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Syria ready to discuss Russia peace plan talks, opposition dismissive
Syria said on Saturday it was willing to participate in "preliminary consultations" in Moscow aimed at restarting talks next year ...North Korea blames U.S. for Internet outages
North Korea accused the United States on Saturday of being responsible for Internet outages it experienced in recent days amid ...FARC frees Colombian soldier
Leftist FARC rebels released a Colombian soldier Friday, nearly a week after beginning a unilateral ceasefire aimed at ending Latin ...US-led coalition hits IS jihadists with 39 air strikes
The US-led coalition pounded the Islamic State group with 39 air strikes Thursday and Friday, including more than a dozen ...Ukraine and pro-Russia rebels swap hundreds of prisoners
Ukrainian authorities and separatists exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war on Friday, a spokesman for President Petro Poroshenko said, part ...Swedish PM calls off snap election after deal with center-right
Swedish center-left Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said on Saturday his government had reached a deal with the mainstream opposition that ...Islamist gunmen attack African Union base in Somalia
Eight Islamist gunmen infiltrated the main African Union (AU) base in Mogadishu on Thursday and killed three peacekeepers and a ...Dozens of jihadists killed fighting Syria Kurds: monitor
At least 44 members of the Islamic State group were killed in clashes with Kurdish troops in Syria on Thursday, ...Hong Kong property tycoon jailed for five years in graft case
The former co-chairman of Hong Kong-listed developer Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd, Thomas Kwok, was sentenced to five years in ...Essebsi declares win in Tunisia election, rival contests
Veteran politician Beji Caid Essebsi declared victory in Sunday\'s presidential run-off vote, seen as the last step in Tunisia\'s shift ...