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South Sudan rivals hold peace talks on deadline day
South Sudan\'s warring rivals held peace talks Monday in a bid to broker a deal to end its civil war, hours ahead ...Civilians, soldiers die in east Ukraine fighting as Putin visits Crimea
Fighting flared between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed rebels in separate parts of eastern Ukraine overnight, killing at least two Ukrainian soldiers and ...Uruguay flooding forces 4,000 from their homes
Flooding from days of heavy rain in Uruguay has forced nearly 4,000 people from their homes, officials said Monday.Death toll rises in Bangkok bomb blast
A bomb exploded Monday outside a religious shrine in a bustling hub of the Thai capital, killing at least 19 people and ...U.N. ‘horrified’ by attacks on Syrian civilians
The death toll in Syrian government air strikes on a rebel-held town outside Damascus neared 100 on Monday, with UN officials expressing ...Indonesian plane missing over Papua region
An Indonesian passenger plane carrying 54 people lost contact with air traffic control Sunday during a flight in the rugged easternmost province ...Minister among 10 killed in Pakistan suicide attack
A suicide bomber detonated his explosives at the home of an anti-Taliban provincial minister, killing him and 10 others in eastern Pakistan, ...17 Iraqi troops killed by IS militants near Fallujah
Islamic State militants launched an attack against government troops Sunday outside the militant-held city of Fallujah, killing at least 17 troops, officials ...Syria regime air raids kill 70 civilians near Damascus
At least 70 people were killed Sunday in a string of Syrian government air strikes on a marketplace in Douma, a rebel-held ...54 feared dead in Indonesia plane crash
An aircraft with 54 people on board crashed in Indonesia\'s remote and mountainous region of Papua on Sunday, a government official said, ...




