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Some of the more than 1,700 people who evacuated were allowed to briefly return to gather medicine, pets, and other necessities
Suspects accused of setting up small militant, carrying out 63 attacks against army and police in restive northern part of the Sinai Peninsula
Human Rights Watch says Special Deterrence Force arrested Suleiman Qashout, chair of Septimus Award's board, and Mohamed Yaacoubi, director of award, in Tripoli, on April 29
Deal gives Nestle the rights to market, sell and distribute Starbucks, Seattle's Best Coffee, Starbucks Reserve, Teavana, Starbucks VIA and Torrefazione Italia packaged coffee and tea
Youth look forward to new future after protests force resignation of longtime leader blamed for incompetence, corruption
US first lady to concentrate on range of issues children face growing up, not focus on single topic, says her spokeswoman
Latest exhibit focusing on the influence of the Roman Catholic Church on fashion showcases notable designers - and a selection of the Vatican's finery
Now 30-year-old Iraq war veteran and transgender woman, who served years in prison for revealing US state secrets, testing political waters
Syrian Kurdish authorities have built a justice system from scratch, without any recognition from the Syrian government or the outside world, and are trying hundreds of Syrians accused of joining IS
Parliament is expected to choose Pashinian, who led weeks of protests that forced Sargsyan to resign as premier, as prime minister by parliament Tuesday
Exchange shop windows that once showed rates for Iranian rial to US dollar transactions have gone blank, as black-market rates have skyrocketed to 70,000 rials to the dollar, far higher than newly government-imposed rate of 42,000 for $1
Afghanistan Living Conditions Survey (ALCS) shows national poverty rate rising to 55 percent in 2016-17 from 38 percent in 2011-12
The two countries signed several memorandums aimed at boosting trade
White House condemns China's efforts to control how US airlines refer to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau, saying the push to make them comply with Chinese standards is 'Orwellian nonsense'
New mission to open May 14 after US President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital last year
There have since been more than one million suspected cases of cholera in Yemen, and 2,275 recorded deaths, the WHO says
Rice wine is typically home-brewed and is popular at social gatherings; added alcohol that is not distilled properly contains methanol, which can kill even in small amounts
New strike Monday over wage demands, meanwhile, prompted cancellation of about 15 percent of Air France flights worldwide
Some of the more than 1,700 residents who have been evacuated were allowed to briefly return to gather medicine, pets, and other necessities
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