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North Korea’s longtime leader Kim Jong Il, the embodiment of the reclusive state where his cult of personality is deeply entrenched, has died, state TV reported.

North Korea’s longtime leader Kim Jong Il, the embodiment of the reclusive state where his cult of personality is deeply entrenched, has died, state TV reported.

Clashes between pro-democracy protesters and Egypt's security forces erupted for a third consecutive day Sunday as reports of casualties escalate.

Devastation from a tropical storm that deluged the southern Philippines mounted on Sunday, with the death toll rising to 569.

Afghanistan's government can't hold peace talks with its Taliban insurgents until the Islamic militia identifies a representative with the authority to negotiate, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said in an interview that aired Sunday.

The semi-official Fars news agency in Iran on Sunday broadcast video showing what it called the confessions of an alleged U.S. spy.

The semi-official Fars news agency in Iran on Sunday broadcast video showing what it called the confessions of an alleged U.S. spy.

As many as 550 Palestinian inmates are scheduled to be released from Israeli prisons Sunday in the second phase of the deal that won the freedom of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, a spokeswoman for the Israeli prisons authority told CNN.

Pakistan's president will return to the country "very soon," after having received medical treatment in Dubai, his spokesman told CNN Sunday.

About 500 U.S. soldiers cross into Kuwait, ending almost nine years of war in Iraq. It marks the end of the largest troop drawdown for the U.S. since Vietnam.