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Merkel backs Ukraine diplomacy while putting onus on Russia

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she still hopes for a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine crisis while underlining that the onus is on Russia due to its …

Filipino beheaded in Saudi for killing boss

RIYADH (AFP)–Saudi Arabia on Monday beheaded a Filipino convicted of murdering his boss, bringing to 40 the number of executions this year.   In just …

Senate torture report: An exception in CIA oversight

WASHINGTON (AP)–The Senate report on the CIA’s post-Sept. 11 interrogations shows how a rigorous examination of a secret agency can expose …

Bloody Sunday 50th anniversary: Weeklong march begins Monday

  SELMA, Alabama (AP)–A march commemorating the historic “Bloody Sunday” demonstration is set to begin Monday afternoon after several …

Boom in journalist drone use flies into legal obstacles

PARIS  ― Flying over the flaming barricades of the Maidan protests in Kiev, the camps of Auschwitz or hurtling down a ski slope ― drones have become a …

[Newsmaker] Japan glimpses its future in Fukushima today
[Newsmaker] Japan glimpses its future in Fukushima today

Japan will honor its dead this week from the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the coastline north of Tokyo on March 11 four years ago. For those who have …

Chechen confesses involvement in murder of Russia’s Nemtsov

A Russian court on Sunday charged two men with the murder of opposition activist Boris Nemtsov, including a former police officer from Chechnya who confessed …

China February trade surplus hits record $60.6 bn: govt

China’s monthly trade surplus hit $60.6 billion in February, the government said Sunday, a new record for the world’s second-largest economy. …

MH370 search could be widened further: Australia PM

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott Sunday said the search for missing flight MH370 would extend beyond its current scope if it is not found, as grieving …

Middle East-bound teens ‘stopped at Sydney airport’

Australia Sunday said it stopped two teenage brothers at Sydney Airport believed to be heading to the Middle East to fight, amid growing concern in Western …

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