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Southee, McCullum star as New Zealand rout England at World Cup
Paceman Tim Southee recorded the best one-day figures by a New Zealander while Brendon McCullum hit the fastest World Cup half-century to ...Libya and Egypt ask UN to lift arms embargo to fight Islamic State
Libya and Egypt asked the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday to lift an arms embargo on Libya, impose a naval blockade ...Thailand files charges against former PM Yingluck
Thailand\'s Attorney General filed charges to the Supreme Court against deposed prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Thursday, in a case that could ...Pakistan officials say Afghan Taliban signal readiness for peace talks
Senior Pakistani army and diplomatic officials said on Thursday the leadership of the Afghan Taliban has signaled, through the Pakistani military, that ...Ukraine calls for U.N. peacekeepers to observe ceasefire
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has called for U.N. peacekeepers to be deployed to monitor a ceasefire in east Ukraine, a proposal that ...Greece requests euro zone loan extension, offers big concessions
Greece formally requested a six-month extension to its euro zone loan agreement on Thursday as it races to avoid running out of ...Qatar recalls ambassador from Egypt over Libya strikes
Qatar has recalled its ambassador to Egypt, the state news agency QNA said late on Wednesday, in a dispute over Egyptian air ...Syria willing to halt Aleppo airstrikes for six weeks
The Syrian government is willing to suspend its aerial bombardment and artillery shelling of the northern city of Aleppo so that a ...British aid worker shot dead in South Sudan
A British aid worker in war-torn South Sudan was shot dead late Tuesday in the capital Juba, the government said.Italy warns world time running out to address IS threat in Libya
Italy on Wednesday issued its strongest warning yet about the danger of the Islamic State group establishing a stronghold in Libya that ...




