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Top Syrian negotiator quits peace talks

A boy rides a bicycle near damaged buildings in Aleppo, Syria. Photo: May 2016

The chief negotiator of Syria's main opposition umbrella group resigns over what he called the failure of UN-brokered peace talks.

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Iran and Saudis fail to solve Hajj row

Iran and Saudi Arabia fail to solve a row over the Hajj pilgrimage and Iranian citizens will not travel to Mecca this year, Tehran says

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Up to 700 migrants are feared drowned in a series of shipwrecks off the coast of Libya in the last few days, the UN refugee agency says.

  • 29 May 2016
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