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In the immediate aftermath of the Oct. 26 Ukrainian elections, in which a pro-NATO bloc, including two neo-Nazi parties (Svoboda and the Radical Party), won a majority in the parliament, provocations against Russia have risen to the point that Lyndon LaRouche has warned that we could be moments away from world war. LaRouche made clear that such a global conflict, which could lead to the use of thermonuclear weapons, was not inevitable; however, all the pre-conditions were now in place for just such a war between NATO and Russia. He further warned that such a conflict would soon draw in China.

Germans are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel led several events Sunday, including the placing of a rose in one of the few remaining sections of the Wall to commemorate the 138 people killed in Berlin alone as they tried to flee the Soviet-allied state.

“European integration or closer relations with the Customs’ Union – this is the key issue of the election campaign,” declared a delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) at the end of a pre-electoral mission to the Republic of Moldova to assess the campaign and political climate prior to the 30 November parliamentary elections.

People fleeing violence in Bentiu, the capital of Unity state, South Sudan, arriving at UNMISS base on 15 April 2014 to seek shelter.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohmmad Javad Zarif have begun face-to-face talks in Oman just two weeks ahead of a deadline for reaching a nuclear deal.

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar have agreed on a power sharing formula in a deal to establish a national transitional government that would help steer the world’s newest nation to elections.

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Transport in Asia.

Japan's foreign minister has met formally in Beijing with his Chinese counterpart for the first time in more than two years, amid diplomatic efforts to ease tensions between the two countries.