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BEIRUT – Activists and local residents say intense clashes between a Western-backed rebel group and al-Qaida’s Syrian affiliate have killed at least 20 fighters on the outskirts of the northern city of Aleppo. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says fighters from the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front battled members of …

ATHENS, Greece – Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis will travel to Washington to meet with International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde and unspecified US Treasury officials, the Greek government has announced. Varoufakis will meet Lagarde Sunday evening and the Treasury officials Monday. Greece is locked into difficult negotiations with …

NEW DELHI – Every evening, hundreds of millions of Indian women hover over crude stoves making dinner for their families. They feed the flames with polluting fuels like kerosene or cow dung, and breathe the acrid smoke wafting from the fires. The smoke, containing high concentrations of tiny particles known …