Climate change impacts heat up UN talks in Lima
AP, LIMA, Peru : With 2014 on track to become the warmest year on record and time running short, more than 190 nations began talks on...
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Iran to turn uranium into reactor fuel under extended deal
Reuters :Iran will convert more of its higher-grade enriched uranium into reactor fuel under an extended nuclear deal with world powers, making the material less...
Al Shabaab kills 36 in Kenya
Reuters :Somali al Shabaab militants killed at least 36 non-Muslim workers at a quarry in northeast Kenya on Tuesday, beheading at least two of them...
Conservatives work to block Obama on immigration
AP, Washington :Conservatives circulated draft legislation Monday aimed at blocking President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration from taking effect, as Homeland Security Secretary Jeh...
Ukraine government, rebels agree on new cease-fire
Reuters :Ukraine’s military and separatist forces have agreed “in principle” on a new ceasefire from Dec. 5 in the rebel-held Luhansk region in the east...
Imran threatens new showdown
AP, Islamabad :Pakistani cricketer-turned-opposition leader Imran Khan staged a major rally in Islamabad on Sunday, threatening to shut down the whole country with protests as...
Thirty US-led strikes hit IS in Syria`s Raqqa
AP, Beirut :U.S.-led coalition warplanes carried out as many as 30 airstrikes overnight against Islamic State militants in and around the group’s de facto capital...
Russians angry over health care cuts
AP, Moscow :At least 5,000 Russians marched through Moscow on Sunday to protest against plans to lay off thousands of doctors and close hospitals in...
Pope says it is wrong to equate Islam with violence
Reuters, Aboard The Papal Plane :Pope Francis said on Sunday that equating Islam with violence was wrong and called on Muslim leaders to issue a...
Afghans don’t have enough arms to fight Taliban
Reuters, Kabul :Afghan district police chief Ahmadullah Anwari only has enough grenades to hand out three to each checkpoint in an area of Helmand province...
Night of clashes in Hong Kong
AFP, Hong Kong :Police unleashed pepper spray and baton charges at students who tried to storm Hong Kong’s government headquarters early Monday, as tensions soared...
Local leader shot dead as Indian Kashmir votes
AFP, Srinagar :Suspected rebels have shot dead a village head in Indian Kashmir, police said Monday, a day before a second stage of voting in...