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FRENCH POLICE ARREST THREE IN CASH HEIST AS SUSPICIONS TURN TO INSIDE JOB
The 22-year-old daughter told police she was kidnapped from her apartment in the southeastern French city of Lyon by two men posing as plumbers... READ MORE›
IOC BOSS TO VISIT NORTH KOREA AFTER WINTER OLYMPICS
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach will visit North Korea after the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics as part of an agreement between the IOC... READ MORE›
THE QUIET DIPLOMACY TO SAVE THE OLYMPICS IN A NUCLEAR STANDOFF
But getting North Korea to attend the Games was a diplomatic puzzle in itself, especially amid escalating tensions... READ MORE›
OLYMPIC DOPING BAN OVERTURNED FOR 28 RUSSIAN ATHLETES
Aleksandr Zubkov, the double Olympic bobsled champion and Russian flag bearer in Sochi, is among the 11 whose doping bans were upheld... READ MORE›
NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA TO MARCH TOGETHER AT OLYMPICS
A smaller delegation of North Korean athletes and supporters will attend the Paralympics, the ministry said... READ MORE›
NORTH, SOUTH KOREA PUT ON UNITED FRONT FOR OLYMPICS
North and South Korea will enter the opening ceremony in Pyeongchang under a single flag... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREA TO SEND 22 ATHLETES TO PYEONGCHANG
North Korea's International Olympic Committee IOC member Chang Ung speaks with a journalist before a meeting at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, January 20, 2018... READ MORE›
TWO KOREAS FORM SINGLE ICE HOCKEY TEAM IN SHOW OF OLYMPIC UNITY
Thomas Bach, center, Kim Il Guk of North Korea, left and Do Jong-hwan of South Korea on Jan. 20... READ MORE›
BID LEADER FOR 2026 WORLD CUP IMPLIES TRUMP POLICIES ARE IMPACTING NORTH AMERICAN CHANCES
Mexico has hosted the World Cup twice 1970 and 1986 and the United States staged the tournament in 1994... READ MORE›
2 KOREAS TO FORM 1ST JOINT OLYMPIC TEAM, MARCH TOGETHER IN OPENING CEREMONY
South Korean media have predicted only up to 10 North Korean athletes will end up being covered by an additional quota from the IOC... READ MORE›
NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA AGREE TO FORM FIRST UNIFIED OLYMPIC TEAM
According to South Korea and Japan's officials, North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile off its east coast early Aug 3, 2016... READ MORE›
KOREAS TO CARRY SINGLE FLAG AT OLYMPICS
But the South's liberal President Moon told South Korean Olympic athletes on Wednesday that the North's participation in the Games would help improve inter-Korean relations... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREAN OLYMPICS REPRESENTATIVE ARRIVES AT IOC HEADQUARTERS
LAUSANNE, Switzerland Reuters - North Korea's representative on the International Olympic Committee arrived at IOC headquarters on Wednesday, a day after Pyongyang said it would... READ MORE›
IOC EXTENDS NORTH KOREA'S WINTER OLYMPICS DEADLINE
IOC president Thomas Bach is due to meet Chang Ung, a member of the North Korean Olympic body, at IOC headquarters in Lausanne later this week... READ MORE›
SEE IMAGES FROM LAKE GENEVA'S CHRISTMAS CUP SWIMMING RACE
More than 2,000 people jump into Switzerland's frigid Lake Geneva for the 79th annual Christmas cup Coupe de Noel, a 120 meter-long swimming competition complete with costumes... READ MORE›
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MELTING GLACIER REVEALS BODIES OF COUPLE WHO DISAPPEARED 75 YEARS AGO
The bodies of a Swiss couple who disappeared 75 years ago in the Alps have been found at the edge of a melting glacier, local media reported... READ MORE›
DEAL REACHED ON IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM LIMITS ON FUEL WOULD LESSEN WITH TIME
Whether it portends a new relationship between the United States and Iran after decades of coups hostage-taking terrorism and sanctions remains a bigger question... READ MORE›
HEAD OF GROUP OPPOSING IRAN ACCORD QUITS POST SAYING HE BACKS DEAL
The aim was to strengthen the international economic sanctions against Iran, which Mr. Samore was convinced had been mounting a clandestine effort to develop nuclear weapons... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: OBAMA, AIDES EXPECTED TO WEIGH SYRIA MILITARY OPTIONS ON FRIDAY
This, in turn, might deter them from migrating to Islamist groups such as the Nusra Front, which the United States regards as Syria's al Qaeda branch... READ MORE›
RUSSIA & US WILL ENGAGE IN 'GLOBAL WAR', UNLESS 'PROXY' SYRIA CONFLICT RESOLVED - TURKEY'S DEPUTY PM
Russia US will engage in 'global war', unless 'proxy' Syria conflict resolved - Turkey's deputy PM -- RT News... READ MORE›
THE HISTORY OF MOSUL, IN FIVE MAPS
