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CHINA'S PRESIDENT XI JINPING ATTENDS A MEETING WITH FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON (NOT PICTURED) AT THE GREAT HALL OF THE PEOPLE China's ruling Communist Party would like to see more party bosses held accountable for allowing corruption to happen...

At least 42 people, including children, were killed on Sunday when Syrian army helicopters dropped improvised "barrel bombs" in the northern province of Aleppo, a monitoring group said. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said separate air raids hit...

South Sudan's government said on Sunday rebels had seized the capital of a key oil-producing region and fears grew of all-out ethnic civil war in the world's newest country. The U.N. announced it was trying to rush more peacekeeping forces...

Six world powers and Iran have suspended their expert-level talks on implementing a landmark nuclear deal until after Christmas, a spokeswoman for European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said on Sunday. Experts from the United States, Russia, China, France,...

Ukrainian opposition leaders urged supporters at a rally on Sunday to stay on Kiev's main square through New Year and Christmas, as street protests appeared to be losing momentum. About 100,000 people gathered at Kiev's Independence Square to demonstrate for...

Thailand's main opposition party announced on Saturday it would boycott an election in February, deepening uncertainty about the poll and fuelling a campaign to overthrow Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's government. Yingluck called a snap election on December 9 to try...

Egypt on Saturday referred to trial deposed President Mohamed Mursi and 129 others including members of the Palestinian group Hamas and Lebanon's Hezbollah on charges including killing policemen, a statement from the investigating judge said. The case, related to a...

Fighters from Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamist sect armed with anti-aircraft guns and grenade launchers attacked a barracks in the volatile northeast and battled soldiers for several hours, the military said. The army said it used troops and planes to repel...

Sixteen people, including the sons of two ministers, were charged on Saturday in connection with a Turkish corruption investigation that Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has called a "dirty operation" aimed at undermining his rule, media said. Suleyman Aslan, the general...

Ugandan MPs have passed a controversial bill that will ban miniskirts. The anti-pornography bill, which also outlaws overtly sexual material including music videos, was voted through after a short debate. When Simon Lokodo, Uganda's ethics and integrity minister, proposed the legislation...