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Russia denies discussing Syria's post-Assad future
Russia's foreign minister said Friday that Moscow isn't discussing Syria's future without President Bashar Assad as Washington has claimed, in the ...
Smell of death greets UN monitors in Syrian town
Smoldering buildings, looted shops, smashed cars and a strong stench of death greeted U.N. observers who entered the nearly deserted Syrian town of ...
Exhausted Suu Kyi falls ill during news conference
A rock star welcome greeted Aung San Suu Kyi as she embarked on her first trip to Europe in 24 years. But after a whirlwind of standing ovations, ...
UN observers enter mountainous enclave in Syria
A team of United Nations observers entered the Syrian town of Haffa Thursday after government troops overran the area near the Mediterranean coast, ...
Argentina's president to press claim to Falklands
Argentina's president is pressing her country's claim to the Falkland Islands with a high-profile appearance Thursday before a little-known U.N.
Syria overruns rebellious village, violence spikes
Syrian forces overran a mountain enclave near the Mediterranean coast Wednesday, seizing the territory back from rebels as a serious escalation in ...
US accuses Russia but needs its help in Syria
Tensions between the U.S. and Russia flared Wednesday as the former Cold War foes traded blame for the violence in Syria just days before a planned ...
UN monitors shot at on way to Syrian massacre site
Unarmed United Nations monitors came under fire Thursday as they tried to reach the scene of the latest mass killing in Syria, U.N.