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Women take charge as populist surge sweeps Italy

by Angus MACKINNON ROME, Italy (AFP) -- Virginia Raggi was elected Sunday as Rome's first female mayor in a triumph…

Suicide bomber hits minibus in Kabul: police

KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) -- A suicide bomber hit a minibus carrying foreign security guards and caused several casualties early Monday…

Africa summit tackles violence against albinos

by Nicolas DELAUNAY DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AFP) -- A "Miss and Mister Albino" contest, heavy sentences for ritual murder…

Three dead, dozens injured in Mexico protest

by Victor Ruiz OAXA, Mexico (AFP) -- At least three people were killed and dozens wounded when police clashed with…

Explosion hits minibus in Kabul: police

KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) -- An explosion hit a minibus in Kabul early Monday on the main road to the eastern…

UK’s Cameron faces day of reckoning with EU vote

by Katherine HADDON LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- After years of seeing his premiership buffeted by rows over Europe, British…

Bolivia plans strategy in case against Chile over disputed Silala River

Bolivian President Evo Morales oversaw on Sunday (June 19) the first meeting of the Silala Defence Council as Bolivian authorities…

Britain’s rival EU camps resume campaign as polls show momentum for ‘In’

(REUTERS)  Campaigning for Britain's vote on EU membership resumed on Sunday after a three-day hiatus prompted by the killing of…

One dead after small plane crashes into rail tracks near San Francisco

The pilot of a small plane was killed on Sunday (June 19) after his aircraft crashed onto Bay Area Rapid…

14 children drown in Russia lake tragedy

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- At least 14 children on a summer camp in northeast Russia drowned when their boats capsized…

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