Croatia to vote on allowing gay marriage
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia, the newest member of the 28-nation European Union, will hold a referendum on whether to allow gay marriages but rights groups say the vote is…
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Syrian opposition refuses Moscow talks
By BASSEM MROUE and LAURA MILLS Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks to the media after his talks with OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Nov. 8,…
World’s top diplomats to join Iran nuclear talks
By GEORGE JAHN and JOHN HEILPRIN Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif waits for the start of two days of closed-door nuclear talks at the United Nations offices in Geneva…
Moscow to host talks of Syrian regime, opposition
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a man who was wounded when a bomb blast attacked the entrance of the main train…
Tajik leader set to expand 20-year rule in vote
By OLGA TUTUBALINA FILE – In this Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011 file photo, Emomali Rakhmon, President of Tajikistan, gestures during a news conference with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in…
Wes Anderson movie to open Berlin film festival
BERLIN (AP) — Wes Anderson’s new movie, “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” is to open the 2014 Berlin Film Festival. Festival organizers said Tuesday the event kicks off on Feb. 6…
Bosnia population shrunk 13 percent in 2 decades
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Preliminary census results show that Bosnia’s population shrunk by half a million people over the country’s past two turbulent decades. The head of the Statistic Agency,…
Struggle for Syria talks comes as aid needs spike
By JOHN HEILPRIN US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman arrives for a meeting with the UN Joint Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi and the Russian…