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Erdogan aims to turn Turkey into major defense industry power
May 27, 2015
Erdogan aims to turn Turkey into major defense industry power
For years Turkey has boasted NATO's largest army, bar only the United States, and now President Tayyip Erdogan wants a…
Deaths from major heatwave sweeping India top 1,100
May 27, 2015
Deaths from major heatwave sweeping India top 1,100
More than 1,100 people have died in a major heatwave sweeping India, authorities said Wednesday, as forecasters warned searing temperatures…
Afghan police end Taliban siege of Kabul guesthouse
May 27, 2015
Afghan police end Taliban siege of Kabul guesthouse
Afghan police Wednesday ended an all-night Taliban siege of a guesthouse owned by a prominent political family, the latest attack…
Arrested FIFA officials face extradition to US
May 27, 2015
Arrested FIFA officials face extradition to US
Six high-ranking soccer officials, including two vice-presidents of world governing-body FIFA, were arrested by Swiss police on Wednesday and detained…
Thailand starts air search for stranded migrants
May 26, 2015
Thailand starts air search for stranded migrants
Thailand said Tuesday it had begun air reconnaissance missions looking for stranded migrant boats in the Andaman Sea, following criticism…
Malaysian police begin exhuming bodies at jungle camps
May 26, 2015
Malaysian police begin exhuming bodies at jungle camps
Malaysian police forensic teams, digging with hoes and shovels, began the grim task on Tuesday of exhuming the bodies of…
Local official: Boko Haram hacks 10 to death in NE Nigeria
May 25, 2015
Local official: Boko Haram hacks 10 to death in NE Nigeria
Boko Haram fighters hacked to death 10 people in a remote village in northeast Nigeria, a local government official told…
Polish president concedes defeat to conservative challenger
May 25, 2015
Polish president concedes defeat to conservative challenger
Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski conceded defeat to conservative challenger Andrzej Duda (pictured) in Sunday’s presidential election, a result reflecting voters’…
Malaysia finds 139 graves at ‘cruel’ jungle trafficking camps
May 25, 2015
Malaysia finds 139 graves at ‘cruel’ jungle trafficking camps
Malaysian authorities have found 139 graves, and signs of torture, in more than two dozen squalid human trafficking camps suspected…
Interior minister: Greece hasn’t got the money to make June IMF repayment
May 25, 2015
Interior minister: Greece hasn’t got the money to make June IMF repayment
Greece cannot make debt repayments to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) next month unless it achieves a deal with creditors,…