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  Donetsk--As soon as Yevgeny left hospital after being wounded in the battle for Ukrainian rebel stronghold Donetsk airport, he made his way back...

  GUATEMALA CITY-- Guatemala's Fuego volcano belched black ash into the sky on Saturday, causing the government to evacuate 100 nearby residents and forcing...

  TOKYO-- The Japanese government scored higher public approval ratings for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's handling of the hostage crisis involving two Japanese captured...

  BOSASSO-- At least two people were killed when Somali militants al Shabaab attacked the house of a senior police official in the semi-autonomous...

  Kiev--French, German and Ukrainian leaders are to discuss a last-ditch peace bid for east Ukraine with Vladimir Putin on Sunday, after the US...

  Dhaka--Thousands of business leaders protested in the Bangladesh capital on Sunday against a month-long campaign of anti-government violence that they say has cost...

  Berlin--German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Saturday it would take "two or three days" to know the fate of a new Franco-German push...

  Baghdad--Attacks in Baghdad, including a suicide bombing inside a restaurant, killed at least 32 people on Saturday, hours before a years-old nightly curfew...

  Yaoundé--Nigeria and its four neighbouring nations on Saturday pledged to deploy 8,700 troops, police and civilians as part of a regional effort to...

  Washingto--A man convicted of murdering his girlfriend in 1999 and featured in a recent hit US podcast will be given a chance to...

  Washington--The United States is weighing "additional" assistance to Ukraine as it battles Russian-backed separatists, Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday, while stopping...

  Lagos--Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai on Sunday called for global support to help release more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram,...

  Tokyo--Japan has seized the passport of a journalist planning to travel to Syria following the brutal killing of two Japanese hostages by the...

  Sydney--Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Sunday he will bring forward a party bid to oust him by 24 hours, as the country...

  Washington--A US gunman opened fire at a house near Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday, killing four people and wounding two children including relatives in...

  Abuja--Nigeria has postponed its presidential election on security grounds as the Boko Haram conflict intensifies, handing a potential lifeline to the ruling party...

  Mexico City--Argentine-led forensic experts strongly criticised Mexico's investigation into the presumed massacre of 43 missing students on Saturday, insisting the probe must remain...

  Manila--New Indonesian President Joko Widodo arrives on his first state visit to the Philippines Sunday, as the fate of a Filipina facing execution...