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Yemeni security officials say at least 25 soldiers have been killed in an apparent “friendly fire” incident and battle with militants in the southern province of Abyan.Local security officials say a government warplane mistakenly bombed an abandoned school where the … Continue reading →

Residents of the besieged Libyan city of Sirte say people wounded in fighting are dying in the main local hospital because of a shortage of fuel, oxygen and other supplies.Hundreds of residents drove out of Sirte on Sunday, fleeing weeks … Continue reading →

Protesters decrying corporate greed and other grievances maintained a presence in New York City’s financial district Sunday, one day after more than 700 of them were arrested as they attempted to march across the Brooklyn Bridge.The group “Occupy Wall Street” … Continue reading →

British Prime Minister David Cameron says Europe must take urgent action to fix its financial problems or risk pulling down the global economy.Cameron spoke Sunday in Manchester on the opening day of the governing Conservative Party’s annual conference. He vowed … Continue reading →

At least 18 people are dead after armed men rampaged through a village in northern Nigeria, attacking people with guns and machetes.Local police said Sunday that a group of 150 assailants descended on the village of Lingyado in Zamfara state. … Continue reading →

Rescuers are struggling Sunday to reach communities in northern provinces of the main Philippine island of Luzon, which were hit by two powerful typhoons last week.Officials fanned out across flooded towns north of the capital of Manila in small boats … Continue reading →