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South Korea hospital fire kills at least 37 in Miryang     https://youtu.be/ORl8A8UE0Dg At least 37 people have been killed and more than 70 injured in a fire at a hospital in South Korea.   The blaze is thought to...

Protests on Nicaragua's Mother's Day turn deadly By Daniel Silva Fernandez and Flora Charner, CNN Anti-government protesters build a barricade to defend the march in support of "the Mothers of April" -- whose children died in...

Russian seizure of Ukrainian vessels sinks bilateral ties Igor Serebryany What's behind the latest incident in the Strait of Kerch, and is Russia's seizure of Ukrainian ships a product of negligence, misunderstanding or deliberate provocation? Russian warships...

Trump's order scrapping child separation policy may face legal challenges   Trump signed an executive order requiring immigrant families be detained together when they are caught entering the country illegally for as long as their criminal...

Rouhani visits Austria to save Iran deal   Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says his government will not abandon the nuclear deal as it is beneficial for Iran, calling the US withdrawal "illegal." Iran's President Hassan Rouhani arrives...

Hackers attacking US and European energy firms could sabotage power grids   Cybersecurity firm Symantec says ‘Dragonfly’ group has been investigating and penetrating energy facilities in US, Turkey and Switzerland. A hacking campaign is targeting the energy...

Masako Wakamiya: One of the world's oldest iPhone app developers   An 82-year-old Japanese woman launches her own iPhone app after only starting to use computers at 60. Masako Wakamiya, 82,  became one of the world's oldest iPhone...

Two Indian journalists killed in hit-and-run attacks within 24 hours   Local media reports say one of the slain journalists had told officials he feared he could be killed by the 'sand mafia' since he had...

At least 11 FARC dissidents killed in Colombian military operation   Those killed and two more who were wounded in the operation belonged to an armed faction that is commanded by a former FARC rebel leader...

EU moves to ban single-use plastics   The European Commission said its proposal would seek to cut marine litter in half for the ten most prominent items and avoid environmental damage estimated at over $250 billion...