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Kerry, ASEAN Ministers Talk South China Sea

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Burma, also known as Myanmar, for talks with Southeast Asian foreign ministers about tensions in the South China Sea and other multilateral issues.

Russian import ban on agricultural products

The Russian Government imposed an unjustified ban on 7 August on the import of certain agricultural commodities from the EU.

US, West African Nations Work to Fight Transnational Crime

The U.S. State Department has hosted talks in Washington with representatives from seven African nations to discuss international organized crime. Those countries were Benin, Cabo Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria and Togo.

Palestinian Rocket Fire Resumes as Truce Ends in Gaza

Palestinian militants resumed firing rockets into Israel from the Gaza Strip early Friday, as a three-day cease-fire officially expired.