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Geneva auction sells huge diamond for $26.7M
A huge diamond unearthed in Botswana commanded an unearthly price of $26.7 million from Christie's auction house Wednesday amid the spring ritual of ...
Syrian rebels, government fight over key highways
Syrian rebels on Saturday cut a newly built bypass road linking the capital Damascus with the northern city of Aleppo, an activist group said, while ...
Nations agree to new chemical ban, export controls
A summit on chemicals and hazardous wastes ended Friday with an agreement to globally phase out a widely used flame retardant and to accept stricter ...
Hezbollah: Syria to supply weapons to militia
Syria will supply "game-changing" weapons to Hezbollah, the chief of the Lebanese militant group said Thursday, less than a week after Israeli ...
31 detained in probe of $50M Belgium diamond heist
Unlike the brilliant thieves in "Ocean's Eleven," it appears that those behind the clockwork-precision, $50 million diamond heist at Brussels Airport ...
UN: Global youth unemployment rate is rising
Youth unemployment is likely to rise globally to 12.8 percent by 2018, wiping out gains made in the recent economic recovery, the U.N.'s labor office ...
President Assad says Syria able to face Israel
In his first response to Israel's weekend airstrikes, President Bashar Assad said Tuesday that Syria is capable of facing Israel, but stopped short ...
US, Russia seek to revive peace plan for Syria
The U.S. and Russia agreed Tuesday to try to convene an international conference this month to come to a political solution to end the two-year Syrian ...
Diplomats: Brazil wins race for next WTO director
The World Trade Organization has settled on Roberto Azevedo of Brazil, a well-known diplomat and consummate insider in Geneva circles, to serve as its ...
Nations at nuclear meeting say too many on alert
More than 100 nations concluding a round of global nuclear talks Friday expressed alarm that many nuclear weapons are kept at a high-alert level and ...
Froome completes dominating Tour of Romandie win
Chris Froome of Britain completed a start-to-finish victory in the Tour of Romandie on Sunday, enhancing his status as the Tour de France favorite.
UN chemicals summit expected to adopt new controls
At the start of a major conference to regulate chemical and hazardous waste safety, top officials voiced optimism Saturday that delegates will approve ...
Mexican, Brazilian lead race to be next WTO chief
A Latin American is set to take the helm of the World Trade Organization after the field for the agency's next director general has narrowed to ...
UN investigator draws ire for Boston commentary
A U.N. special investigator has linked the Boston marathon bombings to the United States' superpower status and Washington's policy on Israel, drawing ...
UN powers say NKorea, Iran 'serious' nuke threats
Ahead of a round of global nuclear talks, five major powers labeled North Korea and Iran as "serious challenges" to the world's nuclear security ...
Gorbachev sees global failure to address eco-risks
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Thursday painted a dim picture of the world's environmental progress, two decades after he founded the ...
Lavrov: Russia would back NKorea talks in Geneva
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday his nation would welcome a fresh round of talks on Swiss soil over North Korea's nuclear program, ...
Swiss say no takers yet on offer to defuse Koreas
Switzerland says it is standing by as a potential negotiator to defuse the tensions between the United States and North Korea but so far no one has ...
UN says C. African Republic refugees rise to 37K
The U.N. refugee agency says more than 37,000 refugees have left Central African Republic since December. Agency spokesman Adrian Edwards says nearly ...
Scientists find possible hint of dark matter
It is one of the cosmos' most mysterious unsolved cases: dark matter. It is supposedly what holds the universe together. We can't see it, but ...
Syrian forces pound rebel-held areas of Damascus
Syrian warplanes and artillery pounded opposition strongholds in Damascus and its suburbs Tuesday, as rebels in the northern city of Aleppo launched ...