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Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- Eight people were killed and 17 were injured Wednesday when an improvised explosive device detonated followed by a suicide bomber's explosion, according to police and medical officials. The attacks targeted people…

(CNN) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's timing was impeccable: July 1 marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Japan's Self-Defense Forces (SDF), the de-fanged fighting force that has protected the country since its creation…

(CNN) -- Soldiers on patrol in south-central Mexico killed 22 people early Monday in a shootout, the Defense Ministry said. Among the dead were 21 men and one woman. A soldier was injured. Authorities said they seized various weapons,…

(CNN) -- South Sudan tops the list of the world's most fragile nations, while the United States is among the countries that have worsened the most over the past year, a new report says. Fractious leadership, mass killings and ethnic…

MIAMI (CMC) -- A Jamaican standing trial in Miami on sex-trafficking charges of pimping women around the world has denied the allegations. Damion St Patrick Baston, 37, who is also accused of beating a string of women from South Florida to…

OLYMPIA, Washington (AP) -- As Washington State prepares to issue the first licences for marijuana retail stores, Governor Jay Inslee and other state leaders on Tuesday announced a coordinated campaign to make sure pot stays out of the…

Moscow (CNN) -- Russia's upper house of parliament voted Wednesday to revoke the right of President Vladimir Putin to use Russian troops in Ukraine, as efforts to calm a separatist uprising in Ukraine's east continue. The Federation…

London (CNN) -- Former newspaper editor and ex-Downing Street communications chief Andy Coulson was found guilty Tuesday of conspiracy to hack phones in what is widely seen as an embarrassment for British Prime Minister David Cameron. But…

(CNN) -- Monday began on an optimistic note for many of the journalists who had campaigned for the release of three imprisoned Al Jazeera English journalists in Egypt. They expected that the journalists -- Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and…

(CNN) -- Stolen medical files that may be those of Michael Schumacherare being offered for sale, the injured former F1 racing driver's manager said. Schumacher has been undergoing hospital treatment since a skiing accident last year but is…

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African police on Monday searched for the killers of eight gold miners who were found shot dead at an illegal shaft on the eastern outskirts of Johannesburg. Two of the bodies were found underground and the motive…

(CNN) -- Three Al Jazeera English journalists were convicted Monday of aiding the Muslim Brotherhood in a ruling that immediately outraged journalists and activists around the world. The journalists, Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher…

Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- A South Korean soldier on Saturday shot and killed five people and wounded five others at a military outpost, an official with the South Korean Army said. The location is in the northeast of the country in…

(CNN) -- An Egyptian court upheld the death sentences against Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 182 of the group's supporters Saturday. They were among hundreds of people found guilty in April of taking part in a deadly attack on…

(CNN) -- Thirteen people died while attacking a police station in China's Uyghur region of Xinjiang Saturday, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported. Three police officers were also injured, when the attackers crashed a truck laden with…