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Pakistan peace talks with Taliban team delayed after government negotiators fail to show up
Negotiators representing the Pakistani government and Taliban will not meet for preliminary peace talks that were meant to be taking place following ...US actor Philip Seymour Hoffman found dead in New York
Academy Award winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead Sunday in his New York apartment of a suspected drug overdose.Israel dismisses Kerry warning on boycotts
Top Israeli officials are warning U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that they will not be bullied into a peace deal with ...Syrian air raids kill at least 36 in Aleppo
Syrian government aircraft continued dropping crude barrel bombs Sunday on rebel-held areas in the northern city of Aleppo, with a monitoring group ...Ukraine president returns to work as protests persist
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych returns to work on Monday from four days of sick leave after opposition leaders appealed for Western assistance ...Corruption costs EU $162bn each year, report says
Corruption affects all 28 member countries of the European Union and costs their economies about $162.19bn (120bn Euros) a year, according to ...Al Qaeda breaks link with Syrian militant group ISIL
Al-Qaida says it is severing ties with a militant group fighting in Syria, the group known as the Islamic State of Iraq ...Oscar-winning Austrian actor Maximilian Schell dies aged 83
Maximilian Schell, the Austrian-born actor who won an Academy Award for his performance in Judgment at Nuremberg, has died.Indonesian volcano eruption claims lives after villagers allowed to return
An Indonesian volcano that has been rumbling for months has witnessed a major eruption, killing at least 16 people, officials say.El Salvador, Costa Rica vote for new leadership amid political stagnation
Voters are casting ballots in presidential elections in two Central American countries Sunday.