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Europe threatens sanctions on Libyans over peace impasse

The European Union is considering sanctions against Libya's warring factions who fail to agree to a ...

Jul 20, 2015 09:24 AM EDT

New U.S. president would struggle to ruin Iran deal, experts say

Threats on Tuesday by U.S. Republican presidential candidates to scrap the Iran nuclear agreement lo...

Jul 15, 2015 09:23 AM EDT

Iran deal reached, Obama hails step towards 'more hopeful world'

Iran and six major world powers reached a nuclear deal on Tuesday, capping more than a decade of neg...

Jul 14, 2015 09:19 AM EDT

Yemen's warring parties endorse truce from midnight as fighting rages

Yemen’s main warring factions endorsed a U.N.-brokered humanitarian truce from midnight on Friday ...

Jul 10, 2015 09:57 AM EDT

Iran nuclear deal close; impasse over weapons, missiles persists

Iran and six world powers were close to an historic nuclear agreement on Thursday that could resolve...

Jul 09, 2015 08:45 AM EDT

Protecting planet not a choice but a duty, pope says

Pope Francis on Tuesday appealed to the world not to turn its back on the "reality" of environmental...

Jul 07, 2015 07:07 PM EDT

Deadly car bombs hit Yemen, day after almost 200 killed

Two deadly car bombs hit the capital Sanaa and a southern city in Yemen on Tuesday, state news agenc...

Jul 07, 2015 06:38 PM EDT

Iran demands end to U.N. missile sanctions, West refuses

A dispute over U.N. sanctions on Iran's ballistic missile program and a broader arms embargo were am...

Jul 06, 2015 06:45 PM EDT

U.S. and Iran: the unbearable awkwardness of defending your enemy

It's always awkward to defend your enemies. But that's the position U.S. President Barack Obama's ad...

Jul 06, 2015 08:13 AM EDT

Kerry and Zarif meet as Tuesday's Iran nuclear deadline approaches

The top U.S. and Iranian diplomats met for a sixth consecutive day on Sunday to try to resolve obsta...

Jul 05, 2015 10:34 AM EDT

Saudi-led strikes kill 30 in northern Yemen, Houthis say

Air strikes by Saudi-led forces killed 30 civilians in an attack on a market in northern Yemen on Su...

Jul 05, 2015 08:56 AM EDT

U.N. says Burundi did not hold fair election, human rights violated

Burundi's parliamentary elections on Monday were not fair or free and human rights were violated, th...

Jul 03, 2015 10:34 AM EDT

Islamic State kills at least 145 civilians in Syria's Kobani

Islamic State fighters killed at least 145 civilians in an attack on the Syrian town of Kobani and a...

Jun 26, 2015 07:06 PM EDT

Aid agencies say funding gap endangers Syrian refugees

United Nations aid agencies said on Thursday that a $4.5 billion appeal to tackle the Syrian refugee...

Jun 25, 2015 06:48 PM EDT

U.N. peacekeepers accused of abusing Central African Republic street children

United Nations peacekeepers have been accused of sexually abusing street children in the Central Afr...

Jun 24, 2015 08:40 AM EDT

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