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24 May 2013 Last updated at 08:23 ET

UN hails 'historic' Obama drone vowAn X-47B drone combat aircraft is launched for the first time off an aircraft carrier, the USS George H. W. Bush, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Virginia, May 14, 2013

The lawyer leading the UN's inquiry into drones welcomes President Obama's speech as a "significant step towards increased transparency".


Syrian President Bashar al-AssadSyria 'to attend peace conference'

Russia says the Syrian government has agreed "in principle" to attend an international peace conference set to be held in Geneva in June.

Breaking newsExplosion in central Kabul

There has been an explosion in central Kabul, near the hospital of Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security intelligence agency.

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