For a thousand years, Mosul has been at the heart of battles that shaped the Middle East... READ MORE›
AMAL CLOONEY ACCUSES TURKEY OF HYPOCRISY ON FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN ARMENIAN GENOCIDE TRIAL
Amal Clooney and Geoffrey Robertson QC in court Only three European countries, Greece, Slovakia and Switzerland, ban the Armenian genocide denial... READ MORE›
SWISS GLACIER REVEALS COUPLE LOST IN 1942
We spent our whole lives looking for them, Marceline Udry-Dumoulin told Lausanne daily Le Matin... READ MORE›
SYRIA WAR: TURKISH-BACKED REBELS SEIZE DABIQ FROM ISIL
Before Saturday's talks were set to begin, dozens of overnight air strikes struck east Aleppo, Britain-based Syrian Organisation for Human Rights SOHR said on Friday... READ MORE›
SYRIA'S ALEPPO POUNDED AS ASSAD VOWS TO 'CLEAN' CITY
Air strikes continue pummelling rebel-held Aleppo as Syrian president says taking city is key to capturing other areas... READ MORE›
PRO-HASSAN ROUHANI IRANIAN EDITOR DEFECTS WHILE COVERING NUCLEAR TALKS IN LAUSANNE
But he was also subject to the bitter internal arguments within the Iranian regime... READ MORE›
ACCLAIMED CHEF TO MICHELIN TAKE MY STARS
At the time, some fellow chefs asked whether the pressure of retaining his three Michelin stars had pushed him to take his own life... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO UK -- RT OP-EDGE
The discussions demonstrated a huge divergence of opinions and views on the realities in Aleppo and the Syrian crisis as a whole... READ MORE›
IRAN 'WANTED EGYPT AT SYRIA TALKS' AS MIDDLE EASTERN ALLIANCES SHIFT
Since then, Saudi Arabia has sent billions of dollars to Egypt, which have helped keep its faltering economy afloat... READ MORE›
AS US ANDIRAN SEEK DEALSAUDIS MAKEOWN MOVES
"But let's not forget that we are still dealing with the Islamic Republic of Iran," Mr. Shaikh said, reflecting the skeptical views of many in the Saudi Arabian camp... READ MORE›
AL-NUSRA MUST EITHER LEAVE ALEPPO OR BE DEFEATED - RUSSIA'S UN ENVOY
Al-Nusra must either leave Aleppo or be defeated - Russia's UN envoy -- RT News... READ MORE›
NEWS ANALYSIS OBAMA MAY FIND IT IMPOSSIBLE TO MEND FRAYED TIES TO NETANYAHU
Another source of administration anger is Ron Dermer, Israel's ambassador to Washington and an American-born former Republican political operative... READ MORE›
DEAL CAN BE REACHED, SAYS ROUHANI
On Friday, US President Barack Obama said in a video message to the Iranian people that there was an historic opportunity to resolve this issue peacefully ... READ MORE›
IRAN NUCLEAR TALKS: INTENSIVE TALKS BEFORE KEY DEADLINE
They want to impose limits that would prevent Iran from producing enough fuel for a nuclear weapon within a year... READ MORE›
BEFORE IRAN DEAL SHOUTS STANDOFFS AND COMPROMISE
VIENNA One by one the roadblocks to a nuclear accord between Iran and the United States had been painstakingly cleared... READ MORE›
LAUSANNE MEETING FAILS TO BREAK DEADLOCK
We know France has been pushing for a war crimes investigation in to Syrian government and Russia's aerial bombardment... READ MORE›
US AND RUSSIA TO RESUME TALKS ON SATURDAY
But Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will now meet his US counterpart John Kerry and other key regional powers in Switzerland on Saturday... READ MORE›
BENOT VIOLIER TOP FRENCH-SWISS CHEF DIES AT 44
La Liste was commissioned by the French Foreign Ministry, apparently as a response to the London-based World's 50 Best Restaurants... READ MORE›
EUROPEAN POWERS SEEK EU CONDEMNATION OF RUSSIA OVER SYRIA
They would be added to the EU's existing sanctions list of some 200 Syrians... READ MORE›
U.S. BROADENS SYRIA TALKS AFTER FAILURE OF TRUCE DEAL WITH RUSSIA
U.S. broadens Syria talks after failure of truce deal with Russia... READ MORE›
EU STRONGLY CONDEMNS RUSSIAN STRIKES ON ALEPPO
The idea to have additional sanctions against Russia would be wrong, Austria's Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz told reporters... READ MORE›
CAR BOMB ROCKS REBEL CHECKPOINT IN AZAZ
There is no change in the Russian strategy the goal remains the destruction of rebel presence in Aleppo, Syria analyst Thomas Pierret told AFP news agency... READ MORE›
NO BAD DEAL WITH IRAN, POWERS VOW
Related Stories Western powers negotiating an agreement with Iran on its nuclear activity will not accept a bad deal, UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond says... READ MORE›
IN NUCLEAR TALKS IRAN SEEKS TO AVOID SPECIFICS
The country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has declared that he wants only one agreement, presumably the one in late June... READ MORE›
ARAB LEADERS AGREE TO FORM A JOINT MILITARY FORCE
Mr. Saleh was removed in 2012, after an Arab Spring uprising, in a transitional deal brokered by Saudi Arabia and the other gulf countries... READ MORE›