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Assad's fate is key as Syria talks open in Geneva ASIA

Assad's fate is key as Syria talks open in Geneva

Talks to end Syria's civil war opened in Geneva on Monday, but hopes for a breakthrough remained remote with the sides locked in a bitter dispute over the future of President Bashar al-Assad.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
UN expert questions 'witchcraft' as cause of rising albino violence ARABIA

UN expert questions 'witchcraft' as cause of rising albino violence

‘Witchcraft’ and mysterious occult beliefs have been blamed for the surge in attacks targeting albinos in Africa over the last decade, but a UN expert said those theories leave a lot unexplained.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Syria ceasefire task force to meet in Geneva ASIA

Syria ceasefire task force to meet in Geneva

Countries backing the Syria peace process were due to meet at 3 pm on Monday in Geneva as France demanded information about attacks in breach of a cessation of hostilities that came into force on Friday night.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Syria peace talks in peril before they even start ASIA

Syria peace talks in peril before they even start

The future of the biggest push to date to end Syria's brutal civil war looked highly uncertain Sunday with the main opposition group threatening to walk away before planned peace talks even begin in earnest.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Main Syrian opposition team heads to Geneva as peace talks open ASIA

Main Syrian opposition team heads to Geneva as peace talks open

A delegation from Syria's main opposition group flew to Geneva on Saturday to assess whether to join Damascus government officials in United Nations-brokered peace talks ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
UN insists shaky Syria peace talks to go ahead ASIA

UN insists shaky Syria peace talks to go ahead

The UN insisted that high-stakes peace talks aimed at ending the brutal, five-year-old Syrian conflict would still begin in Switzerland later Friday despite uncertainty over whether key groups would even attend.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Zika virus 'spreading explosively': WHO INTERNATIONAL

Zika virus 'spreading explosively': WHO

The Zika virus is ‘spreading explosively’ in the Americas and the region may see up to four million cases of the disease strongly suspected of causing birth defects, the World Health Organization ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016