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Cambodia's ruling and opposition parties returned to the negotiating table Tuesday in Phnom Penh seeking to end a political impasse over disputed elections.

Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region Mary Robinson.

Lakhdar Brahimi, Joint Special Representative for Syria and Sigrid Kaag, Special Coordinator of the OPCW-UN Joint Mission.

A top research group says prototype ballistic missiles seen at recent North Korean military parades may be more advanced than earlier believed, and may even be sophisticated enough to threaten the U.S. west coast.

Security Council voting to approve a 12,600-strong UN peacekeeping operation to take over from the African-led mission in Mali on 1 July 2013.

The Democratic Republic of Congo's government says a call for a cease-fire by M23 rebels does not go far enough, and is demanding the group end its revolt.

Officials in India say militants have attacked villagers in northeast India, killing seven people and wounding at least nine others.

President of Montenegro Filip Vujanović (r) in discussion with OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier, Podgorica, 1 November 2013.

Lebanon's generosity in supporting more than 400,000 refugee children from Syria should be matched by further international investment in public services such as education, said UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake as he ended a visit to the country.

A top rebel leader of the U.S.-backed Free Syrian Army has resigned, to protest infighting among rebel groups trying to topple the government of President Bashar al-Assad.