Sudan gov't says long-time strongman re-elected

Omar al-Bashir has led his country since seizing power in 1989, and he's still the only world leader facing genocide charges

• Apr 27, 2015

Frantic search continues amid aftershocks in Nepal

With more than 4,000 already confirmed dead and funeral pyres burning, rescuers claw through rubble in the battered Himalayan nation

• Apr 27, 2015

Soldiers help Chileans dig out from volcano ash

Area around Calbuco volcano a "gray desert" buried in more than a foot of ash after twin eruption

• Apr 27, 2015

Nepal earthquake death toll continues to rise

Two days after the massive quake shook cities and villages across the Himalayan country, at least 4,000 were dead

• Apr 27, 2015

Israel hits Syrian border in airstrike

The Israeli military struck after it said troops saw terrorists approaching the border with weapons intended to target Israel's troops

• Apr 26, 2015

Japan Prime Minister comes to U.S. for nationwide tour

Shinzo Abe, in the United States promoting ties between the two countries is one of several leaders from Asia who will visit this year

• Apr 26, 2015

Nations rushing rescue aid to Nepal earthquake survivors

Several medical and search-and-rescue teams are on their way to Nepal to give humanitarian and emergency assistance

• Apr 26, 2015

Helicopter needed for trapped American Everest teams

No safe way to climb down peak after massive earthquake triggered avalanche that claimed more than a dozen lives on famous slope

• Apr 26, 2015

Saudi-led airstrikes hit Yemen rebels in several cities

Deadly street battles rage in Yemen's third-largest city; possibility of negotiated peace fading as civilian death toll mounts

• Apr 26, 2015

Putin accuses U.S. of aiding Islamic separatists

Russian president says he has proof Americans aided Caucasus rebels, adding the West only likes Russia "when we are wretched and poor"

• Apr 26, 2015

​Vietnam orphans search for their roots

After being raised in the U.S., two women return to the land of their birth to learn of their origins during the Vietnam War

• Apr 26, 2015

Nepal rocked by powerful earthquake aftershocks

Panicked residents struggling to recover thousands of dead flee into the streets amid latest tremor; first Everest avalanche survivors rescued

• Apr 26, 2015

Volkswagen chairman Ferdinand Piech resigns

The 78-year-old executive quit after a clash with other board members after he criticized the company's CEO

• Apr 25, 2015

2 Palestinians killed by police in separate incidents

Police shot two assailants in stabbing attacks against Israeli police officers

• Apr 25, 2015

Chile volcano less likely to erupt, despite ash clouds

Scientists said seismic activity has changed at the Calbuco volcano and no further eruption is expected in addition to the blasts earlier in the week

• Apr 25, 2015

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