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Militia attack kills 43 in South Sudan's Jonglei state

A tribal militia killed at least 43 people in South Sudan's central Jonglei state, local officials said Wednesday, as part of a cycle of tit-for-tat revenge killings that local authorities have so far been powerless to stop. Raiders from the Murle ethnic group killed 20 men, 22 women...

Bahrain opposition chief denies colluding with Qatar

Bahrain's jailed Shiite opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman pleaded not guilty Wednesday to new charges of working with the kingdom's Gulf rival Qatar to overthrow the Sunni minority government. The trial comes amid a bitter diplomatic spat now approaching its seventh month pitting...

EU considers new plan to ease disputes over migrants

EU governments will study a new proposal aimed at overcoming the deep splits over sharing responsibility for asylum-seekers that has soured relations in the bloc since the migrant crisis of 2015, diplomats said Wednesday. Estonia, which holds the rotating presidency of the European...

Bitcoin tops $10,000, taking 2017 gains to 940 percent

Virtual currency bitcoin soared to an all-time high above $10,000 on Tuesday on major exchanges and digital currency indexes, including the widely followed Luxembourg-based trading platform BitStamp. Created in 2009, bitcoin uses encryption and a blockchain database that enables the...