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UN inspectors resume Syria chemical weapons probe
Two days after their convoy was shot at by unidentified snipers, UN arms inspectors resumed their probe into Syria chemical weapons attack ...Attacks kill at least 51 people in Iraq
At least 51 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a series of bombings and attacks in and around Baghdad.Stocks slide, oil up as Syria tensions escalate
Fears of an escalating conflict in Syria rippled across financial markets on Tuesday, sinking stocks, lifting gold and pushing the price of ...Two suspected Boko Haram attacks kill 24 in Nigeria
Two attacks by suspected Boko Haram insurgents have killed 24 people in Nigeria\'s northeast in the latest violence believed to be in ...Taliban shoot dead aid workers in Afghanistan
Afghan officials say insurgents have shot and killed 12 civilians, including six aid workers working on government projects, in two separate incidents.Teenager dies of bubonic plague after eating infected barbecued meat
A Kyrgyzstan boy died from bubonic plague nine days after eating barbecued marmot, a health official said, giving assurances "there will be ...US postpones meeting with Russia on Syrian crisis
The US State Department postponed a meeting scheduled tomorrow in The Hague between senior diplomats from the United States and Russia due ...Afghan president visits Pakistan seeking help with peace process
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has met with Pakistan\'s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Islamabad to discuss how to push for direct talks ...German report says US spied on UN
The German magazine Der Spiegel says the U.S. National Security Agency secretly monitored the U.N.\'s internal video conferencing system by decrypting it ...UN says it will contact Washington over NSA spying report
The United Nations said on Monday it plans to contact the United States over a report that the U.S. National Security Agency ...