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China railway attack: A group 'terrorist' assault with knives?China railway attack: At least 28 people have been killed - and 113 injured – in an attack at a railway station in Kunming, China, by a group of people brandishing knives. China state TV called it a "violent terror attack."
Russia defies US warning, takes control of CrimeaThe Russian parliament voted Saturday to send troops into Crimea, officially endorsing the policy already underway in the Black Sea region of Ukraine.
- Pakistani Taliban announces 1-month ceasefire
The announcement gives new hope in a struggling peace process.
Ukraine crisis: Crimean leader asks for Russian aidCrimea, a region of Ukraine, has asked Putin and Russia for help keeping the peace.
North Korea fires four missiles off coastNorth Korea fired four short-range missiles just days after the beginning of annual joint US and South Korean military exercises.
Costa Concordia captain returns to destroyed cruise linerCosta Concordia: The last time Francesco Schettino was on the Costa Concordia he was about to board a lifeboat while hundreds of passengers and crew were still trying to figure out their own escape routes after the liner rammed a reef.
UN nuclear agency opted against sensitive Iran report, news report saysReuters says an IAEA report on Iran's nuclear capabilities would have shown more about the Islamic Republic's nuclear bomb research.
'El Chapo' aide faces charges following captureAn aide to the Mexican drug lord known as 'El Chapo' was charged Wednesday for possessing illegal weapons when he was captured with his boss last weekend. Officials say the aide, Carlos Manuel Hoo Ramirez, was chief of communications for the drug cartel.
Paco de Lucia, world's greatest flamenco guitarist, diesPaco de Lucia, who was best-known as a flamenco guitarist but also experimented with other genres of music, has died in Mexico, Spanish officials said Wednesday.
Jimmy Carter's planning trip to Venezuela amid escalating political crisisJimmy Carter, a mediator of past political conflict in the deeply polarized South American nation, wrote in private letters he sent this week to President Nicolas Maduro and opposition leader Henrique Capriles, expressing 'grave concern' about the loss of life in recent protests and the risk of more conflict ahead.
Ugandan tabloid prints list of alleged homosexualsThe 'Red Pepper' has printed the names of some 200 Ugandan citizens, who are alleged to be homosexual, the day after Uganda's president signed an anti-gay law.
Post-Olympic challenge: How to use all those stadiums?For Olympic host cities, the real challenge begins after the Closing Ceremonies, when they must find uses for the expensive stadiums and athletes' villages after the Games are over.
- Israeli airstrikes near Lebanon-Syria border
Israeli airstrikes: Residents in Nabi Sheet, a remote village in the eastern Bekaa Valley, reported hearing several explosions late Monday, but the nature of the blasts was unclear.
Uganda's president signs new anti-gay lawPresident Yoweri Museveni is concerned about a 'social imperialism' creeping into his African nation from the West.
- Taliban ends talks on prisoner exchange
The Afghan organization was in talks to exchange senior prisoners at Guantanamo Bay for for a captured US soldier.
- Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman captured at Mexico beach resort
Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, the head of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel, was captured at beach resort in Mazatlan, Mexico. Guzman is considered one of the most powerful drug traffickers in the world.
- Did attempted rape ignite Venezuela's national protests?
Student protests began at the University of the Andes in San Cristobal, Venezuela, after an attempted rape of a college woman. A week later, the protests boiled over into a violent national uprising.
- Ukraine parliament votes to oust President Viktor Yanukovich
The Ukrainian parliament declared the president constitutionally unable to carry out his duties and set an election for May 25. President Yanukovich said he would not resign or leave the country, and called the decisions by parliament "a coup d'etat."
Maersk Alabama security officers found dead in SeychellesMaersk Alabama deaths: The police gave no cause of death but said a post mortem has been scheduled.
- Venezuela beauty queen dies in Valencia protests
Venezuela beauty queen, Genesis Carmona, a 22-year-old university student, was shot during protests in Valencia, Venezuela. Carmona had been Miss Tourism 2013 beauty queen for the state of Carabobo.
