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More than 220,000 dead in Syria conflict
The conflict in Syria has left more than 220,000 dead since it began four years ago with an uprising against President Bashar ...Grief and anger as South Korea marks ferry disaster anniversary
A day of mourning for the 304 victims of the Sewol ferry sinking was overtaken by acrimony on Thursday, as organizers called ...EU files antitrust charges against Google over search services
EU accusations that Google is abusing its dominant position in web searching to favor its own sites over rivals\' center on a ...Colombian president renews anti-FARC air strikes
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos ordered the military Wednesday to resume air strikes on the leftist FARC guerrillas after they allegedly killed ...South Korea, Japan hold first high-level security talks for 5 years
South Korea and Japan on Tuesday held their first high-level security talks in more than five years despite simmering tensions over territorial ...Turkey deports 9 Britons trying to cross into Syria
Turkey on Tuesday deported nine Britons, including the son of a local councillor, two weeks after arresting them for attempting to cross ...Obama removes Cuba from state sponsor of terror list
US President Barack Obama has agreed to take Cuba off a list of state sponsors of terrorism, the White House said Tuesday, ...Nigeria marks first anniversary of Boko Haram schoolgirl kidnappings
Nigeria\'s president-elect Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday cautioned he could not make promises on the return of 219 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram, ...Death toll in Siberia wildfire rises to 26
Twenty six people died and nearly a thousand sought medical treatment after wildfires blamed on reckless human behaviour swept through Siberia, Russian ...Russia lifts ban on selling missile system to Iran
Russia paved the way on Monday for missile system deliveries to Iran and started an oil-for-goods swap, signaling that Moscow may have ...




