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New Syria peace talks aim to tackle core issues
A new round of indirect peace talks beginning Monday will see Syria\'s government and opposition engage for the first time in concrete ...At least 16 dead as gunmen storm Ivory Coast beach resort
Heavily-armed gunmen went on a shooting rampage in the Ivory Coast resort of Grand-Bassam on Sunday, killing at 16 people and leaving ...Nepal opens channels for reconstruction cash 11 months after quake
Nepal authorities opened banking channels Sunday to start distributing reconstruction cash to earthquake victims, almost 11 months after the tremor killed nearly ...Anti-government protesters pour into Brazilian cities
Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians angered by a giant corruption scandal and the crumbling economy flooded the streets Sunday to call for ...German voters batter Merkel over migrant policy
Voters punished Chancellor Angela Merkel\'s conservatives in three German regional elections on Sunday, giving a thumbs-down to her open-door refugee policy and ...Car bomb kills dozens in Turkish capital
A suicide car bomb ripped through a busy square in central Ankara Sunday, killing at least 27 people and wounding 75, officials ...Trump under fire from rivals for Chicago rally violence
Donald Trump is under fire from rivals who blamed his incendiary rhetoric for a violent outbreak Friday between protesters and supporters at ...UN adopts measure to tackle sex abuse by peacekeepers
The UN Security Council on Friday adopted a resolution that calls for the repatriation of entire peacekeeping units whose soldiers face allegations ...Syria rebels say they shot down warplane
Syrian rebels and a group monitoring the conflict said insurgents had shot down a warplane over western Syria on Saturday, although there ...Israel wants Iran to be punished for missile tests
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered Israeli diplomats to demand that world powers punish Iran for its recent ballistic missile launches, his ...




