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Hong Kong protests decline, as leaders agreed to talks with governmentHong Kong's student-led protests that brought tens of thousands on to the streets last week are down to just a few hundred on Wednesday, as talks with the government are all but certain to go nowhere.
Kenyatta lawyers try to get case thrown out of ICCInternational court prosecutors admit they don't have enough evidence against Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta to move forward with their case.
Canada votes for air strikes against Islamic State, 157-134Canada's Parliament authorized air strikes in Iraq for up to six months and explicitly stated that no ground troops be used in combat operations.
At least one dead after strong earthquake rattles China's southwestA magnitude 6 temblor, as measured by the US Geological Survey, struck the country's Yunnan province late Tuesday.
Ukraine rebels strive to take Donetsk airportSecurity spokesman Andriy Lysenko said rebels fired on the terminal from tanks, artillery systems and multiple rocket launchers.
- UK anti-terror raid nets four arrests in London
Police said Tuesday that officers fired a stun gun at one 21-year-old suspect, but he did not need medical treatment.
Vladimir Putin celebrates birthday in Siberia as supporters create tributesRussian news websites published photographs from a one-day exhibition in Moscow titled 'The 12 Labors of Vladimir Putin,' in which Putin is depicted as Hercules.
Spanish nurse tests positive for EbolaThe unnamed health care worker is contracted the virus after treating two priests who came down with the disease while working in West Africa. She is the first person to contract Ebola in the west.
Mexico president vows to find justice for families of missing studentsSome 30 bodies have been uncovered in a burial site in Mexico's Guerrero state. The Guerrero attorney general said that it is "probable" that some of the missing 43 students are among the remains found in the graves.
Typhoon that killed US airman hits JapanThe airman was one of three washed off Okinawa. Meanwhile, the powerful storm has struck the main Japanese island with high winds and heavy rain.
Kenyan president to temporarily step down for ICC hearingUhuru Kenyetta made the announcement Monday during a speech in parliament.
Hong Kong returns to some kind of normalcy as protests shrinkSchools were back in session and civil servants went to work on Monday as traffic began to flow again on city streets.
African Union, Somali troops retake Al Shabab strongholdA port town used by Al Shabab to bring in arms and fighters from abroad was captured Sunday by government and AU forces. The town of Barawe had been fully controlled by the Islamist militants since 2006.
Rightist party in Bulgaria leads exit polls in 'last chance' electionThe new government will be Bulgaria's fifth in under two years, a period that has seen mass street protests topple a previous administration and nearly fell its successor.
Typhoon Phanfone descends on southern JapanSeveral people on Kyushu island were injured in the typhoon. Three US airmen were swept out to sea; one is confirmed dead, the other two are still missing.
Did WHO underestimate Ebola crisis?Aid workers on the front lines of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa say the World Health Organization was nowhere to be found during the early days of the crisis.
- Peter Kassig parents highlight his conversion to Islam in ISIS plea
Peter Kassig's parents issued a video plea Saturday for the release of their son, being held hostage by Islamic State in Syria.
Ousted Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier dies in HaitiJean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, whose leadership of Haiti was marked by repression and human rights abuses, has died before the charges against him could come to trial.
Nobel Prize in literature: Have you heard of these front-runners?The Nobel prize for literature has gone to well-known authors long lauded by critics, but just as frequently plucks unknown authors from obscurity.
MH370 hunt resumes: With huge area mapped, searchers are 'cautiously optimistic'The MH370 search has been on hold for four months so crews could map the complex seabed in the massive search zone. Crews will use sonar, video cameras, and jet fuel sensors to scour the water for any trace of the missing Boeing 777.
