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Chaparrastique volcano eruption sparks evacuations in El Salvador

Thousands of people in eastern El Salvador are leaving their homes after the Chaparrastique volcano erupted on Sunday morning. Residents…

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Volgograd railway station bomb attack kills 15 people

A female suicide bomb attack on Volgograd’s train station has killed 15 people, Russian officials say. Another suspected female suicide…

11 years ago

Akademik Shokalskiy: New bid to rescue scientific mission ship trapped in Antarctic ice

An Australian vessel is en route to East Antarctica in a renewed bid to free Akademik Shokalskiy scientific mission ship…

11 years ago

Cuba eases restrictions on loans to private borrowers

Cuba has decided to ease restrictions on loans to private borrowers in the latest measure aimed at boosting the island's…

11 years ago

Croatia charges Farmal and 364 people over drugs bribes

Croatian authorities have charged pharmaceutical company Farmal and 364 people - most of them reportedly doctors - for allegedly rigging…

11 years ago

Millions of jobless Americans to lose unemployment benefits in 2014

An estimated 1.3 million Americans will lose their unemployment benefits after an emergency federal program expired on Saturday. Lawmakers failed…

11 years ago

Benghazi attack: New York Times report finds no al-Qaeda role

A New York Times in-depth report found no proof that al-Qaeda or any international terrorist groups played any role in the…

11 years ago

Pope Francis receives private message from Bashar al-Assad

Pope Francis has received a private message from Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, the Vatican said on Saturday, without disclosing its…

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Cairo al-Azhar campus set on fire during protests

Muslim Brotherhood supporters clashed with Egyptian police and Cairo university buildings were set on fire killing one student. State TV…

11 years ago

Iraq: MP Ahmed al-Alwani arrested during deadly raid in Ramadi

Iraqi troops arrested MP Ahmed al-Alwani and killed his brother and at least three of his guards during a raid…

11 years ago