The United States, European Union, Britain and a group of East African countries say South Sudan’s government and rebel forces should immediately adhere to a permanent cease-fire. The statement issued…
continue readingThe United Nations special envoy for Syria has urged the Damascus regime and its ally Russia not to destroy the northern city of Aleppo for the sake of eliminating militants.…
continue readingPunters are putting their money on this year’s Nobel Peace Prize going to Greek islanders who have opened their hearts and homes to hundreds of thousands of migrants crossing the…
continue readingUkraine has summoned the Russian consul in Kyiv after Moscow detained one of its state media journalists for alleged espionage. …
continue readingBaghdad has requested an emergency session of the UN Security Council over the presence of Turkish troops in northern Iraq. …
continue readingRussian authorities have removed a bust of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin that had been raised illegally in a Siberian city. …
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continue readingIndia says its soldiers have killed three suspected militants who tried to raid an army base in Indian-administered Kashmir. …
continue readingLawmakers in Poland voted on Thursday to reject a plan that would effectively ban nearly all abortions in the country after mass protests prompted some to reverse their position. The…
continue readingReports say a bomb attack claimed by the Islamic State extremist group (IS) near Syria’s border with Turkey has killed at least 20 people, most of them rebel fighters. …
continue readingThe U.N. Special Envoy for Syria says eastern Aleppo could be “totally destroyed” by the end of the year due to the “cruel, constant” military activities in city where some…
continue readingIran and Vietnam have pledged to boost trade during Iranian President Hassan Rohani’s visit to Hanoi. …
continue readingCrimean Tatar leader Mustafa Dzhemilev and two Yazidi women, Nadia Murad Basee and Lamiya Aji Bashar, are the favorites to win the 2016 Sakharov Prize after all the nominees for…
continue readingRussia has returned the skull of a leader of the Kazakh national liberation movement to Kazakhstan for burial. …
continue readingIn India, police say they have unearthed a massive scam that involved bogus call center workers in Mumbai masquerading as U.S. tax officials and duping American citizens of millions of…
continue readingThe Moscow-backed leader of Russia’s North Caucasus region of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, is facing criticism after his three sons — all aged between 8 and 10 — took part in at…
continue readingAn American researcher was killed in Ethiopia after protesters began throwing rocks at the car she was riding in, officials from the University of California, Davis, said. Sharon Gray was…
continue readingMore than three quarters of Philippines residents are satisfied with President Rodrigo Duterte’s performance in his first 90 days in office, which has been largely defined by his continued crackdown…
continue readingShares of Twitter slumped 9 percent late on Wednesday after Recode reported that Google, owned by Alphabet, would not move forward with a bid to acquire the social network. Citing…
continue readingThe Pentagon says dozens of Afghan troops who had been visiting the United States for military training have gone missing since January 2015, presumably to live and work illegally in America.…
continue readingArmed attackers believed to be members of al-Shabab have attacked a residential housing area in the Kenya town of Mandera near the border with Somalia. Governor of Mandera County Ali…
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