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Russia strike kill five civilians in northwest Syria: monitor

An air strike Saturday by Syrian regime ally Russia killed five civilians, including four members of the same family, in an opposition bastion in the country's northwest, a monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said three children were among those killed after midnight...

Lavrov on missile treaty, Iran tension and Syria

Russia's foreign policy chief on Friday US policies for growing global tensions, noting Washington's reluctance to extend a key nuclear arms pact. Speaking at an annual news conference, Acting Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the US has stonewalled Russia's push for extending the New...

World's shortest man dies in Nepal at 27

The world's shortest man who could walk, as verified by Guinness World Records, died Friday at a hospital in Nepal, his family said. Khagendra Thapa Magar, who measured 67.08 centimetres (2 feet 2.41 inches), died of pneumonia at a hospital in Pokhara, 200 kilometres from Kathmandu,...