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Rebel artillery pounds Aden

Yemen's Shiite rebels and security forces loyal to the former president began a fresh offensive against the southern city of Aden on Monday, according to security officials.

South Korea to develop own fighter jet

South Korea on Monday selected Korea Aerospace Industries and partner Lockheed Martin for a multi-billion-dollar contract to develop 120 "indigenous" fighter jets to replace Seoul's aging fleet.

Hand-rolled cigars emerge in the face of civil war

In Syria's Latakia province, in the northwest region, workers roll the country's first locally made cigars, a new product that's being launched despite the devastating civil war that's in its fifth year.

Sun-powered aircraft heads for China on historic flight

Solar Impulse 2 took off from Myanmar's second biggest city of Mandalay on Monday and headed for Chongqing, the fifth flight of a landmark journey to circumnavigate the globe powered solely by the sun.

Souvenirs recall 'atmosphere' of war that killed millions

Grubby satchels, helmets, rusty knives and chunky radios are strewed around Dinh Van Loc's front room, transforming his house in Vietnam's capital into an abandoned battlefield.

Governor defends law affecting gays

Indiana's governor defended a new state law widely criticized as fostering discrimination against gay people, and said on Sunday it wasn't a mistake to have enacted it.

Former PM Olmert convicted of corruption

Retried on corruption charges, former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert was found guilty on Monday of accepting bribes. It was the latest chapter in the downfall of a man who once hoped to lead the country to a historic peace agreement with the Palestinians.

Results awaited in close election

Nigerians waited on Monday for the first results of the country's general election, potentially the closest contest since the end of military rule in 1999, after a weekend vote marred by confusion, arguments and sporadic violence.

Ruling party sees setbacks in local, regional voting

Bolivian President Evo Morales' governing party suffered its most serious setback after nearly a decade in power in local and regional elections on Sunday, according to unofficial results in the South American country.

Australia also to require 2 crew members in cockpits

Australia has joined other major nations that have recently announced they will require their airlines to have two people in the cockpit of commercial flights at all times.

Government victorious in dogfight over air base

Japan's central government muscled the governor of Okinawa out of the way on Monday in a row over the construction of a US air base, suspending his stop-work order in the latest fraught chapter of a two-decade row.