Syria peace talks resume as violence surges
A new round of peace talks to end Syria\'s five-year civil war is set to begin in Geneva on Wednesday, as a ...Malawi president declares national disaster after drought
Malawian President Peter Mutharika on Wednesday declared a state of national disaster due to food shortages caused by drought, in the latest ...Panama police raid law firm at centre of tax leaks scandal
Police raided the headquarters of the Panama law firm whose leaked documents have unleashed a global scandal over how the world\'s elite ...Riyadh closes schools as desert city hit by rare flooding
Traffic backed up and schools were shut in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Wednesday after the desert city was struck by a ...Fear spreads as Boko Haram child suicide bombings surge in West Africa
The number of children used by Nigeria\'s Boko Haram to stage suicide bombings has risen more than 10-fold in one of the ...Darfur votes on status in referendum boycotted by rebels
Sudan\'s war-scarred Darfur region voted Monday in the first day of a referendum on its future status despite international criticism, a rebel ...European Union requires visas for US and Canadian citizens
Well, it might not be as easy as you think because the European Union (EU) is currently considering requiring U.S. citizens and ...John Kerry makes historic Hiroshima visit
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday called his visit to a memorial to victims of 1945 U.S. nuclear attack on ...Yemen clashes rage hours before scheduled cease-fire
Sporadic fighting gripped parts of Yemen on Sunday, hours before a UN-brokered ceasefire aimed at laying the groundwork for upcoming peace talks ...Dubai to build tower taller than Burj Khalifa
Dubai plans to build a tower that will stand higher than its Burj Khalifa, currently the world\'s tallest skyscraper, property developer Emaar ...
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