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Joe Biden: No doubt Assad regime used chemical weapons in Syria
US Vice President Joe Biden said there is no doubt that Syria\'s government was responsible for a recent chemical attack in Damascus, ...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 ...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 ...Israelis kill three Palestinians in refugee camp clash
Israeli soldiers have killed three Palestinians during clashes at a refugee camp in the West Bank.Afghan president visits Pakistan seeking help with peace process
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has met with Pakistan\'s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Islamabad to discuss how to push for direct talks ...German report says US spied on UN
The German magazine Der Spiegel says the U.S. National Security Agency secretly monitored the U.N.\'s internal video conferencing system by decrypting it ...




