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Ray of hope, then deep hostility between US and North Korea

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In the first month of Donald Trump’s presidency, an American scholar quietly met with North Korean officials and relayed a message: The new administration in

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Tehran
New economic protests in Tehran challenge Iran’s government

A wave of spontaneous protests over Iran’s weak economy swept into Tehran on Saturday, with college students and others chanting against the government just hours after hard-liners held their own

New York fire
New York City fire kills 12, sends residents scrambling

New York City’s deadliest residential fire in decades spread through every floor of a Bronx apartment building within a matter of minutes, city officials said, killing 12 people and sending

Islamic State
Islamic State claims attack on Shiite center in Kabul, 41 dead

A brutal attack claimed by the Islamic State group devastated a two-story Shiite Muslim cultural center in the Afghan capital on Thursday, killing at least 41 people and wounding another

Syria
Syria rebels, opposition reject Russia-proposed talks

Syrian rebels and opposition groups on Tuesday rejected Russia’s proposed peace talks, accusing Moscow of failing to pressure its ally, President Bashar Assad, to end the conflict.

UN budget
US says it negotiated $285 million cut in United Nations budget

The US government says it has negotiated a significant cut in the United Nations budget.

Sudan
Civil war pushing South Sudan closer to starvation

It’s been almost 25 years since more than 1 million people were on the brink of starvation in southern Sudan, a crisis captured in a Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of a

Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
Why is Peru weighing president’s ouster?

Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski is facing an impeachment vote following revelations his private consulting business received money from the Brazilian construction company implicated in Latin America’s biggest corruption scandal.

Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi seen as last hope for India’s opposition Congress party

With Rahul Gandhi formally taking over the reins of India's main opposition Congress party last week, the oldest party in India has placed its best bet on the last Gandhi

Jerusalem
Thousands rally in Pakistan against Trump’s Jerusalem move

Thousands of Islamists have rallied in two major cities in Pakistan to condemn US President Donald Trump for declaring Jerusalem Israel’s capital.