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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends an intensive artillery drill of the KPA artillery units on the front in this image released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang December 2, 2016. KCNA/ via REUTERS
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Syria’s opposition delegation leader Nasr al-Hariri (C) arrives for a meeting of Intra-Syria peace talks with UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura at Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 25, 2017. REUTERS/Xu Jinquan/Pool
HNC Lead Negotiator Warns US Absence was Threatening Ongoing Syria Peace Efforts
Lead negotiator for the main Syria opposition High Negotiations Committee (HNC), Mohamad Sabra, said in an interview late Monday that the United Nations sponsored talks in Geneva remained “stalled”. A political deal to end the Syrian conflict is not...Caption:
NATO flag flutters as US Air Force F-22 Raptor fighter flies over the military air base in Siauliai, Lithuania, April 27, 2016. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins
NATO, Russia Move Closer towards Regular Talks
NATO envoys will hold a formal meeting with Russia on Thursday. The meeting will take place despite both sides still accusing each other of destabilizing eastern Europe. “The NATO-Russia Council is an important platform for dialogue to reduce tensions and...Caption:
Clockwise from top left: former Liverpool owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks, Ken Bates on the balcony at his Monaco home, Blackburn Rovers owners Balaji and Venkatesh Rao from poultry giant Venky’s, and former Portsmouth chairman Vladimir Antonov. Photograph: PA, David Levene for the Guardian and Getty Images
Rogues’ Gallery: English Football’s Worst Owners, from Becchetti to Bates
Francesco Becchetti, Leyton Orient 2014- In just two and a half seasons as owner, the waste-management magnate has taken Leyton Orient from the verge of the Championship to the brink of relegation from the Football League and possibly even extinction. Since buying the...Caption:
In this Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2000 file photo, Venezuela’s Carlos the Jackal, whose real name is Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, left, sits with his French lawyer Isabelle Coutant-Peyre in a Paris courtroom. (AP)