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China’s special envoy calls for patience to resolve Syria crisis

China's special envoy on the Syria crisis Xie Xiaoyan, who has just finished a visit to Jordan, briefed the trip to the media and reiterated China's stance on solving the crisis. He said that safety in the region, required patience.

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China’s special envoy calls for patience to resolve Syria crisis

China'sspecialenvoyontheSyriacrisisXieXiaoyan,whohasjustfinishedavisittoJordan,briefedthetriptothemediaandreiteratedChina'sstanceonsolvingthecrisis.Hesaidthatsa

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Venezuela's troubles expose South America's divisions

MinistersfromtheOrganizationofAmericanStates(OAS)metMondaytoseekelusivesolutionstotheongoingcrisisinVenezuela,asthedeathtollfromweeksofclashesatanti-governmentp

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Palestinians concern over worsening Gulf crisis, fear consequences

FollowingthedeclarationofGulfandArabstatestoboycottQatar,whichbrokeouttwoweeksago,andthedecisiontotakemeasuresagainsttheemirate,thePalestiniansdecidedtobeneutra

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Qatar should be committed to security, stability of Gulf region: UAE

UnitedArabEmirates(UAE)MinisterofStateforForeignAffairsDr.AnwarbinMohammedGargashonWednesdaycalledonQatartoabidebythesecurityandstabilityoftheGulfregionandstres

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Venezuela Protests:Widespread crisis hits vacation spots hard

ProtestsinVenezuelahavebeenongoingfortwomonthsandhavethrownthecountryintocrisis.Theunreststemsfromextremeinflation,shortagesofbasicgoodsandthewidespreadpercepti

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Venezuela rejects U.S. to bring domestic crisis to UN Security Council

VenezuelarejectedtheintentionoftheUnitedStatestoputthepoliticalcrisisinVenezuelaontheagendaoftheUnitedNations(UN)SecurityCouncil,saidadiplomatonWednesday."Weare

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Canadian province fights against deadly drug overdose crisis

​The Canadian province of British Columbia (B.C.) has been fighting against a deadly drug overdose crisis that killed about 800 people in 2016, according to local authorities.

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Venezuela opposition renews assault against president

Venezuelan opposition lawmakers sought to trigger early elections by passing a key censure motion against President Nicolas Maduro, who is ruling over a national economic crisis and consequent food shortages.

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CFR survey puts DPRK crisis atop list of international concerns for New Year

​A potential crisis involving DPRK ranked atop the list of international concerns for the United States in the New Year, according to a Council on Foreign Relations survey.

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UN head calls for 'political integration' in S. Korea

​U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, whose term ends this month, said Friday that South Korea must seek political integration amid the discord over the influence-peddling scandal.

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Senior UN official deeply concerned about humanitarian crisis in north Iraqi city

​A senior UN official on Tuesday voiced deep concern about what he called "the rapidly escalating humanitarian crisis in Mosul," a city in north Iraq, calling for strengthened efforts to protect women and girls in the city being liberated by Iraqi forces from the Islamic State (IS) terrorists.

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Advanced economies lack tools to deal with sluggishness

Since the 2008 global financial crisis struck, policymakers in advanced economies have adopted various kinds of measures, ranging from fiscal, monetary to structural ones, to try to revive the economy, but to no avail.

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Terrorism, refugees and crippling debt: what are real roots of EU's multiple crises?

In the year 2016, the agility of the European Union (EU) in negotiating economic, political and social challenges is being tested.

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Bangladesh mourns victims of first-ever hostage crisis

With all the national flags at government and semi-government offices and foreign missions down at half-mast, Bangladesh is mourning on Sunday the deaths of victims of the country's first-ever hostage crisis involving militants.

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Council of Europe makes solemn appeal against hate speech targeting refugees

The Council of Europe (CoE) called on public figures here Friday to take firm action on hate speech against refugees and asylum seekers who, within the context of the ongoing migration crisis, have been increasingly targeted on the European continent.

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Iceland's tourism boom fuels recovery, lays bare locals' plight

On a recent weeknight Iceland's top tourist attraction, the Blue Lagoon geothermal spa, is packed with visitors wearing mud masks and quaffing local beer, contributing to a tourism surge that is helping to fix an economy wrecked by the 2008 financial crisis.