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It was not clear how the fractured bloc would respond after Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso adopted a treaty establishing a 'Confederation of Sahel States' in Niamey on Saturday
Two soldiers and six suspected militants were killed in two separate gun battles in Kashmir, police say
Pope heading to Asia on 12-day trip
Countries like Norway and Sweden in northern Europe are now promoting "coolcations" to attract visitors to their temperate climates.
A team of four have spent the past 378 days sealed inside the 'Martian' habitat in Houston, Texas, part of NASA's research into what it will take to put humans on the planet known as the Red Planet.
Myanmar’s ethnic soldiers were surrounding the northern Shan state town of Lashio, home to the junta's northeastern command, General Tar Bhone Kyaw of the Ta'ang National Liberation Army said.
"A local Hezbollah official" was killed in an "Israeli drone" strike on a vehicle near the eastern city of Baalbek, a source close to the group said without identifying the official.
Niger has turned toward Russia and Iran and away from the United States and former colonial ruler France
This is first summit of the three countries that pulled out of the Economic Community of West African States this year
The defeat of ultra-conservative Saeed Jalili is a relief for European governments as they seek to maintain dialogue
Texas officials warned the state's entire coastline to brace for possible flooding, heavy rain and wind
He plans to focus on health care, crime and immigration
One is in Niger, the other in Nigeria
Potential tools at the agency's disposal include biological and performance passports as well as a mountain of data
A growing number of scuba divers learn conservation and citizen science techniques off the Thai island of Koh Tao as coral reefs experience a fourth global bleaching event
Coast guard rescued nine people, including a 5-year-old girl
Sharifeh Mohammadi was convicted of rebellion, accused of being a member of a Kurdish separatist party
The country has been engaged in drawn-out talks seeking to secure a support program from the International Monetary Fund
"Entire families perished" in the accident, activists say, while fleeing the militants' recent advance through Sennar state
Angkorian artworks, which included a 10th century goddess sandstone statute and a large Buddha head from the 7th century, were stolen by antiquities trafficker Douglas Latchford before ending up in New York
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