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At least 14 people were dead and 18 others missing after tons of rock and mud slid down a mountain in central China over the weekend, state-run media reported Monday.

A violent crackdown by Yemeni authorities has left dozens dead at protests, witnesses and medical officials said Monday.

Officials from the United Nations and the Gulf Cooperation Council were in Sanaa, Yemen, on Monday, hoping to help organize a peaceful transfer of power as witnesses reported violence in the streets.

World leaders kicked off a historic two-day meeting at the United Nations by unanimously approving a “political declaration” meant to stem a rising tide of noncommunicable diseases, now the world’s leading killer.

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Anders Breivik, who has admitted killing 77 people in Norway in July, will remain in solitary confinement for another four weeks, a judge ruled Monday.

An English tourist kidnapped from a remote Kenyan resort is being held by pirates in a remote corner of Somalia, according to experts and security analysts in Nairobi.

An English tourist kidnapped from a remote Kenyan resort is being held by Somali pirates in a remote corner of the lawless country, according to experts and security analysts in Nairobi.

The death toll from a magnitude 6.9 earthquake — and its aftershocks — along the border of India and Nepal climbed to 21 Monday, officials said.

The death toll from a magnitude 6.9 earthquake — and its aftershocks — along the border of India and Nepal climbed to 21 Monday, officials said.