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Ukraine, rebels voice hope on a peace deal
Ukraine\'s president expressed "careful optimism" Thursday that a peace deal could be reached with Russian-backed separatists at their upcoming talks, even as ...120m girls sexually abused says UN
About 120 million girls worldwide have been forced to have sex, according to a United Nations report.Comedian Joan Rivers dies aged 81
Joan Rivers, the raucous, acid-tongued comedian who crashed the male-dominated realm of late-night talk shows and turned Hollywood red carpets into danger ...34 miners trapped after Bosnia quake
Thirty-four miners remained trapped inside a Bosnian coal mine on Friday after an earthquake triggered a gas explosion and caved in two ...NATO slams Russian over Ukraine as summit starts
NATO\'s top official bluntly accused Moscow on Thursday of attacking Ukraine as allied leaders began a summit set to support Kiev and ...Obama calls for anti-jihadist front as UK, France weigh strikes
US President Barack Obama called for an international front against jihadists in Iraq and Syria after they beheaded a second American reporter, ...Ebola death toll jumps to more than 1,900: WHO
More than 1,900 people have now died of Ebola in west Africa, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, warning the world\'s worst-ever ...NATO shakes up Russia strategy over Ukraine crisis
NATO will bolster its eastern defenses and buttress support for Kiev at a summit starting on Thursday, prompted by the Ukraine crisis ...U.N. denies Golan peacekeepers ordered to hand arms to Syria rebels
The U.N. peacekeeping chief strongly denied on Wednesday allegations from the Philippines\' army chief that Filipino peacekeepers in the Golan Heights were ...Al Qaeda announces India wing, renews loyalty to Taliban chief
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahri on Wednesday announced the formation of an Indian branch of his militant group he said would ...