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U.S., Russia agree on Syria U.N. chemical arms measure

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to the media after a meeting of the foreign ministers representing the permanent five member countries of the United Nations Security Council, including Germany, at the U.N. Headquarters in New York September 26, 2013. REUTERS/Eric Thayer

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Ending weeks of diplomatic deadlock, the United States and Russia agreed on Thursday on a U.N. Security Council draft resolution that

Militant group attacks Kenyan border town

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan authorities say militants from the same extremist group that took over a Nairobi mall have attacked a security post near the Somali border, killing two

Six killed in militant attack in Indian Kashmir

Reuters/Reuters – An injured policeman is rushed to a hospital for treatment, in Jammu September 26, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – Six people were killed in a raid on

Mary Italo, center, grieves with other relatives for her son Thomas Abayo Italo, 33, who was killed in the Westgate Mall attack, as they wait to receive his body at the mortuary in Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013. Thomas was an accountant and the breadwinner of the family who helped look after Mary who is sick, according to relatives. Kenyan authorities prepared for the gruesome task of recovering dozens more victims than initially feared after the country's president declared an end Tuesday to the four-day siege of the Nairobi mall by al-Qaida-linked terrorists. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis

Kenya launches probe as Shabaab leader confirms mall attack

NAIROBI/MOGADISHU (Reuters) – U.S., British and Israeli agencies are helping Kenya investigate an attack claimed by Somali Islamist militants on a Nairobi shopping mall that killed at least 72 people

Russia says West exploiting Syria deal to threaten force

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia accused the West on Sunday of trying to exploit a chemical weapons deal with Syria to push through a U.N. resolution threatening force against President Bashar

Shebab threaten to kill hostages held in Nairobi mall

NAIROBI: Somali Shebab militants on Monday threatened to kill hostages they are holding in a Nairobi shopping mall as Kenyan troops move to end their siege. “We authorize the mujahideen

Al-Qaida militants kill 38 troops in Yemen attack

SANAA, Yemen— A Yemeni military official says coordinated attacks by al-Qaida militants in a southern province have killed at least 38 soldiers and wounded dozens. Maj. Raed Mohammed Nasser says

Japan’s Murakami favourite for Nobel prize-again

TOKYO — Japanese literary superstar Haruki Murakami is favourite for this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature, betting odds showed Friday, after repeatedly being mentioned as a contender for the prestigious

U.S. eyes co-development of anti-tank missile with India

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter this week proposed ways to deepen defense ties between the United States and India, including co-development of the next version of

Putin sees hope in Syria deal; Kerry says it’s vital that U.N. acts

MOSCOW/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he could not be 100 percent certain a U.S.-Russian plan for the destruction of Syrian chemical arms would be carried