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Kerry slams Russia for 'enabling' Assad to stay in power US Secretary of State John Kerry slammed Russia on Monday for "enabling" Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to stay in power in the war-torn country, after Geneva peace talks broke off without result at the weekend.

17 February 2014

Free Syrian Army fires military chief over leadership 'paralysis' The rebel Free Syrian Army said Sunday it had fired Selim Idriss as its military chief, citing the "difficulties faced by the Syrian revolution" in its battle with the regime.

17 February 2014

Nazarbayev talks with Turkish President President Nursultan Nazarbayev has had a telephone conversation with Turkish President Abdullah Gul.

15 February 2014

Failure to agree agenda 'very bad omen' for Syria talks: diplomat The failure of Syria's warring sides to even agree to an agenda for ongoing peace talks in Geneva does not bode well for the process.

14 February 2014

Car bomb kills at least 11 policemen in Karachi: officials A powerful car bomb attack on a police bus on Thursday in Pakistan's commercial hub of Karachi killed at least 11 policemen and wounded 47 others.

13 February 2014

Turkey election candidate slain before vote A ruling party candidate in Turkish local elections next month has been killed in an armed attack in Istanbul.

13 February 2014

Egypt's Sisi negotiates arms deal in Russia Egyptian army chief and likely new president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi meets top Russian officials on Thursday to negotiate a $2-billion arms deal that is meant to replace subsiding assistance from old ally Washington.

13 February 2014

Afghanistan releases 65 'insurgents' despite US protests: officials Afghanistan released 65 alleged Taliban fighters from jail on Thursday despite condemnation from the United States, which says the men could return to the battlefield to launch strikes against NATO and Afghan forces.

13 February 2014

'Ethnic cleansing' taking place in C.Africa: Amnesty "Ethnic cleansing" is being carried out against Muslim civilians in the Central African Republic, with international peacekeepers unable to prevent it.

12 February 2014

Gulf-Russia talks to focus on Syria: Kuwait Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet his Gulf Arab counterparts on February 18 for talks expected to focus on the Syria conflict.

12 February 2014

Gunmen kill 9 anti-Taliban volunteers in NW Pakistan: police Militants stormed a house of anti-Taliban activists and shot dead nine men in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar early Wednesday.

12 February 2014

Lone survivor found as Algeria plane crash kills 77 A military aircraft carrying 78 people crashed in Algeria's mountainous northeast on Tuesday, leaving just one survivor in one of the country's deadliest air disasters.

12 February 2014

Energy is 'game changer' in new Cyprus peace drive Greek- and Turkish-Cypriot leaders meet Tuesday to relaunch talks on ending the island's division after a nearly two-year break, with optimism that the energy card could provide a breakthrough.

11 February 2014

Obama, Hollande to cement 'forever' Franco-US friendship President Barack Obama will Tuesday highlight a new national security dimension to America's oldest alliance as he deploys the full pageantry of a state visit for France's President Francois Hollande.

11 February 2014

Ban wants more troops in strife-torn CAR UN chief Ban Ki-moon spoke Monday with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on increasing the number of European and African troops in the Central African Republic.

11 February 2014

Iran agrees to explain nuclear detonators to UN Iran agreed Sunday to clarify to the UN atomic agency its need for detonators used in nuclear devices, as part of a probe into allegations of its past weapons work.

10 February 2014

Kazakhstan's Harmony Lessons and Shal awarded at Fajr Film Festival Kazakhstan's film Harmony Lessons directed by Emir Baigazin has been awarded with Crystal Simorgh at the 32th International Fajr Film Festival in Iran.

09 February 2014

Kazakhstan wrestlers win 2nd place at Takhti Cup in Iran Kazakhstan Freestyle wrestlers have gained the 2nd place at the 34th Takhti International Free-Style Wrestling Cup in Tehran, Iran.

09 February 2014

Turkish F-16s scrambled for 'drunken' Sochi hijack attempt Turkey scrambled two F-16 jets Friday to force down an airliner from Ukraine when an apparently drunk would-be hijacker ordered it to Sochi where the Winter Olympics opening ceremony was underway.

09 February 2014

UN aid to enter Syria's Homs after first evacuations UN aid deliveries to rebel-held areas in the Syrian city of Homs were to begin Saturday, a day after dozens of civilians who survived more than 600 days of army siege were evacuated.

08 February 2014

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