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World powers agree to extend talks with Iran
Iran and six world powers on Friday agreed to a four-month extension of negotiations on a long-term nuclear deal that would gradually ...World leaders demand answers after Malaysian airliner downed over Ukraine with 298 dead
World leaders demanded an international investigation into the shooting down of a Malaysian airliner with 298 people on board over eastern Ukraine ...Twenty-three Palestinians, Israeli soldier killed in Gaza ground offensive
Israel stepped up its ground offensive in Gaza early on Friday pounding targets with artillery fire and using tanks and infantry to ...Malaysia Airlines passenger jet shot down over Ukraine, 298 dead
The United States believes a surface-to-air missile brought down a Malaysian airliner that crashed in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing all 298 ...Obama pledges U.S. help for Malaysian plane probe, talks to Putin
President Barack Obama directed U.S. officials on Thursday to do all they could to support an investigation into what caused a Malaysian ...Israel launches ground offensive in Gaza Strip
Israel launched a Gaza ground campaign after 10 days of bombardments from the air and sea failed to stop militants\' rocket attacks, ...U.S. slaps toughest sanctions yet on Russia, targets Putin allies
President Barack Obama imposed the toughest U.S. sanctions yet on Russia, striking at the heart of Vladimir Putin\'s powerbase by targeting companies ...Militants killed after audacious attack on Kabul airport
Militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades attacked Kabul International Airport in the Afghan capital on Thursday in one of the most audacious assaults ...Gaza truce goes into force, hours after tunnel clash
A five-hour humanitarian truce agreed by Israel and Hamas came into force on Thursday, hours after the Israeli military said it fought ...Confident Assad launches new term in stronger position
Bashar al-Assad was sworn in for a new term as Syria\'s president on Wednesday, after an election which his opponents dismiss as ...