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According to local officials, the overcrowded ferry sank in rough waters.

The U.S. is set to announce nearly $1 billion in business deals and $60 million a year for peacekeeping training during the US-Africa summit.

Syndicate Bank reported global deposits had increased 17.7 percent to $35.3 billion in the first quarter of the year.

Modi is on a two-day visit to Kathmandu to fast-track negotiations on a power trade pact.

A 10-foot wall of water is expected to sweep down the Kosi river once landslide debris is cleared.

After a weekend marked with clashes on the Lebanese border with Syria, military officials are concerned.

The Israeli army warned any rockets fired from Gaza will end the seven hour cease-fire Monday prematurely.

Secret Service agents reportedly don't like to be on Biden's detail.

The American spy plane was presumably collecting information on the Russian military after the MH17 crash.

King accuses Obama of pushing country toward constitutional crisis.

There are still 120,000 British WWI war bonds outstanding, paying 3.5 percent interest.

Erdogan likens Israeli actions to those of Hitler.

The tremor struck a remote, mountainous part of Yunnan province in one of the poorest regions in the country.

The United Nations called an attack on an UNRWA school in Gaza used to house displaced Palestinians a "moral outrage and a criminal act."

“There is a movement afoot," to make Romney 2016 happen.

The episode in Shaoche, which left nearly 100 dead, marked the latest evidence China's relationship with Uighur minority hit new low.

The Iraq jihadi group took over Kurdish-controlled Sinjar Sunday, forcing as many as 200,000 to flee their black banner.

Lebanese forces clash with Islamists in Arsal after al-Qaida-linked gunmen seize police station, killing five.

Kurds suffer first major defeat at hands of Islamic State militants.

At least six have died in weekend fighting.

Intelligence sources claim Mossad intercepted John Kerry's calls during peace talks earlier this year.

The 6.1 magnitude quake hit in the southwest Yunnan province, causing widespread damage

While Ukraine looks to take the city of Donetsk from pro-Russian separatists, investigators continue to have access to the MH17 crash site.

At least 10 are dead in the latest attack on an U.N.-run school housing displaced Palestinians in Gaza.

China made the disclosures about one of the worst incidents of unrest in the country in years on an official news site.

The California wildfires that have burned thousands of acres prompted Gov. Jerry Brown to issue an emergency proclamation.

California's correction officers will soon have special training as part of an initiative to improve the treatment of mentally ill inmates.

The Israeli army said 2nd Lt. Hadar Goldin, the missing soldier who was feared to have been captured by Hamas, was killed in action.

The Army has introduced a new camouflage pattern that has been tested to improve soldier concealment.