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UN chief launches inquiry of Mali protest deaths

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will open an inquiry into the fatal shootings allegedly by UN troops of three protesters during demonstrations in northern …

(Photo News) Pushing back
(Photo News) Pushing back

A Kurdish man talks with a radio as he checks the eastern part of the Syrian border town of Kobane, known as Ain al-Arab, Wednesday. Kurdish forces recaptured …

Greece, eurozone creditors gear up for bailout clash

ATHENS (AFP) ― Greece’s radical new government is to hold its first talks with a foreign dignitary on Thursday, hosting the head of the European parliament …

Women joining IS as ‘cheerleaders, not victims’

LONDON (AFP) ― Western women who join Islamic State militants are driven by the same ideological passion as many male recruits and should be seen as …

Netanyahu warns after killings
Netanyahu warns after killings

MAJIDIYA, Lebanon (AFP) ― Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Lebanon’s Hezbollah it will pay the “full price” after missiles killed two Israeli …

Iran, Europe negotiators to meet in Istanbul

TEHRAN (AFP) ― Iranian officials will meet with European members of the P5 1 group in Istanbul on Thursday under the ongoing diplomatic effort to secure a …

IS suffers ‘devastating’ blows but biggest …fighting still ahead

BAGHDAD (AFP) ― The Islamic State group has suffered “devastating” blows in Syria’s Kobane and on several Iraqi fronts, but analysts warn such …

U.N. aid effort struggling to reach millions in Syria

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) ― U.N. relief efforts in war-torn Syria are struggling to reach 40 percent of civilians in need and face a major funding shortfall, a …

Lynch defends immigration policies
Lynch defends immigration policies

WASHINGTON (AP) ― U.S. attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch, confronting skeptical Republicans, pledged a new start with Congress and independence from …

Cuban leader demands end to U.S. embargo

BELEN, Costa Rica (AFP) ― Cuban President Raul Castro laid out Wednesday the conditions to normalize relations with the United States, demanding an end to …

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