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Over the last two weeks, Obama administration officials have signaled - sometimes intentionally, sometimes not - that a worst-case scenario is emerging in Syria. Peace talks are at a virtual standstill. An emboldened President Bashar al-Assad has missed two deadlines...

An east-west struggle over Ukraine turned nastier as Moscow accused the United States of fomenting a coup and Washington pointed a finger at Russia for leaking a recording of U.S. diplomats discussing how to shape a new government in...

Francois Hollande's advisers needed a drink. Their boss, the president of France, had been dogged for days by allegations he was cheating on his long-time girlfriend with a movie actress. At the same time, he was making another big split...

Syria's deputy foreign minister said on Friday the government would take part in a second round of peace talks on Syria's civil war in the Swiss city of Geneva, state media reported. The 'Geneva 2' peace conference, which had its...

Anti-government protesters in Thailand's capital collected money for farmers on Friday, seeking to capitalize on discontent in rural areas at the state's failure to pay for rice bought under a controversial subsidy scheme. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was helped to...

South African President Jacob Zuma has set May 7 as the date for general elections in which his ruling African National Congress is likely to easily extend its two-decades rule. "The electoral term of the present government will come to...

The US government has moved to freeze the assets of three individuals suspected to be part of the Haqqani militant network. The Treasury Department said Saidullah Jan, Yahya Haqqani and Muhammad Omar Zadran were now "specially designated global terrorists". This means...

Rescuers recovered eight bodies and continued to search for another missing worker on Thursday after a fire and rock-fall at a Harmony Gold mine near Johannesburg, the worst accident in South Africa's mines in nearly five years. Mineral Resources Minister...

IBM (IBM.N) began rolling out its Watson supercomputer system across Africa on Thursday, saying it would help to address continental development obstacles as diverse as medical diagnoses, economic data collection and e-commerce research. The world's biggest technology service provider said...

Thai election officials struggled on Thursday to shore up a chaotic weekend ballot disrupted by anti-government protesters who blocked polling stations and stopping people voting in nearly a quarter of the country. They met for two hours but adjourned without...