Al-Qaida-linked Syrian rebels on Thursday released all 45 Fijian peacekeepers they had held captive for two weeks, the United Nations said, bringing an end to a crisis that had pulled the UN monitoring force into the chaos of Syria's civil war.
US children are eating far too much salt, mostly from processed foods, putting them at risk of high blood pressure and heart disease later in life, federal health officials said on Tuesday.
The love-hate relationship between England and Scotland has been marked by bloodthirsty medieval battles, royal marriages and executions, followed by centuries of political and social unity.
The Philippine president submitted a draft law to Congress on Wednesday that aims to end four decades of rebellion by Muslims in the south, by granting them more autonomy in a region that will have its own flag, government and police force.
US economic sanctions against Cuba have cost the island nation $3.9 billion in foreign trade over the past year, raising the overall estimate of cumulative economic damage to $116.8 billion over the past 55 years, Cuba said on Tuesday.
Ebola is threatening the very existence of Liberia, as the killer virus spreads like "wildfire", the country's defense minister warned on Tuesday, following a grim World Health Organization assessment that the worst is yet to come.
Ukraine's president promised on Wednesday to introduce a bill as early as next week that would offer greater autonomy to the eastern region, where separatists have been battling government troops for almost five months.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Wednesday for the European Union to move quickly on new sanctions against Russia, saying they could always be lifted if the Ukraine cease-fire holds.
Hundreds of thousands of people tried to escape flash flooding in Pakistan after having been warned to evacuate on Wednesday. The death toll from severe monsoon rains and floods in Pakistan and neighboring India has climbed to 457.
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Baghdad on Wednesday for talks with Iraq's new prime minister - an unannounced stop on a regional tour aimed at building support for an anti-jihadist campaign.
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