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Security Council to meet amid calls for Syria cease-fire
World leaders called for an urgent cease-fire in Syria on Thursday as government forces pounded the opposition-controlled eastern suburbs of the capital ...Mexico helicopter crash kills 13 on ground in wake of earthquake
At least 13 people on the ground, including three children, were killed when a Mexican military helicopter carrying top officials surveying damage ...EU calls for renewed Syria peace efforts
EU foreign ministers voiced concern at developments in Syria on Thursday, calling for a renewal of UN-led efforts to end the conflict.Borneo orangutans dying off as forests are lost: study
The population of orangutans in Borneo has plummeted by more than half since 1999 -- nearly 150,000 of the apes -- largely ...Trump avoids talk of gun curbs after Florida school shooting
President Donald Trump vowed Thursday to make mental health a priority after a "disturbed" teenager with a firearms obsession sowed carnage at ...El Salvador releases woman jailed over abortion
A Salvadoran woman serving a 30-year jail sentence for having an abortion was released from prison on Thursday on the orders of ...Zuma quits as President of South Africa
Jacob Zuma resigned as President of South Africa on Wednesday, heeding orders by the ruling African National Congress (ANC) to bring an ...Zimbabwe opposition leader Tsvangirai dies in South Africa
Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai died on Wednesday after a long battle with cancer, casting his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party ...Brazil to increase army presence on border with Venezuela
Brazil\'s government will declare an emergency in its northern border state of Roraima to boost funding and troops to help control an ...Syrian militia says large number of IS foreign fighters held
The Syrian Kurdish militia partnering with the U.S-led coalition to fight Islamic State militants said Monday that it is holding a "huge ...




