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Mohamed Aden, a malnourished two-year-old boy, sits on his mother's lap at Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia Tuesday, May 20, 2014. Much of Somalia has seen no or erratic rains in recent months and fighting between African Union forces and the Islamic extremists of al-Shabab is cutting off food shipments to many parts of the country and discouraging farmers from planting - as a result, 50,000 children are severely malnourished, says the aid community. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

Hunger in Somalia: Familiar menace could return

Washington Examiner · May 20, 2014 4:11 pm

Foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei gestures during a daily briefing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Beijing, China Tuesday, May 20, 2014. China on Tuesday warned the United States was jeopardizing military ties by charging five Chinese officers with cyberspying and tried to turn the tables on Washington by calling it "the biggest attacker of China's cyberspace." (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

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China warns US cyber charges could damage ties

Joe McDonald · May 20, 2014 3:47 pm

Cuban blogger launching independent newspaper

Michael Weissenstein · May 20, 2014 3:43 pm

2 explosions hit busy bus terminal, market in Nigeria’s central Jos city, unknown casualties

Washington Examiner · May 20, 2014 3:42 pm

Spanish university to probe ‘horror chamber’ find

Washington Examiner · May 20, 2014 3:35 pm

This image made available by the Museum of London shows the illustration The Adventure of the Silver Blaze - "Holmes gave me a sketch of the events", from the Strand magazine Vol iv.1892, page 646. The Museum of London on Tuesday May 20, 2014 announced an exhibition devoted entirely to the detective, from Arthur Conan Doyle's hand-written manuscripts to the coat worn by Benedict Cumberbatch in the BBC series "Sherlock." It is the first time the museum devoted to London's history has held a show about a fictional character. (AP Photo/Museum of London)

Sherlock Holmes is focus of London museum show

Jill Lawless · May 20, 2014 3:33 pm

Nigeria seeks UN sanctions on Boko Haram

Edith Lederer · May 20, 2014 3:28 pm

This is a undated handout file photo issued by the Royal Yachting Association, via the PA, on Monday May 19, 2014 show the missing yacht Cheeki Rafiki . The families of four missing British yachtsmen are imploring the U.S. Coast Guard to resume the search for the men, whose boat capsized in the mid-Atlantic. The Cheeki Rafiki was returning from a regatta in Antigua when it ran into trouble about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on Thursday. The 40-foot high performance Beneteau yacht diverted to the Azores, but contact was lost on Friday. (AP Photo/Royal Yachting Association/PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE

US Coast Guard resumes yacht crew search

Washington Examiner · May 20, 2014 3:24 pm

First Briton convicted of Syria-related terror

Washington Examiner · May 20, 2014 2:42 pm

Biden in Romania to reassure it of US support

Alison Mutler · May 20, 2014 2:37 pm

Fans take photos in front of a promotional truck bearing an image of Paul McCartney at Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. Paul McCartney is canceling his entire Japan tour because of illness including the one set for Wednesday at Nippon Budokan hall, where The Beatles performed during their first Japan tour in 1966. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Paul McCartney cancels Japan tour due to virus

Yuri Kageyama · May 20, 2014 2:26 pm

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese nationals disembark from the passenger vessel "Wu Zhishan" upon arrival back following their evacuation from Vietnam, at Xiuying Port in Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. More than 3,000 Chinese workers left Vietnam on Monday on ships chartered by their government after deadly unrest broke out last week amid a dispute over sovereignty claims in the South China Sea.

China company says 4 dead from violence in Vietnam

Washington Examiner · May 20, 2014 2:02 pm