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Cuban President Raul Castro Visits Paris Seeking Aid And Investment

By Jenn Loro - Feb 03, 2016 10:06 AM EST

Cuban leader Raul Castro left Havana for a two-day state visit to Paris, France in a bid to bring in French investments to the country’s economy amid an ongoing normalization of political and economic ties with the United States.

North Korean Top Aid in charge of relations with South Korea Dies in Car Crash

By Cheri Cheng - Dec 30, 2015 01:52 PM EST

A top aid from North Korea, who was in charge of relations with South Korea, has died from a car crash.

German Lawmakers Approve Sending 1,200 Troops to Support the Anti-ISIS Mission in Syria

By Cheri Cheng - Dec 04, 2015 09:35 AM EST

Germany will join France and several of its other allies in the mission to fight ISIS in Syria.

France Requests EU Invoke Mutual Defense Clause in Wake of the Paris Attacks

By Cheri Cheng - Nov 17, 2015 10:37 AM EST

On Tuesday, France became the first EU nation to demand that the union invoke the mutual-defense clause.

President of Liberia asks Obama for help to deal with Ebola

By Dustin M Braden - Sep 13, 2014 01:50 PM EDT

The Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf pleaded with U.S. president Obama for assistance to help the country cope with the mounting Ebola crisis.

Ukraine: Tanks invade southern town, Russia promises second aid convoy

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 25, 2014 11:17 AM EDT

The Ukrainian government has claimed that Russia sent another column of armored vehicles into Ukraine, while Russia announced plans for a second convoy of aid.

Russian aid convoy enters Ukraine without permission, Red Cross

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 22, 2014 08:47 AM EDT

In a worrying new development, several dozen trucks from a Russian aid convoy have entered Ukraine without their Red Cross observers and despite the fact that Ukrainian authorities have not checked all of the trucks for contraband.

Russian aid convoy almost ready to enter Ukraine

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 21, 2014 05:54 PM EDT

As the Ukrainian military continues to consolidate its control over eastern Ukraine, an aid convoy sent from Moscow is being checked for contraband by Ukrainian border guards.

Aid convoy leaves Moscow for Ukraine

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 12, 2014 11:52 AM EDT

A long convoy of nearly 300 trucks has left Moscow for the Ukrainian city of Luhansk, with the ostensible purpose of providing aid and averting a humanitarian disaster.

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