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Merkel urges Putin to stop sending arms, advisors to Ukraine

Last Updated: Saturday, August 16, 2014, 03:06

Merkel expressed "concern about the situation in eastern Ukraine", her spokesman Steffen Seibert said in a statement. 

UN Council targets jihadists in Iraq, Syria

Last Updated: Saturday, August 16, 2014, 02:43

The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Friday aimed at weakening Islamists in Iraq and Syria with measures to choke off funding and the flow of foreign fighters.

Boko Haram kidnaps 100, Chad frees most captives

Last Updated: Saturday, August 16, 2014, 02:07

The abductions took place on August 10 in Doron Baga in the Kukawa area near the border with Chad, said the official.

UN nuclear chief to visit Iran before investigation deadline

Last Updated: Saturday, August 16, 2014, 02:00

UN nuclear watchdog chief Yukiya Amano will visit Iran on Sunday in an apparent attempt to push for progress in a long-running investigation into suspected atomic bomb research by Tehran.

Long flight from Sunni militants leads Iraqi Turkmens to Baghdad

Last Updated: Saturday, August 16, 2014, 01:53

Iraq`s third largest ethnic group after Arabs and Kurds, they include both Sunnis and Shi`ites and have a history of being targeted in previous conflicts. 

UN envoy plans Libya trip soon to negotiate ceasefire

Last Updated: Saturday, August 16, 2014, 01:49

The new UN special envoy to Libya plans to visit Tripoli as early as next week to seek a ceasefire between armed factions whose clashes have turned parts of the capital into a battlefield.

Police claim slain US teen was robbery suspect

Last Updated: Saturday, August 16, 2014, 01:10

Ferguson police chief Thomas Jackson identified the officer who shot Brown as Darren Wilson.

Boko Haram kidnaps scores in Nigeria: Witnesses

Last Updated: Saturday, August 16, 2014, 00:55

Boko Haram Islamists kidnapped scores of people from fishing communities in Nigeria`s extreme northeast, hauling some of the hostages away on boats across Lake Chad, witnesses said on Friday.

Ebola-hit states plead for more help, WHO rebuked for slow response

Last Updated: Saturday, August 16, 2014, 00:53

Two West African nations and a medical charity fighting the world`s worst Ebola epidemic chided the WHO on Friday for its slow response, saying more action was needed to save victims threatened by the disease and hunger.

Russian defence ministry denies military convoy entered Ukraine

Last Updated: Saturday, August 16, 2014, 00:51

Konashenkov lashed out at Western officials launching accusations based on "fantasies" that journalists are reporting on social media sites.