U.N. climate agreement clinched after late drama over coal
U.N. climate talks ended Saturday with a deal that for the first time targeted fossil fuels as the key driver of global ...Protesters face tear gas and bullets to oppose Sudan coup
Five protesters were killed on Saturday as huge crowds took to the streets in the Sudanese capital Khartoum and other cities to ...Argument over coal phase-out holds up UN climate conference deal
Last-minute wrangling over commitments to phase out coal power held up a deal at the U.N. climate conference on Saturday that conference ...Togo says repelled possible militant attack near Burkina Faso border
Togolese security forces repulsed an attack this week by unidentified armed men who had crossed its northern border with Burkina Faso, the ...World powers meet to push for elections in politically fragile Libya
World powers meet in France on Friday to push for elections in Libya by year-end and endorse efforts to remove foreign forces ...U.S. journalist Fenster jailed for 11 years in army-ruled Myanmar
A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Friday jailed American journalist Danny Fenster for 11 years, his lawyer and his employer said, dealing ...UK draft climate deal urges countries to step up climate goals
The United Kingdom, host of the UN climate change summit in Glasgow, on Wednesday released a draft political decision, which will be ...World heading for 2.4C of warming after latest climate pledges -analysts
New national pledges to tackle climate change this decade would lead to around 2.4 degrees Celsius of global warming this century, far ...Lithuania border, camps in state of emergency over migrants from Belarus
Lithuania’s parliament on Tuesday declared a state of emergency at the country’s border with Belarus and at camps hosting migrants who arrived ...Islamic State violence dents Taliban claims of safer Afghanistan
Last month, the family of Mawlavi Ezzatullah, a member of Afghanistan’s Hizb-e Islami party, received a WhatsApp message from his phone: “We ...
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