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Nearly 500 on trial for failed coup

ANKARA - A key trial over last year's coup attempt in Turkey started under heavy security in Ankara on Tuesday, with 486 suspects accused of masterminding the coup facing justice.

Cholera, hunger, conflict push Yemen to 'edge of a cliff', UN official says

NEW YORK - A deadly cholera outbreak and looming famine threatens to sink war-torn Yemen into an even deeper crisis, a senior UN official said on Tuesday.

S. Korea tightens real estate regulations

SEOUL - The South Korean government unveiled a raft of measures to control speculative investment into real estate amid a rapid increase in home prices.

Professor accused of fabricating research data

TOKYO - The University of Tokyo, a top university in Japan, said on Tuesday that it had found five papers published on prestigious international journals by two of its researchers contained fabricated and falsified data.

Malaysia seizes pangolin scales, ivory worth almost $1m

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Authorities said on Wednesday that officials had foiled two attempts to smuggle elephant ivory tusks and pangolin scales worth nearly $1 million.

Military, Cabinet support Maduro

CARACAS, Venezuela - The military and Cabinet expressed their continued support for President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday, a day after the United States announced sanctions against him.

Washington would like to have DPRK dialogue

ROK media says US mulls dispatching 2 aircraft carriers

US diplomats evacuated from Moscow compound

MOSCOW - Three trucks, a minibus, a jeep and a taxicab left the summerhouse of the US embassy in Moscow's prestigious compound of Serebryany Bor in evacuation on Tuesday, as a result of escalating diplomatic tensions between the United States and Russia.

4 UK men convicted of plotting attack on soldiers

LONDON - Three British men who dubbed themselves the "Three Musketeers" were convicted on Wednesday of plotting a bomb attack on troops or police inspired by Islamic extremism.

29 killed in Afghan mosque attack

HERAT, Afghanistan - A suicide bomber and a gunman killed at least 29 people and wounded 63 at a packed Shiite mosque in Afghanistan's main western city of Herat on Tuesday, the latest attack to highlight the country's deteriorating security situation.

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