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UN renews call for end to Syria crisis
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urges the international community to join forces to end the Syrian conflict.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urges the international community to join forces to end the Syrian conflict.

Iraqi forces and volunteer fighters kill dozens of ISIL militants during mop-up operations across the country.

The United States and Cuba have reached an agreement to reopen embassies in Washington and Havana, an Obama administration official says.

Human Rights Watch has accused the United States of complicity in the Saudi Arabia's war of aggression against Yemen.

A senior Russian defense official blames the West for creating the ISIL terror group to topple the Syrian government.

The Iranian Army’s Ground Forces commander says Iran will counter any threat posed by its enemies on its borders.

The US plans to impose its same-sex marriage policy to the rest of the globe is unlikely to prove successful, says Russia's Alexei Pushkov.

A US court rules that the NSA can continue with the systematic collection Americans’ domestic phone calls records.

France’s Defense Ministry says two French soldiers in Burkina Faso have been suspended over child sex allegations.

US police used a “highly elevated tactical response” against protesters who poured into streets of Ferguson, a federal report reveals.

Greece officially defaults on its bailout loan payment after failing to reach an agreement with its international creditors.

Two explosive devices in the Egyptian capital of Cairo detonate near a police station, killing three people and injuring three others.

The Yemeni army has pounded a Saudi military base in Jizan with several missiles.

An American scholar says an extension of nuclear talks between Iran and the global powers is a “good sign”.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says the country will not collapse in the face of Taliban militancy.

Afghan president nominates first female judge to the country’s powerful Supreme Court.

Kuwaiti authorities say they have busted a 'terror cell' in connection with an investigation into the Kuwait City bombing.

The US is not the sole partner in the talks between Iran and the P5+1, an American political analyst says.