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Syria opposition group: Assad must go for any peace plan to work

A new Syrian opposition group linked to a prominent cleric said on Thursday President Bashar al-Assa...

Jan 02, 2015 06:56 PM EST

Italy rescues another abandoned migrant ship

A ship carrying hundreds of migrants has been abandoned by its crew in rough seas in the Mediterrane...

Jan 02, 2015 07:28 AM EST

Palestinians join war crimes court after U.N. rejection

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signed on to 20 international agreements on Wednesday, including...

Dec 31, 2014 07:48 PM EST

U.S. rights groups want special prosecutor to probe CIA tactics

U.S. civil rights groups on Monday called on the U.S. Justice Department to appoint a special prosec...

Dec 23, 2014 08:55 AM EST

Israel calls Palestinian U.N. draft a gimmick

Israel's foreign minister on Thursday described as a gimmick a Palestinian-proposed U.N. Security Co...

Dec 18, 2014 05:29 AM EST

Moscow opposes Western requests to fire Russian at Darfur mission: envoys

Russia has opposed requests by the United States, Britain and France for the firing of a key Russian...

Dec 15, 2014 03:31 AM EST

Iran extends visas for 450,000 Afghan refugees

Iran said it had agreed to extend temporary visas for 450,000 Afghan refugees for six months, liftin...

Dec 13, 2014 09:11 PM EST

Psychologist says U.S. Senate's CIA report makes false charges

One of the two psychologists who devised the CIA's harsh Bush-era interrogation methods said on Wedn...

Dec 11, 2014 05:05 AM EST

Possible sanctions breach as Iran Quds chief spotted in Iraq: U.N.

United Nations sanctions monitors have said photographs taken inside Iraq appear to confirm that the...

Dec 09, 2014 07:15 AM EST

U.N. to widen Libya peace talks by including rival parliament

The United Nations will widen a new round of talks aimed at ending Libya's escalating political cris...

Dec 09, 2014 06:52 AM EST

Syria calls for U.N. sanctions on Israel over air strikes

Syria asked the United Nations Security Council on Monday to impose sanctions on neighboring Israel,...

Dec 09, 2014 06:14 AM EST

Assad says Syria war will be long, difficult: Paris Match

Syria's conflict will be long and difficult and its army cannot be everywhere at once, President Bas...

Dec 04, 2014 09:51 AM EST

Sony looks for possible North Korea link in hacking incident: report

Sony Pictures Entertainment is investigating to determine if hackers working on behalf of North Kore...

Dec 02, 2014 07:29 AM EST

Stung by sanctions scandal, Cuba defends North Korea at U.N.

Cuba, which was involved in a violation of U.N. sanctions against North Korea last year, has come to...

Nov 12, 2014 09:03 PM EST

Sudan denies U.N. access in Darfur to look into mass rape report

Sudanese troops denied U.N. and African Union peacekeepers access to a town in the country's western...

Nov 06, 2014 12:31 AM EST

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