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China Rebuffs Trump Comments On Stealing U.S. Jobs

China on Wednesday rebuffed comments by U.S. real estate mogul and presidential contender Donald Trump that China is stealing U.S. jobs through crafty business practices, saying trade between the two countries was win-win. Trump wallowed in political incorrectness on Tuesday...

Russia Forced By NATO To Take Steps To Protect Itself: Kremlin

Russia accused NATO on Wednesday of encroaching on its borders and seeking to change the strategic balance of power, forcing Moscow to take steps to protect its interests and security. The comments by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov came a day...

Escaped Tiger Kills Man In Georgia

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A rare white tiger that escaped from Tbilisi zoo in a freak flood mauled a man to death in the Georgian capital on Wednesday before being shot dead by police, officials said. The interior ministry had initially said the animal...

Egypt Court Sentences Mursi, Brotherhood Leaders To Death

An Egyptian court sentenced deposed President Mohamed Mursi to death on Tuesday on charges of killing, kidnapping and other offences during a 2011 mass jail break. The general guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Badie, and four other Brotherhood leaders...

Top Al Qaeda Leader Reported Killed In Yemen

Top al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) leader Nasir al-Wuhayshi was killed Friday in a suspected U.S. drone strike in Yemen's Hadramout region, according to two Yemeni national security officials. Tweets from known AQAP operatives also speak of al-Wuhayshi...

Wanted Sudan Leader Bashir Flies Out Of South Africa

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted for war crimes, has left South Africa, pre-empting a court ruling over an international warrant for his arrest. The Pretoria High Court was due to decide whether he should be handed over to...

Libya Says ‘Uncatchable’ Veteran Militant Killed In U.S. Strike

A veteran Islamist militant blamed for a deadly attack on an Algerian gas field and who ran smuggling routes across North Africa has been killed in a U.S. air strike inside Libya, Libya's government said on Sunday. The recognized government...

South African Court Orders Indicted Sudanese Leader Not To Leave

A South African court issued an interim order on Sunday preventing Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir leaving the country, where he was attending an African Union summit, until the judge hears an application calling for his arrest. Bashir is accused in...

Pope Says To Visit Africa In November, May Go To Kenya

Pope Francis on Friday said he planned to visit the Central African Republic and Uganda in November, and hoped to go to Kenya, during his first trip to Africa since becoming pope. Speaking to a gathering of priests from around...

WHO Calls Emergency Meeting On ‘Large, Complex’ South Korea MERS Outbreak

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday it would hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday to consider South Korea's outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), which it described as "large and complex". The U.N. health agency said more...