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  MINSK - A new round of talks aimed at ending a protracted Moscow-backed separatist uprising in eastern Ukraine got underway in the Belarussian...

    BAGHDAD---A suicide bomber attacked Sunni anti-jihadist fighters south of Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least 26 people, while a senior counter-terrorism officer was...

      DAMASCUS---Opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime will meet in Cairo to try to reach a common "vision" to end the nearly four-year...

    President Mutharika   BLANTYRE, Malawi---Malawi President on Wednesday pardoned 197 prisoners from the country's overcrowded jails under an amnesty to mark Christmas, the home...

  KABUL---British and German soldiers gathered in a dusty field in Afghanistan on Wednesday to play a game of soccer in memory of a...

      CAIRO---Egyptian and Qatari intelligence officials have met to arrange talks between leaders of the two countries to end a row over the ouster...

  MANILA, Philippines-- Secretary Panfilo "Ping" Lacson will step down as Presidential Assistant for Rehabilitation and Recovery on February 10, 2015. "We agreed in...

Jordan Military Equipments   AMMAN--Jordan's military on Wednesday confirmed that one of its pilots was captured by the Islamic State jihadist group after his...

British boxer Amir Khan   ISLAMABAD---British boxer Amir Khan Wednesday promised help to rebuild a Pakistani school where 150 people were massacred by the...

  BETHLEHEM, Palestinian Territories--Pilgrims from across the world descended on Jesus's birthplace in Bethlehem Wednesday to begin the global celebration of Christmas after a...

  MUZAFFARABAD--Four people including a Chinese engineer were killed Wednesday when a wall collapsed at a construction site for a major dam project in...

Tourists in Taman Negara Park, Malaysia   KUALA LUMPUR--Malaysian authorities launched a major rescue operation Wednesday to evacuate tourists stranded at a resort by...

  MOSCOW-- Russian investigators Wednesday said they had new proof from a witness that a Ukrainian pilot fired a missile on the day of...

  BEIRUT--The Islamic State group on Wednesday shot down a warplane from the US-led coalition over northern Syria, a monitoring group said, with the...

  JERUSALEM-- Israeli warplanes hit southern Gaza Wednesday after sniper fire against troops, the military said, in the second such strike since a seven-week...

  MANILA--A Malacañang official on Wednesday defended the P2.606-trillion General Appropriations Act for 2015 amid a petition questioning its legality. In a statement, Communications...

  JAMMU-- Pakistani Rangers on Tuesday indulged in mortar shelling along the border in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, drawing retaliation from BSF....

Robert Vadra   CHANDIGARH--The BJP on Tuesday announced its government in Haryana would soon set up a commission to probe the land deals of...