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Syria peace talks face formidable challenge
Divisions among Syria\'s opposition and anger over regime blockades almost sank new peace talks in Geneva before they began, and analysts say ...If Only the Nuclear Arsenal Were Fool Proof
On Nov. 25, 2015 the nuclear-powered Trident ...
Time for a Reset in US-Saudi Relations
People with a long involvement in US Middle East policy ...Hamas ready for fresh conflict with Israel: Gaza chief
Hamas is ready for a new confrontation with Israel thanks in part to the reconstruction of tunnels to fight the Jewish state, ...Boston bomber appeals death sentence, conviction
Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Friday filed an appeal against his death sentence and conviction, handed down last year over one of ...Opposition joins Syria peace talks in Geneva
The main Syrian opposition grouping agreed to attend United Nations-sponsored peace talks which began in Geneva on Friday, reversing a boycott that ...Sudan opens border with South Sudan for first time since 2011
Sudan\'s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir ordered the opening of his country\'s border with South Sudan for the first time since the south\'s ...Sweden plans to expel up to 80,000 asylum-seekers
Sweden intends to expel up to 80,000 migrants who arrived in 2015 and whose application for asylum has been rejected, Interior Minister ...Ivory Coast ex-leader Gbagbo denies crimes against humanity
Former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo Thursday pleaded "not guilty" to four charges of crimes against humanity as his landmark trial opened five ...Seven Hamas militants killed in Gaza tunnel collapse
Seven members of Hamas\' military wing were killed when a tunnel built for fighting against Israel collapsed this week in the Gaza ...




