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North, South Korea reach agreement to ease tensions

North and South Korea reached agreement early on Tuesday to end a standoff involving an exchange of ...

Aug 24, 2015 09:31 PM EDT

Houthi rockets kill 14 civilians in Yemen's Taiz: residents

Rockets fired by Houthi militiamen killed 14 civilians, most of them children, as fighting intensifi...

Aug 24, 2015 07:44 AM EDT

South Korea talks tough amid heightened tensions with North

South Korean President Park Geun-hye demanded on Monday that North Korea apologize over recent landm...

Aug 24, 2015 07:25 AM EDT

Japan protests Russian PM's visit to disputed island

Japan on Saturday lodged a protest over Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's visit to one of fou...

Aug 23, 2015 07:55 AM EDT

Britain reopens embassy in Iran ransacked in 2011

Britain reopened its embassy in Tehran on Sunday, a striking signal of how Western ties with Iran ha...

Aug 23, 2015 07:12 AM EDT

North, South Korea on alert as talks resume in bid to end standoff

Top aides to the leaders of North and South Korea resumed talks on Sunday after negotiating through ...

Aug 23, 2015 06:49 AM EDT

North Korea goes on war footing against South Korea as deadline looms

North Korea put its troops on a war footing on Friday as South Korea rejected an ultimatum to stop p...

Aug 21, 2015 06:18 PM EDT

South Sudan's Kiir tells U.S. he will sign peace deal: U.S. spokesman

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday he intends t...

Aug 20, 2015 03:38 AM EDT

Ferry packed with Syrian refugees heads for Greek mainland

A passenger ship carrying hundreds of Syrian refugees was heading to the Greek mainland from islands...

Aug 19, 2015 09:08 PM EDT

Global court to reopen obstruction case against Kenya

Judges will reopen a hearing into whether to take action against Kenya over allegations it obstructe...

Aug 19, 2015 07:16 AM EDT

Head of scandal-hit U.N. Central Africa force resigns: U.N. chief

The head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic has resigned after a...

Aug 13, 2015 03:24 AM EDT

New Afghan Taliban leader appeals for unity in first public message

The new Afghan Taliban leader appealed for unity in the insurgency in his first public message relea...

Aug 01, 2015 09:57 PM EDT

After Russia U.N. veto, countries seek court for Flight MH17 prosecutions

The five countries investigating the downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine a year ago are con...

Jul 31, 2015 03:58 AM EDT

Obamacare case to be turned against government on emissions rule

Opponents of President Barack Obama's soon-to-be-implemented policy to cut carbon emissions from pow...

Jul 29, 2015 06:56 AM EDT

U.N. envoy says deeply concerned by battle at Syria border

The United Nations envoy for Syria has voiced deep concern about civilians in the city of Zabadani, ...

Jul 22, 2015 05:43 AM EDT

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