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UN climate talks deadlocked over scope of pledges
U.N. talks on a new global warming pact spilled into the weekend as negotiators quarreled over what kind of information to include ...Islamic State influence spreads to African jihadists
Its main battlegrounds are far away and its true influence hard to judge, but the Islamic State\'s black banner is attracting the ...Eight dead, 100 missing in Indonesian landslide: official
A landslide triggered by torrential downpours has killed at least eight people and left 100 missing on Indonesia\'s main island of Java, ...US House passes $1.1tn budget bill to avert shutdown
The House of Representatives averted a government shutdown on Thursday, narrowly passing a $1.1 trillion spending bill despite strenuous Democratic objections to ...CIA chief challenges Senate torture report
CIA Director John Brennan threaded a rhetorical needle in an unprecedented televised news conference at CIA headquarters Thursday, acknowledging that agency officers ...German killed in Kabul attack on play condemning suicide bombings
A teenaged bomber on Thursday targeted a Kabul auditorium packed with people watching a drama condemning suicide attacks and being staged at ...India 223-3 after Australia declares on 517-7 in 1st test
India\'s stand-in captain Virat Kohli helped the tourists to 223-3 at tea Thursday on the third day of the first test against ...Australian Senate inquiry finds government responsible for deadly asylum-seeker riots
The Australian government failed to protect asylum seekers in its custody during a deadly riot at an immigration detention center earlier this ...NEW AGE DIPLOMACY
High-profile political events and issues have many scholars, practitioners, and observers wondering how diplomatic approaches can be better crafted for today’s world ...Hong Kong police clear out main protest camp
Hong Kong authorities started clearing barricades Thursday from a pro-democracy protest camp spread across a busy highway as part of a final ...