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Regional powers launch new South Sudan peace effort
A fresh bid to end 17 months of civil war in South Sudan was launched by regional powers on Monday with a ...Greece, creditors agree on need for quick deal as talks continue
Greece and its European creditors agreed on the need to reach a cash-for-reforms deal quickly as Athens missed a self-imposed Sunday deadline ...Deadly violence hits Nigeria as new President Buhari takes office
A suicide bombing killed 26 people inside a mosque in northeast Nigeria\'s city of Maiduguri on Saturday, hours after Boko Haram launched ...Venezuelan opposition holds rallies for imprisoned leaders
Thousands of Venezuelan opposition sympathizers rallied on Saturday in support of leaders jailed last year in connection with months of violent protests ...Russia issues 89-name EU blacklist, bars politicians
Moscow has released a blacklist of European Union politicians barred from Russia in response to EU sanctions over Crimea and Ukraine, Dutch ...Explosions rock Burundi capital as deadly protests continue
Two explosions shook Burundi\'s capital on Friday but no one was hurt, police and a witness said, as deadly unrest against President ...Japão diz que não há risco à vida humana após erupção de vulcão
Uma autoridade do governo japonês disse nesta sexta-feira que não há risco à vida humana após a erupção de um vulcão na ...Putin declares all Russian military deaths state secrets
President Vladimir Putin ordered on Thursday that deaths of Russian soldiers during special operations in peacetime should be classified as a state ...Former British PM Blair quits as Middle East envoy
Tony Blair resigned Wednesday as the Quartet diplomatic group\'s envoy, his office said, with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict he worked to end as ...FARC peace negotiator killed in Colombia strike
The Colombian armed forces\' aerial bombing campaign against leftist guerrillas killed a member of the rebel negotiating team who had participated in ...