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Kremlin urges Russia-US talks

[2015-09-16 09:40]

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that dialogue between Moscow and Washington on solving the Syria crisis was indispensable.

'Happy memories' all thrown overboard

[2015-09-16 09:40]

Six-year-old Yasmine is crying on the beach. The men who have just brought her family across the narrow sea between Bodrum in Turkey and the Greek tourist island of Lesbos threw away the dress her grandmother gave her.

Mexico's FM heads to Cairo for answers on tourist killings

[2015-09-16 09:40]

Mexico's foreign minister was headed to Cairo on Tuesday with relatives of tourists mistakenly killed by Egyptian security forces, after her government demanded an urgent investigation into the "unjustified attack".

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[2015-09-16 09:40]

French group AccorHotels announced on Monday it will become the first international hotel group to operate in Iran as the Islamic republic opens up to the West after the deal on its nuclear program.

More heat to come this year and next

[2015-09-15 08:22]

Man-made global warming is set to produce exceptionally high average temperatures this year and next, boosted by natural weather phenomena such as El Nino, Britain's top climate and weather body said in a report on Monday.

Fifty veterans gather for event in LA to mark anniversary of end of WWII

[2015-09-15 08:22]

Fifty World War II veterans attended a large gathering of 6,300 people in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday evening to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the war.

Taliban fighters free prisoners

[2015-09-15 08:22]

Taliban insurgents in military uniform set off a car bomb and stormed an Afghan prison on Monday, freeing hundreds of inmates and killing four policemen as they step up attacks despite a bitter leadership transition.

Okinawa to rescind approval for US base

[2015-09-15 08:22]

Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga said on Monday that he will revoke previous approval granted for land reclamation as the prefectural government in southernmost Japan continues efforts to block the relocation of a controversial US airbase on the island.

Death toll from Grand Mosque crane collapse climbs to 111

[2015-09-15 08:22]

Jumaa Ibrahim and his wife, Hasnaa Karam, a Syrian couple in their early 60s, arrived in Mecca on Friday, and headed straight to Islam's holiest site, the cube-shaped Kaaba.

3 allegedly linked to Bangkok blast in police custody

[2015-09-15 08:22]

A Pakistani and two Malaysians have been detained in connection with last month's bombing of a shrine in Bangkok that killed 20 people, the national police chief said on Monday.

Site in Jerusalem rocked by clashes

[2015-09-15 08:22]

Muslims and Israeli police clashed at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound for a second straight day on Monday, prompting at least three arrests, police said.

Convoy hit by mistake; tourists die

[2015-09-15 08:22]

Egypt said its security forces killed 12 people, including Mexican tourists, after mistakenly targeting their four-vehicle convoy while pursuing jihadists in the country's Western Desert.

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