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11 soldiers dead, 16 wounded in ISIS attack on Kabul

Islamic State militants attacked Afghan soldiers guarding a military academy in the capital of Kabul on Monday, killing at least 11 troops and wounding 16. The attack was the latest in a wave of relentless violence in Kabul this month unleashed by the Taliban and the rival Islamic State group… Read More

Nutella discount causes brawls in French store [video]

Brawls have broken out in French supermarkets as shoppers scramble to get their hands on discounted jars of chocolate and hazelnut spread. Chaotic scenes were filmed in several supermarkets across the country operated by the Intermarche chain, which offered massive discounts on jars of Nutella. The promotion, launched on Thursday,… Read More

Hospital fire kills 37, injures more than 140 people

A fire raced through a small South Korean hospital with no sprinkler system on Friday, killing 37 people, many of them elderly, and injuring more than 140 others in the country’s deadliest blaze in about a decade. Sejong Hospital in the southeastern city of Miryang has a separate nursing ward… Read More

U.S. to send 1st aircraft carrier to postwar Vietnam

A U.S. Navy aircraft carrier is expected to make a port visit to Vietnam in March, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Thursday. It would be the first such visit in the postwar era. The planned visit to Danang is likely to irritate China, which is critical of U.S. moves… Read More

Paul Ryan meets Saudi King to discuss regional security

U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan is leading a Congressional delegation to the Middle East, meeting on Wednesday with Saudi King Salman in the first regional stop for talks centered on security. A statement by Ryan’s office said his meetings in the Middle East “will focus on regional stability, the campaign… Read More

27 dead, 32 injured in Benghazi twin car bombing

Twin car bombs exploded as people left a mosque in a residential area of the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, killing 27 and wounding over 30 in an attack timed to cause mass casualties among first responders, officials said. Capt. Tarek Alkharraz, spokesman for military and police forces in Benghazi,… Read More

African president stuns liberals: “I LOVE Trump!”

Uganda’s president says he loves President Donald Trump and that he should be praised for not mincing his words — the exact opposite of what the mainstream media has told Americans. “I love Trump because he tells Africans frankly,” President Yoweri Museveni said Tuesday, shortly after the U.S. ambassador apologized… Read More

Volcano eruption forces mass evacuations

The Philippines’ most active volcano spewed fountains of red-hot lava and massive ash plumes anew Tuesday in a dazzling but increasingly dangerous eruption that has sent more than 56,000 villagers fleeing to evacuation centers. Lava fountains gushed up 700 meters (2,300 feet) above Mount Mayon’s crater and ash plumes rose… Read More

18 dead following Taliban attack on Kabul hotel

Survivors of the Taliban attack on Kabul’s Intercontinental Hotel recounted on Monday the ordeal of the deadly, 13-hours-long weekend standoff that claimed 18 lives, including 14 foreigners. The siege ended on Sunday with Afghan security forces saying they had killed the last of six Taliban militants who stormed the hotel… Read More