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Authorities in the central U.S. state of Kansas say a man is in custody after killing three people Sunday outside a Jewish community center and a Jewish retirement community.

The spokesman for South Sudan’s national army says President Salva Kiir’s government has no restrictions to purchase weapons from its international partners to protect lives and property as enshrined in the country’s constitution.

With the rainy season looming, UN agencies are racing against time to deliver emergency aid to South Sudan.

A close-up of UNOOSA space applications expert and astronaut Takao Doi aboard Columbia.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel's visit to China this week highlighted a rapidly expanding effort between the two nations' militaries to boost ties, despite growing regional disputes. The trip also laid bare some of their sharp differences.

A bomb set off by suspected Maoist rebels killed two Indian soldiers and wounded at least three as voting got underway in eastern India's Bihar state.

Pakistani authorities said at least 23 people were killed and 39 others wounded in a bomb blast at a food market in Islamabad Wednesday.

The United States has warned Russia against stirring separatist sentiment in eastern Ukraine, following unrest in several cities in recent days. U.S. officials said there are clear signs that pro-Russian demonstrations were orchestrated from outside. Meanwhile, recent events in Ukraine have emboldened Russian-speaking separatists in Moldova to renew their calls for independence, with a view of joining the Russian Federation.

Events in Ukraine have underlined the relevance of a common and coherent EU external policy. The European External Action Service (EAAS) was created as a diplomatic corps in 2011 to help the EU have a structured and coordinated external policy. But how well is it working? Arnaud Danjean, a French member of the EPP group, wrote a report with recommendations, which MEPs adopted on 3 April. We asked him about the challenges and benefits of the EU having a common foreign policy.