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Crimea Referendum Looms as Kerry Fails to Sway Russia

Ukraine’s Crimea region moved toward a referendum tomorrow on joining Russia after talks between the top U.S. and Russian diplomats failed to defuse the standoff over the breakaway Black Sea peninsula. As the vote neared, clashes erupted in Kharkiv and Russian troops massed for exercises on the border, stirring concerns of a move to annex […] Continue reading →

Libyan militias hit power plant with rockets, blackouts possible

More than 100 rockets fired by government-payrolled rival gunmen rained down on a Libyan power plant and electrical blackouts could result this summer, the country’s electricity minister said on Tuesday. The North African country is in turmoil as militiamen and tribespeople who helped topple Muammar Gaddafi three years ago refuse to disarm. The government has […] Continue reading →

No Truce: Ukraine clashes kill 21 more, EU talks shifted

At least 21 civilians were killed in fresh fighting in Kiev on Thursday, shattering an overnight truce declared by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich, and a presidential statement said dozens of police were also dead or wounded. Activists hurling petrol bombs and paving stones drove riot police off a corner of the central Independence Square, known […] Continue reading →

Doves released in the Vatican as a gesture of peace are ATTACKED by a vicious seagull and crow

Two white doves released by children standing alongside Pope Francis as a peace gesture today were attacked by other birds. As tens of thousands of people watched in St. Peter’s Square, a seagull and a large black crow swept down on the doves right after they were set free from an open window of the […] Continue reading →

Activists: Nearly 700 dead in Syrian rebel clashes

Rebel-on-rebel clashes have killed nearly 700 people over the past nine days in northern Syria in the worst bout of infighting among the opponents of President Bashar Assad since the country’s civil war began, activists said Sunday. The fighting between the al-Qaida-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and several Islamist and more moderate […] Continue reading →

U.N. told up to 500 killed in South Sudan clashes: diplomats

The United Nations received reports from local sources in South Sudan on Tuesday that between 400 and 500 people had been killed and up to 800 wounded in the latest violence, and the government said it had arrested 10 politicians in connection with a “foiled coup”. “Two hospitals have recorded between 400 and 500 dead […] Continue reading →

Mortar shells hit near inspectors’ hotel in Syria

Two mortar shells hit Syria’s capital Saturday near a hotel where international chemical weapons inspectors and United Nations staff are staying, state media and a hotel guest said. In the north, clashes between rival rebel factions left nearly 50 gunmen dead in three days of fighting for control of neighborhoods in the city of Aleppo, […] Continue reading →

Mortar shells hit near inspectors' hotel in Syria

Two mortar shells hit Syria’s capital Saturday near a hotel where international chemical weapons inspectors and United Nations staff are staying, state media and a hotel guest said. In the north, clashes between rival rebel factions left nearly 50 gunmen dead in three days of fighting for control of neighborhoods in the city of Aleppo, […] Continue reading →

Clashes across Egypt kill 51, more protests called

At least 51 people were killed in clashes in Egyptian cities on Sunday, security sources said, after opponents and supporters of deposed president Mohamad Mursi took to the streets in one of the bloodiest days since the army seized power. In a sign of more possible violence to come, an alliance including Mursi’s Muslim Brotherhood […] Continue reading →

Egypt on Verge of Civil War � Putin

Egypt is on the verge of a civil war, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday as tensions continued to escalate in the North African country between the supporters and opponents of deposed Islamist President Mohamed Morsi. “Syria is already engulfed in a civil war and, no matter how sad it may sound, Egypt is […] Continue reading →

Egypt military tightens grip ahead of deadline

Egypt’s military moved to tighten its control on key institutions Wednesday, putting officers in the newsroom of state TV, in preparation for an almost certain push to remove the country’s Islamist president when an afternoon ultimatum expires. For the second time in Egypt’s tumultuous 2 ½ years of upheaval, the powerful army appears to be […] Continue reading →

Another Civil War in Egypt? Morsi refuses to Quit

In direct confrontation, Morsi refuses to quit, says army must withdraw ultimatum The Muslim Brotherhood and its radical allies are now considering whether to fully mobilize their adherents for “processions” and counter-demonstrations. This would take Egypt to the brink of a violent and prolonged escalation with incalculable consequences. Morsi defiantly says he won’t step down […] Continue reading →