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South Sudan peace talk begins in Addis Ababa
South Sudan\'s rival forces began peace talks on Thursday, as international pressure mounts ahead of an August 17 deadline to strike a ...Islamic State group seizes central Syrian town
The Islamic State group on Thursday seized a key town in central Syria following heavy clashes with President Bashar Assad\'s forces, in ...Nigeria on alert for massive flooding
Nigeria on Thursday warned tens of thousands of people living along one of its main rivers to expect massive flooding as neighbouring ...U.S. drone hits Syria in first lethal strike launched from Turkey
The United States has conducted its first drone strike into northern Syria from a base in Turkey, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, ...Hundreds of migrants feared dead after overcrowded boat capsizes off Libyan coast
Hundreds of migrants attempting the perilous journey across the Mediterranean were feared to have drowned Wednesday after their overcrowded fishing boat capsized ...UN reports rise in women, children casualties in Afghan war
The United Nations said on Wednesday that an increasing number of women and children were getting hurt or killed in Afghanistan\'s war ...Chile takes first step towards legal abortion
Chile\'s Congress took its first step toward legalizing abortion in some cases, a practice that has been legally banned for decades in ...16 dead, 50 injured in Russia bus crash
At least 16 people were killed and more than 50 others were injured Wednesday when two buses collided head-on in far eastern ...Nepal villagers recover the remains of 17 people missing after landslide
Nepal villagers have recovered the remains of 17 people who went missing after their village was buried by a landslide triggered by ...Several killed as two trains derail in India
Two passenger trains derailed after being hit by flash floods on a bridge in central India, killing at least 27 people in ...




