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Germany, Ukraine Ink Loan Deal Ahead of Top Level Talks

Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has talks in Berlin Thursday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. They are expected to focus on security and extended economic aid to the cash-strapped Kyiv government.

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UN report: 5.5 million displaced by war in first half of 2014, setting record

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Syrian refugees arrive across the border into Jordan.

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Ban outraged by ‘horrendous and cold-blooded’ attack on French magazine

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemns the appalling and “cold-blooded crime” committed by terrorists who attacked the French magazine Charlie Hebdo.

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Car Bomb Kills 30 in Yemen

Security officials say a car bomb has exploded outside a police academy in Yemen's capital, killing at least 30 people and wounding 40 others.

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Peace process in Mali at ‘crucial stage’ UN peacekeeping chief tells Security Council

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A wide view of the Security Council meeting on the situation in Mali.

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Gunmen Kidnap Prominent Child AIDS Activist in Honduras

Gunmen in San Pedro Sula, Honduras have kidnapped a prominent teenage AIDS activist.

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On first visit to hard-hit nations, new UN Ebola mission chief vows scaled-up support to end crisis

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Head of UNMEER Ould Cheikh Ahmed (left) works inside a UN MI-8 helicopter with Dr. David Nabarro, UN Special Envoy on Ebola, while visiting Liberia.

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Two Detained Alleged Gambian Coup Plotters Praised

A Gambian Diaspora leader said two US citizens charged by the United States for conspiracy to overthrow Gambian President Yahya Jammeh in a failed coup attempt are liberators of Gambia’s “oppressed” people.

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With no rebel surrender, UN mission in DR Congo readies military operations

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A MONUSCO attack helicopter provides aerial protection for a convoy carrying FDLR ex-combatants from Kanyabayonga transit camp, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

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In New IS Video, Hostage Gives Tour of Mosul

The Islamic State group has released a new propaganda video, this one showing a British hostage depicting life as normal in the militant-controlled Iraqi city of Mosul.