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Oil prices dropped Friday as the dollar steadied and in reaction to supply and demand concerns, traders said. Brent crude for delivery in July dropped 11 cents to stand at $66.59 a

South Sudan’s army has carried out “grave” human rights abuses in an all-out military offensive against opposition forces, the regional bloc of nations pushing peace efforts said Friday. East Africa’s eight-country IGAD

Protesters opposed to Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza took the streets of the capital Friday following the failure of a coup to oust him, an AFP reporter said. Burning barricades were thrown up

Rival Cypriot leaders on Friday resumed UN-brokered peace talks stalled since October, in what is seen as the best chance in years to reunify the island four decades after its division. There

After weeks of coalition wrangling, Benjamin Netanyahu started his fourth term as Israeli premier Friday, but he faces an even tougher task to mend fences with the United States and Europe. Soon

Thirty people died on Friday when a bus apparently plunged off a cliff in China, officials said, in the latest deadly traffic incident in the country. The accident in Chunhua county, in

Etihad Airways said on Friday that the US government has provided America’s three biggest airlines with more than $70 billion in benefits and concessions, citing a report it commissioned. The Abu Dhabi-based

Visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told his Chinese counterpart on Friday that Beijing needs to “reconsider its approach” to relations between the Asian giants, as the Hindu nationalist leader departed from