By Khalid Abdelaziz and Andrew Green JUBA (Reuters) - Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said on Friday he wanted normal ties with his nation's old adversary South Sudan on his first visit there since southern secession in 2011. The neighbours agreed in March to resume cross-border oil...
North Korean troops brandished weapons given to them by new leader Kim Jong Un as they carried out live-fire drills near the disputed sea boundary with South Korea amid more anger from Pyongyang over joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises.
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AP - A pre-dawn twister flattened entire blocks of homes in a small Illinois town Wednesday as violent storms ravaged the Midwest and South, killing at least 12 people in three states.
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AP - Deadly clashes erupted between government troops and rebels in suburbs of the Syrian capital and villages in the country's south Friday, sparking fighting that killed at least 23 people, including nine soldiers, activists said.
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A woman was shot Tuesday night at the South Brook Apartments in south Nashville during an attempted robbery.
Two victims, one male and female were approached while walking from their car, when a man armed with a hand gun approached them and demanded their property. During the robbery attempt...
HILO, Hawaii, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- No damage was reported in the aftermath of a 4.7-magnitude earthquake and several aftershocks that rattled Hawaii's Big Island, officials said.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake struck at 4:36 p.m. Sunday, 5 miles beneath Kilauea volcano. The...
Firefighters battled a blaze at a south Ottawa row house for about two hours, which caused about $750,000 damage and left five people homeless.
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Authorities arrested nine people at a South African coal-fired power station Monday after Greenpeace activists chained themselves to a gate and some climbed a crane to protest dependence on coal just weeks before the country hosts a global conference on climate change.
The protest began at dawn...
Uncle Sam will likely show some leniency for U.S. citizens living in Canada who were not aware they were supposed to file returns south of the border, Washington's ambassador to Canada said Tuesday.
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Sudan activists on Thursday called for the United States and the international community to intervene in a region of Sudan inaccessible to outsiders after a U.S. group released satellite photos of what they said appear to be mass graves.
Details about mass graves, aerial...
South Korean marines fired rifles at a civilian jetliner as it was descending to land after mistaking it for a North Korean military aircraft, the airline said Saturday.
The Asiana Airlines flight carrying 119 people from the Chinese city of Chengdu was undamaged in the incident around dawn...
SANTIAGO, Chile – The ash cloud from a Chilean volcano that has been erupting for nearly two weeks has circled the globe and come home again.
The returning cloud — which has disrupted flights in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Australia and New Zealand on its around-the-world trip — on Friday...
Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- South Korea said Tuesday it regrets North Korea's announcement that it will cut all ties with its neighbor.
North Korea's National Defence Commission issued a statement Monday saying it "will never deal with traitor Lee Myung-bak and his clan" referring to the South...
(CNN) -- South Korea launched an investigation Tuesday into reports of toxic chemicals being dumped at a former U.S. military base, the Defense Ministry said.
The tests follow allegations of American soldiers burying chemicals on Korean soil.
The first tests are being carried out by a joint...
(CNN) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il was visiting China on Friday, a South Korean official said, according to state-run Yonhap news agency.
The report contradicts earlier ones that Kim's son and heir apparent, Kim Jong Un, was leading the visit. It was unclear whether his son was...
Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN) -- South Africans got a rare glimpse of former President Nelson Mandela as he voted in local municipal elections at his home in Johannesburg on Monday.
The ailing Nobel laureate and first democratically-elected president of South Africa was seen in photos...
SEOUL, South Korea – South Korean commandos stormed a container ship hours after it was attacked by pirates in the Indian Ocean on Thursday and freed all crew members unharmed, officials said.
A second ship, an Italian-flagged vessel with 21 crew, was also hijacked by Somali pirates Thursday...
PYONGYANG, North Korea – Weeping and shaking their fists, North Koreans released last month after being held by South Korea for 50 days claimed Thursday they were beaten, imprisoned and pressured to defect after the South's coast guard raided and seized their fishing boat.
Speaking publicly for...