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Israel frees Palestinian prisoners, pushes settlement plan
Twenty-six Palestinian prisoners have been released from Israeli jails, as part of a US-brokered deal to restart Middle East negotiations.First legal commercial Key West–Cuba flight in 50 years lands in Havana
The first commercial passenger flight from Key West to Cuba in more than 50 years has landed in Havana, capping ...Syria to miss deadline for moving chemical weapons
Tuesday\'s deadline to move most of Syria\'s chemical weapons out of the country likely will go unmet.Second blast kills 14 people in Russia
Russian authorities have increased security in and around the southern city of Volgograd after two suicide bomb attacks killed 31 ...Afghan war most unpopular in US history: Poll
A new poll shows that the war in Afghanistan is even more unpopular among Americans than the war in Vietnam ...At least 23 reported killed in huge India train fire
Railways officials in southern India say a fire on a train has killed at least 23 people.Pope calls for peace in South Sudan, Syria
Pope Francis has called for peace in South Sudan and other troubled nations around the world in his first Christmas ...Turkish ministers resign over fraud probe
Turkey\'s environment minister has become the country\'s third cabinet minister to announce his resignation on Wednesday asa result of a ...UN seeks to increase peacekeeping force in S Sudan
The United States has increased its diplomatic efforts to calm the increasing ethnic violence in South Sudan, while also repositioning ...Brazil floods force more than 40,000 to flee homes
Intense rain and flooding in southeast Brazil have killed at least six people and forced 40,000 more to leave their ...