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US postpones meeting with Russia on Syrian crisis
The US State Department postponed a meeting scheduled tomorrow in The Hague between senior diplomats from the United States and Russia due ...Stocks slide, oil up as Syria tensions escalate
Fears of an escalating conflict in Syria rippled across financial markets on Tuesday, sinking stocks, lifting gold and pushing the price of ...Two suspected Boko Haram attacks kill 24 in Nigeria
Two attacks by suspected Boko Haram insurgents have killed 24 people in Nigeria\'s northeast in the latest violence believed to be in ...Russia, Iran warn US against Syria strike
Russia and Iran have given fresh warning to the United States and its allies against a military intervention in Syria.Taliban shoot dead aid workers in Afghanistan
Afghan officials say insurgents have shot and killed 12 civilians, including six aid workers working on government projects, in two separate incidents.Teenager dies of bubonic plague after eating infected barbecued meat
A Kyrgyzstan boy died from bubonic plague nine days after eating barbecued marmot, a health official said, giving assurances "there will be ...UN says it will contact Washington over NSA spying report
The United Nations said on Monday it plans to contact the United States over a report that the U.S. National Security Agency ...La ONU investiga el uso de armas químicas en Siria
Los inspectores de Naciones Unidas (ONU) pasaron varias horas en el barrio de Moadamiyeh, en el suroeste de Damásco, este lunes, antes ...EEUU desmiente la anulación de una reunión israelo-palestina prevista para el lunes
Estados Unidos desmintió que el encuentro israelo-palestino previsto para este lunes en la ciudad cisjordana de Jericó fuera anulado tras la muerte ...Assad prophezeit USA einen Fehlschlag wie Vietnam
Der syrische Staatschef Baschar al-Assad hat die Vermutung, seine Armee habe chemische Waffen eingesetzt, scharf zurückgewiesen. Entsprechende Äußerungen von westlichen Politikern seien ...