Geneva, January 29 (RHC)-- UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi says Iran's presence in the peace talks on Syria could be useful, adding that the mediators will seek Tehran's cooperation in the future. ... More


Washington, January 28 (RHC)-- As negotiations between Syrian officials and the country's foreign-backed opposition hit a deadlock in Geneva over the issue of transfer of power, the United States has resumed deliveries of aid to the opposition. ... More


Cairo, January 28 (RHC)-- More than 60 people have been killed in Egypt over the past several days in clashes surrounding the third anniversary of the uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak. ... More


Moscow, January 28 (RHC)-- Russia says the notorious U.S.-run Guantanamo prison in Cuba must be shut down while U.S. Pr.esident Barack Obama is still in office. ... More


Moscow, January 28 (RHC)-- U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden, who has blown the lid on U.S. massive spying operations at home and abroad, says U.S. “government officials want to kill” him. ... More


Geneva, January 27 (RHC)-- UN-Arab League Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi says two face-to-face meetings between delegates representing the Syrian government and the foreign-backed opposition in Geneva have not achieved much.... More


Tehran, January 27 (RHC)-- Iran says remarks made by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry are a violation of international law and the Charter of the United Nations.... More


Tripoli, January 27 (RHC)-- The Libyan Health Ministry says two weeks of violent clashes in the country have killed at least 154 people and injured 463 more.... More


Geneva, January 25 (RHC)-- Representatives of the Syrian government and the foreign-backed opposition have met briefly in the Swiss city of Geneva amid heated differences.... More


Geneva, January 25 (RHC)-- Syria has ruled out the formation of a transitional government the Geneva II talks on the Syria crisis inch closer to a deadlock. Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi said on Friday that Damascus will not agree to the opposition demand to form a transitional government.... More


Washington, January 25 (RHC)-- An independent U.S. Congressional panel has concluded the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of phone records is illegal. ... More


Cairo, January 25 (RHC)-- At least ten people have been killed across Egypt as security forces attacked supporters of ousted president, Mohamed Morsi. ... More


Nairobi, January 25 (RHC)-- South Sudan rivals have signed a ceasefire agreement after five weeks of violence that killed thousands of people and displaced more than half a million. ... More


New Delhi, January 25 (RHC)-- India’s Supreme Court has ordered a probe after the gang rape of a woman in eastern West Bengal state. ... More


Washington, January 25 (RHC)-- U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, the key architect of unilateral sanctions against Iran and supporter of Washington's blockade against Cuba, is under criminal investigation for his connection with two Florida businessmen who are fugitives from Ecuador.... More


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