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Slovenia amends constitution to ensure right to water
Green-friendly Slovenia amended its constitution on Thursday to ensure access to drinkable water was a fundamental right for all citizens and could ...Donors pledge 2 billion euros for Central African Republic
International donors promised 2.06 billion euros ($2.2 billion)for the Central African Republic on Thursday, seeking to cement a recovery from three years ...Another 100 migrants feared drowned in Mediterranean
A hundred migrants were feared drowned Thursday after yet another migrant shipwreck off the Libyan coast, raising the number of those missing ...UN warns of mass atrocities in South Sudan
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is warning of a "very real risk of mass atrocities" in South Sudan and that peacekeepers deployed in ...Putin withdraws Russia from International Criminal Court
President Vladimir Putin signed an executive order on Wednesday removing Russia\'s signature from the International Criminal Court\'s founding treaty, piling pressure on ...Syria, backed by ally Russia, renews assault on rebels
Syria\'s government and its ally Russia launched Tuesday a wide-ranging assault on rebel strongholds with renewed strikes on the besieged eastern neighbourhoods ...Suicide bombers kill 12 in Iraqi cities of Fallujah, Karbala
Suicide bombers targeted two major cities in Iraq on Monday, striking security forces in the Sunni city of Fallujah and Shiite pilgrims ...Trump picks Priebus as White House chief of staff
President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday chose Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, the favorite of the party\'s establishment and a low-key Washington ...Tsunami hits New Zealand after massive quake
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 struck central New Zealand just after midnight, the U.S. Geological Survey said, generating a tsunami ...France marks first anniversary of Paris terror attacks
French President Francois Hollande on Sunday began commemorations for the first anniversary of the Paris terror attacks by unveiling a plaque in ...




