Six powers agree to restore sanctions on Iran
Reuters, New York :Six world powers have agreed on a way to restore UN sanctions on Iran if the country breaks the terms of a...
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Kerry flown to Swiss hospital after bike crash
AP, Geneva :Secretary of State John Kerry was helicoptered to a Swiss hospital Sunday after a bike crash outside of Geneva, where he had been...
US police kill more than two people a day, says report
AFP, Washington :US police have killed people at a rate of more than two a day this year, The Washington Post reported Sunday, using its...
Child sex abuse claims shake UN as revelations continue
AP, United Nations :The boys said they approached the French soldiers because they were hungry. Some were so young they didn’t quite understand the acts...
India reels under heatwave as death toll tops 2,000
AFP, Hyderabad :India’s brutal weeks-long heatwave has killed more than 2,000 people, authorities said Saturday, as the government launched a mass education campaign to help...
Russian aircraft head off US destroyer in Black Sea: RIA
Reuters, Moscow :Russian military aircraft were scrambled to head off a U.S. warship that was acting “aggressively” in the Black Sea, state news agency RIA...
Afghan leader demands action from Pakistan against Taliban
AFP, Kabul :Afghan President Ashraf Ghani demanded tough action from Pakistan against Taliban militants in a letter seeking greater anti-terrorism cooperation, after facing strong public...
Obama signs disaster declaration as Texas storms kill 21
Reuters, Dallas :US President Barack Obama signed a disaster declaration late on Friday for areas in Texas hammered by severe weather that killed at least...
Regime barrel bombs kill 71 civilians in Syria`s Aleppo
AFP, Beirut :A series of barrel bombs dropped from Syrian regime helicopters killed at least 71 civilians and wounded dozens Saturday in the northern province...
Tense standoff outside US mosque over cartoon protest
AFP, Phoenix :Anti-Islam protesters — some of them heavily armed — faced off against religious rights demonstrators outside a US mosque, in a tense but...
Russia imposes travel ban on 89 EU politicians
AFP, The Hague :Moscow has released a blacklist of European Union politicians barred from Russia in response to EU sanctions over Crimea and Ukraine, Dutch...
Iran nuclear talks snag on access to military sites
AFP, Vienna :With the top US and Iranian diplomats meeting Saturday in Geneva one month before a deadline for a historic nuclear deal, demands for...