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Bike shortage stems flow of migrants using Arctic route to Europe
The flow of Middle Eastern migrants trying to reach Europe via the Russian Arctic slowed dramatically on Thursday, partly due to a ...U.S. sticks to demand Assad leave power at first peace talks to include Iran
Washington stuck to its demand on Thursday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad leave power, ahead of peace talks which will include Assad\'s ...Republican Paul Ryan elected US Speaker of the House
US lawmakers on Thursday elected Paul Ryan, a conservative Republican who helped steer budget and tax policy in Congress, as speaker of ...Saudi-led coalition drops weapons for allies in Yemen
Warplanes from a Saudi-led alliance bombed the Iran-allied Houthi movement throughout Yemen on Wednesday and dropped weapons for its allies battling the ...Iran accepts invitation to Syria peace talks in Vienna
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and three of his deputies will attend multilateral talks on Friday in Vienna that seek to ...Ouattara wins second term as Ivory Coast president
Alassane Ouattara has won a second term as Ivory Coast president in the nation\'s first peaceful vote in more than a decade, ...Austria, Slovenia to build border fence to block migrants
Austria, a strong critic of fences built to cope with Europe\'s migrant influx, on Wednesday announced it is joining other nations that ...Colombia President Santos offers truce with FARC
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos offered Wednesday to declare a bilateral ceasefire with the FARC guerrillas from January 1, which would mark ...Pressure mounts on Brazilian Congress to impeach president
Opposition activists handcuffed themselves to a pillar in Brazil\'s Congress on Wednesday seeking the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff for mismanaging a ...Cross-border fire from Afghanistan kills seven Pakistan soldiers
Heavy cross-border fire from Afghanistan killed seven Pakistani soldiers early Tuesday at a checkpost in the restive tribal region of South Waziristan, ...




