Politics
South Sudan peace talks resume in Ethiopia
Peace talks between South Sudan\'s government and rebels aimed at ending a four-month-old civil war resumed in the Ethiopian capital on Monday, ...Dozens killed in suicide attacks ahead of Iraqi vote
Attacks including a spate of suicide bombings killed 57 people on Monday as soldiers and policemen cast their votes in Iraq\'s first ...Egypt sentences 683 Morsi supporters to death
An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 682 supporters to death, a lawyer and prosecutor said.US, EU impose sanctions on more Russian officials, firms
The U.S. and Europe have imposed sanctions on more than 60 Russian and Ukrainian individuals—many of them Russian executives and close Putin ...Pro-Russian separatists release observer
Pro-Russia forces on Sunday freed one of the eight European military observers being held prisoner in eastern Ukraine.South Korean Prime Minister resigns over Sewol ferry disaster
South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong Won said he offered to resign over the government\'s failure to properly handle a ferry sinking ...Afghanistan faces presidential election run-off between Abdullah and Ghani
Afghanistan\'s presidential election will go to a second round after no one candidate garnered more than 50% of the vote, the country\'s ...Obama in first US presidential visit to Malaysia since 1966
President Barack Obama has become the first U.S. president to visit Malaysia in nearly half a century. Obama on Saturday arrived in ...G7 agrees to impose new sanctions on Russia over Ukraine crisis
The Group of Seven rich countries have agreed that they will impose new sanctions on Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, a ...Russian jets violate Ukraine airspace raising international tensions
Russian planes have violated Ukrainian airspace several times over the past 24 hours, a Pentagon spokesman said Friday.