Shelby County Sheriffs deputies work the scene where four young children were fatally stabbed at the Greens of Irene apartment, Friday, July 1, 2016 in Memphis, Tenn. Four young children were stabbed to death in a gated apartment complex in suburban Memphis on Friday, and police took their mother into custody for questioning. (Mark Weber/The Commercial Appeal via AP)

4 children stabbed to death in Memphis

The mother of four young children who were stabbed to death in a gated apartment complex in Tennessee is being held for questioning, but...
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5 killed in Serbian cafe shooting

Police say five people were killed and at least 20 were injured when a man entered a cafe in northern Serbia and sprayed the...
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Bangladeshi police eliminates IS attackers

Bangladeshi police have completed an operation to rescue hostages in a restaurant in the country’s capital of Dhaka, all perpetrators have been eliminated, media...
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Northern China bus crash kills 26

A bus in northern China has fallen off an expressway into a ditch, killing 26 people. The government in the port city of Tianjin says...
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Operation underway to end Bangladesh hostage crisis

Commandos stormed a restaurant where gunmen were holding about 20 hostages including foreigners in the Bangladeshi capital Saturday. Gunshots and explosions were heard after the troopers entered...
Rodrigo Duterte was sworn in Thursday as president of the Philippines. Photo AP.

I won’t be a dictator – Philippine president

The Philippines’ new president has said he "will go to the extreme" in his battle to end crime within six months, but won’t become...
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Mother panda gives birth to twins

A giant panda gave birth to a pair of twins at the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province during the...
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6 killed, 4 missing after rainstorm in central China

Six people are dead and four others missing after a rainstorm hit central China’s Hubei Province on Thursday. As of Friday, 19,000 people have been...

Eleven travelers lost in central China forest

Eleven travelers are lost in a forest in central China’s Hubei Province, local authorities said on Friday. The travelers, photographers from east China’s Zhejiang Province,...
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At least 9 dead in heavy floods and landslides in India

Torrential rains triggered heavy floods and landslides that poured down hills in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, killing at least nine people by...

Taiwanese navy accidentally launch missile, kill fisherman

A Taiwanese navy patrol boat accidentally launched a supersonic anti-ship missile on Friday, killing a local fisherman, the military said. The Hsiung Feng III missile struck waters...
Donald Trump speaking at CPAC 2011 in Washington, D.C. Photo credit: Gage Skidmore

US ambassador to SA hints that Trump won’t be next president

US ambassador to South Africa Patrick Gaspard and Small Business minister Lindiwe Zulu both bent the diplomatic rules a bit on Thursday to express...