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Ex-army officer ordered Myanmar lawyer's murder: presidency

Feb 15, 2017 (AFP)

A former military officer ordered the murder of a prominent Myanmar lawyer and adviser to de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the president's office said on Wedne...

Trump says two states not only answer to Mideast conflict

Feb 15, 2017 (AFP)

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was open to a one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict if it is acceptable to both sides while urging ...

Syria talks delayed due to 'technical reasons': Kazakhstan

Feb 15, 2017 (AFP)

Kazakhstan said Wednesday a new round of Astana talks on the Syria conflict led by Russia, Turkey and Iran scheduled to begin February 15 would be delayed by a ...

Japan's 'Battleship island' haunted by ghosts of its past

Feb 14, 2017 (AFP)

The haunting silhouette of "Battleship Island" rises up from the sea, an abandoned testament to what was once the most densely populated city on earth. Thousand...

Some Uighurs fighting in Syria: exiled leader

Feb 13, 2017 (AFP)

An exiled advocate for China's ethnic Uighur minority said Monday that some of the group were fighting and dying in Syria -- including for Islamic State (IS) --...

Syria opposition picks delegation for new peace talks

Feb 12, 2017 (AFP)

Syria's opposition on Sunday announced its 21-member delegation, including 10 rebel representatives, for a new round of UN-sponsored peace talks in Geneva sched...

Syria rebels, govt invited to talks next week: Kazakhstan

Feb 11, 2017 (AFP)

Kazakhstan's foreign ministry announced Saturday that Syrian government officials and armed rebels are being invited to peace talks to be held next week in its ...

Russia using Iran airspace for Syria raids: official

Feb 11, 2017 (AFP)

Russian warplanes are using Iran's airspace to carry out airstrikes in Syria, an Iranian official said Saturday. "The fact that they (Russian bombers) use Irani...

Philippine communist leader seeks renewed peace talks

Feb 10, 2017 (AFP)

The leader of the Philippines' communist insurgency has called on President Rodrigo Duterte to revive collapsed peace talks as his rebels launched new attacks. ...

Victim of Colombia's ELN rebels paints his pain

Feb 09, 2017 (AFP)

Juan Daniel Otoya was 10 years old when ELN guerrillas burst into the church in western Colombia where he was attending mass with his family and kidnapped 180 p...

Two Palestinians killed in Egypt after rocket fire on Israel: Hamas

Feb 09, 2017 (AFP)

An Israeli air strike killed two Palestinians on the Egyptian side of the border with Gaza early Thursday following rocket fire from the area into Israel, the t...

Russia air strike 'accidentally' kills 3 Turkish troops in Syria

Feb 09, 2017 (AFP)

Three Turkish soldiers were "accidentally" killed and 11 wounded on Thursday when a Russian air strike targeting jihadists in Syria hit a building where the tro...

Israel police battle ultra-Orthodox draft objectors

Feb 08, 2017 (AFP)

Israeli police battled hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews protesting against conscription, arresting nearly 50 people overnight, a police spokesman said on Wednesd...

Colombia opens talks with ELN rebels

Feb 08, 2017 (AFP)

Peace negotiators from the Colombian government and the ELN, the country's last active rebel group, got down to business behind closed doors in their first day ...

Telling stories of wartime childhood in Bosnian museum

Feb 08, 2017 (AFP)

Ballet slippers, tinned food and drawings by a sister killed from shelling are found among the objects in a new Sarajevo museum used to tell stories of life dur...

Amnesty accuses Syria of mass hangings in infamous jail

Feb 07, 2017 (AFP)

Amnesty International on Tuesday accused Syria's government of hanging up to 13,000 people at a notorious prison over five years in a "policy of extermination",...

Colombia seeks 'complete peace' at ELN talks

Feb 07, 2017 (AFP)

Colombia opens peace talks Tuesday with its last active rebel group, the ELN, seeking to replicate its historic accord with the FARC guerrillas and deliver "com...

Air strikes on Syrian ex-Qaeda branch kill 26: monitor

Feb 07, 2017 (AFP)

Air strikes on Al-Qaeda's former affiliate in Syria on Tuesday killed 26 people in the country's northwest, most of them civilians, a monitoring group said. The...

Colombia's ELN frees hostage soldier on eve of talks

Feb 06, 2017 (AFP)

Colombia's last active rebel group, the ELN, freed a hostage soldier Monday in a new goodwill gesture on the eve of peace talks to end a 53-year conflict. The n...

Syrian army chips away at IS on several fronts

Feb 05, 2017 (AFP)

Syrian troops and allied militia on Sunday chipped away at territory held by Islamic State jihadists on several fronts across the country, state media and a mon...