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One World Trade Center (pictured) in New York City, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, was topped out at a
Naxalite insurgents of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) attacked a convoy of Indian National Congress leaders in th
Naxalite insurgents of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) attacked a convoy of Indian National Congress leaders in th
Some of the closest advisors and collaborators of Czech prime minister Petr Nečas were arrested for corruption
General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi led a coalition to depose President Mohamed Morsi in a coup d'état in Cairo, suspending…
General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi led a coalition to depose President Mohamed Morsi in a coup d'état in Cairo, suspending…
Gunmen attacked a secondary school in Mamudo, Yobe State, Nigeria, killing 42 people, mostly students.
Nour Ahmad Nikbakht, an Iranian diplomat in Yemen, was kidnapped by al-Qaeda militants and held hostage for the next…
Nour Ahmad Nikbakht, an Iranian diplomat in Yemen, was kidnapped by al-Qaeda militants and held hostage for the next…
Security forces raided two camps of supporters of the ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi in Cairo, leading to the…
Syrian civil war: Areas controlled by the Syrian opposition in Ghouta, Damascus, were attacked by rockets (launcher…
Unidentified gunmen began a three-day attack on the upmarket Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, resulting in…
Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: All Saints Church in Peshawar, Pakistan, was attacked by two suicide bombers who…
Twelve people were killed in an apartment-building collapse in Medellín, leading to new construction laws being passed…
The first terrorist attack in Beijing's recent history took place when members of the Turkistan Islamic Party drove a…
Unknown perpetrators carried out a series of four bombings in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
The pilots of a Sukhoi Superjet, ignoring alerts from the terrain warning system, crashed the aircraft into Mount Salak
Suicide bombers detonated two car bombs outside a military intelligence complex in Damascus, killing 55 people
Former Liberia president Charles Taylor was sentenced to 50 years in prison for his role in atrocities committed during
Former Liberia president Charles Taylor was sentenced to 50 years in prison for his role in atrocities committed during