tea Party agitator, aims for White House

WASHINGTON ― Once reviled by fellow Republicans as a “wacko bird” for leading the U.S. government to a 2013 shutdown, resurgent Sen. Ted Cruz has turned …

Pagodas in the mist
Pagodas in the mist

Long billed as the “Land of Pagodas”, Myanmar does nothing if not live up to its name. It’s 5:30 p.m. in Bagan and I’m standing at the top of stupa 305 …

Releasing tigers a risky business
Releasing tigers a risky business

Following India’s success in protecting endangered tigers, Cambodia says it wants to get some of the big cats from India and reintroduce them to its …

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