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UN mediator not expecting quick breakthrough in Syria peace talks

UN mediator not expecting quick breakthrough in Syria peace talks

UN mediator Staffan de Mistura said on Wednesday he did not expect an immediate breakthrough when Syria peace talks restart on Thursday…
Groundhog day in Geneva: old questions haunt Syria talks

Groundhog day in Geneva: old questions haunt Syria talks

When Syria peace talks restart in Geneva on Thursday after 10 months in the deep-freeze, familiar disagreements are likely to…
Dubai’s bid to cash in on climate change

Dubai’s bid to cash in on climate change

At the 5th World Government Summit in Dubai, the government set out a bold vision for how adapting to climate…
Islamic State fighters rape and torture Sunni Arab women: Human Rights Watch

Islamic State fighters rape and torture Sunni Arab women: Human Rights Watch

Sunni Arab Muslim women and girls suffered arbitrary detentions, beatings, sexual abuse and forced marriage under Islamic State rule, the…
Report accuses Syrian government of sectarian war strategy against Sunni majority

Report accuses Syrian government of sectarian war strategy against Sunni majority

A new report by a Syria conflict monitoring group accuses the government of depopulating Sunni-majority areas in Syria's third largest…
Iraqi forces fighting Islamic State set to storm airport, clear way to western Mosul

Iraqi forces fighting Islamic State set to storm airport, clear way to western Mosul

US-backed Iraqi forces closing in on the Islamic State-held western half of Mosul prepared on Tuesday to storm the airport…
Netanyahu blasts UN ‘hypocrisy’, Australian PM opposes ‘one-sided resolutions’

Netanyahu blasts UN ‘hypocrisy’, Australian PM opposes ‘one-sided resolutions’

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull offered a staunch defense of Israel on Wednesday, criticizing the United Nations and vowing never…
Gaddafi son’s trial in Libya unfair, should be sent to ICC: UN

Gaddafi son’s trial in Libya unfair, should be sent to ICC: UN

The trial of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, a son of the ousted Libyan leader sentenced to death in absentia, did not…
Iran’s leader calls Israel a ‘fake’ nation, ‘dirty chapter’ of history

Iran’s leader calls Israel a ‘fake’ nation, ‘dirty chapter’ of history

Iran's supreme leader on Tuesday used the podium of a pro-Palestinian gathering in Tehran to lash out at Israel, calling…
Israeli soldier gets 18 months for ‘fatal shooting’ of wounded Palestinian

Israeli soldier gets 18 months for ‘fatal shooting’ of wounded Palestinian

An Israeli military court has sentenced a soldier to 18 months in prison for the fatal shooting last year of…
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