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Blast Kills 23 In Market On Edge Of Pakistani Capital

A bomb exploded at a vegetable market on the outskirts of the capital on Wednesday, killing 23 people and injuring at least 39, police and hospital officials said. The early morning blast, as traders assembled for fruit auctions, left severed...

New Ping Signals Spark Confidence In Malaysia Airlines Search

Australian officials said on Wednesday that two new "ping" signals had been detected in the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, boosting confidence after more than a month of fruitless searching for the missing jetliner. The signals, which could be...

NATO To Triple Baltic Air Patrol From Next Month

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NATO will triple its usual number of fighter jets patrolling over the Baltics next month to beef up its eastern European defenses due to tension with Russia over Ukraine, a NATO military official said on Tuesday. Four NATO fighters are...

Desperate For Taxes, Puerto Rico Tries To Get Grip On Underground Economy

Mattress maker Angel Lopez is both a problem and an opportunity for the Puerto Rican government. His one-man business works off the books as part of a vast underground economy, which doesn't directly pay into the treasury's coffers and is...

Pro-Russia Protesters Seize Ukraine Buildings, Kiev Blames Putin

Pro-Russian protesters seized state buildings in three east Ukrainian cities on Sunday, triggering accusations from the pro-European government in Kiev that President Vladimir Putin was orchestrating "separatist disorder". The protesters stormed regional government buildings in the industrial hub of Donetsk...

U.S. Defense Chief, In First, To Visit China’s Aircraft Carrier

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will visit China's sole aircraft carrier when he arrives in the country on Monday, a U.S. official said, in an unprecedented opening by Beijing to a potent symbol of its military buildup. The official believed...

Australia Says New ‘Pings’ Best Lead Yet In Malaysia Jet Search

An Australian ship searching for a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner has picked up signals consistent with the beacons from aircraft black box recorders, in what search officials said on Monday was the most promising lead yet in the month-long...

India Kicks Off World’s Biggest Election In Remote Northeast

The first Indians cast their votes in the world's biggest election on Monday with Hindu nationalist opposition candidate Narendra Modi seen holding a strong lead on promises of economic revival and jobs but likely to fall short of a...

India Opposition Could Clinch Election Win: Opinion Polls

India's main opposition party of prime ministerial hopeful Narendra Modi and its allies are set to emerge as the biggest group in an election beginning on Monday, heralding the end of a 10-year reign of the ruling party, two...

Biggest Search Yet For Malaysian Missing Jet

Four weeks after the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines jetliner, searchers on Saturday launched the most intensive hunt yet in the southern Indian Ocean, trying to find the plane's black box recorders before their batteries run out. Up to 10...