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At least one million Syrians need humanitarian assistance, a UN spokesman said Thursday at the end of an assessment ...

The US State Department said Wednesday it is sending one observer each from two US-funded pro-democracy groups to ...

Tuareg rebels fighting alongside an armed Islamist group on Thursday attacked the key town of Kidal in northern Mali, ...

The NATO commander in Afghanistan has ordered tougher security measures to protect allied soldiers from being shot by ...

The UN Security Council on Thursday expressed concern over recent events in Yemen, where followers of former strongman ...

Gunmen separately killed four Shiite Muslims and two local UN employees Thursday in Baluchistan, a Pakistani province ...

The UN nuclear agency said Thursday it was still in talks with North Korea about a possible visit by inspectors, ...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday voiced his country`s unwavering support for Tehran's nuclear ...

Two young Chinese women have become the country's first transexual twins, according to local newspaper reports. ...

Russian forces on Tuesday killed a senior militant in the North Caucasus where radical groups are seeking to impose an ...

The United Nations on Tuesday increased its death toll estimate for the Syria unrest to more than 9,000. ...

South Sudan will not return to war with Khartoum despite a second day of airstrikes and bloody ground assaults in ...

UN chief Ban Ki-Moon appealed for calm after Sudan on Tuesday suspended an April summit between President Omar ...

The head of the military junta that seized power in Mali last week on Monday called on Tuareg guerrillas advancing in ...

More than 10 people were killed in clashes on Monday between Toubou tribesmen and residents of the southern city of ...