Israeli military detains over 100, including senior Hamas figures
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday kicked off his first visit abroad since taking office, arriving in Bhutan to launch a drive to reassert Indian influence in the region, offering financial and technical help and the lure of a huge market.
The Ukrainian military has launched airstrikes against separatist strongholds in the country's eastern region fol-lowing the shooting down of a transport plane that killed 49 people.
Just days into her job running a police station in Pakistan's largest city, Syeda Ghazala had to put her training to the test: She opened fire with her.22-caliber pistol at a man who shot at police when they tried to pull him over during a routine traffic stop.
The Diaoyu Islands have belonged to China since ancient times, former US congressman David Wu said.
Obama says star 'opened doors for all' as a leader in civil rights movement
The Japanese eel, a popular summertime delicacy that has become prohibitively expensive due to overfishing, has been put on the international conservation "red list" in a move that may speed up Japan's push for industrial farming of the species.
Two outpost offices of the National Weather Service in Alaska are finally ending what has been a bygone practice for most of the United States for almost two decades - using real human voices in radio forecast broadcasts.
Several African countries have made great strides in clamping down on ivory smuggling, with large seizures for the first time exceeding those made in prime destination Asia, UN wildlife regulator CITES said Friday.
Businessman still wanted on charges of embezzlement and tax evasion
Thailand's military authorities leader said on Friday that an interim government will be formed in September at the latest, offering the most specific timeline yet on a possible transfer of power after last month's coup.
Obama threatens airstrikes as Sunni insurgents head south toward capital
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