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North Korea says open to talks with U.S. but condemns sanctions
Senior officials from Pyongyang visiting South Korea on Sunday said North Korea was open to talks with the United States, according to ...Death toll in Syria enclave tops 500 after UN delays truce vote
New air strikes on the Syrian rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta on Saturday took the civilian death toll from seven days of ...Estonia marks 100th anniversary of independence declaration
Estonia on Saturday celebrated 100 years since declaring independence with a military parade and other festivities in the Baltic state, which is ...Chaos deepens in Syria enclave, global outcry grows
The Syrian regime rained rockets and bombs on Eastern Ghouta Thursday, killing another 36 civilians as international pressure mounted to stop the ...Dutch parliament recognizes 1915 Armenian massacre as genocide
The Dutch parliament on Thursday passed a motion recognizing as genocide the massacre of as many as 1.5 million Armenians in 1915, ...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 ...Iran plane crash killed all 66 people on board
An Iranian commercial plane crashed on Sunday in a foggy, mountainous region of southern Iran, killing all 66 people on board, state ...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 ...




