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Afghan official: Roadside bombing kills 10 civilians
A roadside bombing in central Afghanistan on Friday killed 10 civilians, including four women and a child, an Afghan official said.
Nuts! 75 years since US troops thwarted Hitler's last gamble
Pvt. Arthur Jacobson was seeking cover in the snow behind a tank moving slowly through the wooded hills of Belgium's Ardennes, German bullets whizzing by.
New Zealand recovers 6 bodies from toxic volcanic island
As grieving families sang traditional Maori songs, New Zealand military specialists wearing protective gear landed on a small volcanic island on Friday and recovered six bodies of the 16 people who died in an eruption four days earlier.
UK's Johnson claims Brexit mandate as Tories secure majority
Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party has won a thumping majority of seats in Britain's Parliament — a decisive outcome to a Brexit-dominated election that should allow Johnson to fulfill his plan to take the U.K. out of the European Union next month.
Couple who bought $120k banana art sense it will be iconic
A Miami couple who bought a headline-grabbing banana duct-taped to a wall have acknowledged the absurdity of the artwork, but say they believe it will become an icon and plan to gift it to a museum.
Another opioid crisis is raging through the developing world
Reports rolled in with escalating urgency — pills seized by the truckload, pills swallowed by schoolchildren, pills in the pockets of dead terrorists.
Judge delays decision on removing Texas baby's life support
A judge newly assigned to decide if a Texas hospital can remove a 10-month-old girl from life support against her mother's wishes said Thursday she was allowing more time for a facility to be found that would take Tinslee Lewis, even as a doctor said the most basic activity "causes pain."
Curfew relaxed in India's violence-hit northeastern state
Authorities relaxed curfew for six hours on Friday in violence-wracked parts of India's northeastern state of Assam but shut schools until next week as protests continued against a new law that would grant citizenship to non-Muslims who migrated from neighboring countries.
Myanmar's Suu Kyi's defense of army puzzles former admirers
What drives Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of Myanmar who this week defended her country at the International Court of Justice against charges that it carried out genocide against its Muslim Rohingya minority?
UK vote a disaster for left-wing Labour Party
Veteran Labour Party left-wing firebrand Dennis Skinner has lost his seat in the British election, one of many Labour lawmakers ousted by a Conservative challenger in Boris Johnson's landslide victory.