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Rouhani urges Syria peace talks facilitation

Fri Sep 20, 2013 18:22:02

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has offered to broker peaceful negotiations between the Syrian government and opposition forces after more than two years of war.

Arabs push to ban Israel nukes failed

Fri Sep 20, 2013 17:42:05

Member states of the UN nuclear agency voted down an Arab-backed resolution targeting Israel for criticism over its clandestine nuclear weapons arsenal.

MP: Russia to veto anti-Syria resolution

Fri Sep 20, 2013 17:04:32

A Syrian lawmaker has confirmed that Russia will nix any draft resolution to bring Syria under the 7th charter of the United Nations.

18 Afghan police killed in Taliban ambush

Fri Sep 20, 2013 16:35:13

Militants in northeast Afghanistan killed 18 police in an ambush, the interior ministry said Friday, as the nation's security forces struggle to thwart the Taliban.

At least 16 killed in Iraq mosque blasts

Fri Sep 20, 2013 15:31:53

Two bombs exploded in a mosque in Iraq as worshippers entered for prayers on Friday, killing 16 people, police and a doctor said.

3-year-old boy, 12 others wounded in Chicago shooting

Fri Sep 20, 2013 14:24:40

A mass shooting at a Chicago park left a 3-year-old boy in critical condition and returned the spotlight to gun violence in the city with the nation's highest number of homicides.

56 troops killed in Yemen bomb attacks

Fri Sep 20, 2013 13:29:00

Suspected Al-Qaeda militants have killed at least 56 policemen and soldiers in three simultaneous attacks in southern Yemen.

World’s smallest handheld microscope in a needle

Fri Sep 20, 2013 12:28:56

Australian scientists have developed the smallest handheld microscope that fits inside a needle and can even pinpoint those cancer cells that are often missed during operations while removing breast cancer tumors.

Russia warns against unipolarity in international system

Fri Sep 20, 2013 11:54:53

Russian President Vladimir Putin has cautioned against attempts to reanimate the model of a unified and unipolar world, adding that such a system would not need sovereign states, but would need vassals instead.

Syria chemical attack, a smart provocation: Putin

Fri Sep 20, 2013 11:34:05

Russia has every reason to believe that the use of chemical weapons in a Damascus suburb in August was an adroit and smart provocation, President Vladimir Putin says.

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