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Gas Blast In Taiwan Kills 25, Injures 267, Topples Buildings
A series of explosions caused by a gas leak killed 25 people and injured 267 in Taiwan's second city on Friday, sending flames shooting...
U.S. Says India Refusal On WTO Deal A Wrong Signal
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday that India's refusal to sign a global trade deal sent the...
Sierra Leone Declares Emergency As Ebola Death Toll Hits 729
Sierra Leone declared a state of emergency and called in troops to quarantine Ebola victims on Thursday, joining neighboring Liberia in imposing tough controls...
Heavy Shelling, Clashes Resume In Libya’s Tripoli
Heavy shelling resumed on Thursday in southern Tripoli where rival militia brigades were battling for control of the capital's main airport in some of...
Kurdish Oil Cargo Unloaded At Sea, Destination A Mystery
Part of a Kurdish oil cargo has been offloaded from a Greek-managed tanker into another tanker in the South China Sea, but mystery surrounds...
UK Holds Emergency Meeting Over Ebola Outbreak In Africa
Britain on Wednesday held a top-level government meeting to discuss the spread of the highly-contagious Ebola virus in West Africa, saying the outbreak was...
Sierra Leone’s Top Ebola Doctor Dies From Virus
The doctor leading Sierra Leone's fight against the worst Ebola outbreak on record died from the virus on Tuesday, the country's chief medical officer...
Moscow Fights Back After Sanctions; Battle Rages Near Ukraine Crash Site
Russia fought back on Wednesday over new U.S. and EU sanctions imposed over Ukraine, where fighting between Moscow-backed rebels and government troops has intensified...
Israel Strikes House Of Hamas Gaza Leader, Digs In For Long Fight
Israel knocked out Gaza's only power plant, flattened the home of its Islamist Hamas political leader and pounded dozens of other high-profile targets in...
China Probes Powerful Former Security Chief For Graft
China has begun an investigation into former domestic security chief Zhou Yongkang, one of the most powerful politicians of the last decade, on suspicion...
