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Keiko Fujimori leads in tight presidential runoff in Peru

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Keiko Fujimori leads in a tight presidential runoff in Peru, with Pedro Castillo trailing close behind. And, at least 160 people are dead after an attack at a local market in Burkina Faso. Also, Google agrees to change its global advertising business after France slaps it with a multi-million-dollar fine.

Destroyed buildings, cars, and people and are seen from across the street in Aleppo's old town.

8 years after Syria’s first protests, one Syrian says ‘we really just wanted freedom’

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Pro-opposition Syrians in Turkey grapple with losing the war

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Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) celebrate the defeat of ISIS in Raqqa, Syria.

A Raqqa resident asks why militia had to destroy his city to liberate it

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A Syrian civil defence member uses an oxygen mask after a suspected gas attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in rebel-held Idlib.

‘Shocking’ video shows alleged chemical attack in Syria. But will it have an impact?

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A girl carries a bowl filled with water, in the rebel held besieged town of Douma, eastern Damascus.

Water is scarce in Damascus, and so is faith in a new ceasefire

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Syrians on both sides of their country’s political divide search for an end to a grinding conflict.

US soldiers ride a military vehicle in al-Kherbeh village, northern Aleppo province, Syria on Oct. 24.

‘World War III’? How Trump and Clinton measure up on Syria

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America is deeply involved in the Syrian conflict(s). What do the candidates plan on doing about it?

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia.

Today’s Kerry-Putin photo op doesn’t mean Moscow is coming in from the cold

Global Politics

The top US diplomat John Kerry sat down today in the Kremlin with Russian President Vladimir Putin to talk about Syria and Ukraine.

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is seen during an interview in Damascus in January.

How pro-Assad hackers pretending to be women tricked Syrian rebels

Technology

There’s a cyberwar being waged in Syria. And while the hacking is high tech, the methods being used are very old.

US President Barack Obama speaks at a meeting with more than 20 foreign defense chiefs to discuss the coalition efforts in the ongoing campaign against ISIS at Joint Base Andrews in Washington on October 14, 2014.

American warplanes have effectively become Assad’s best weapon

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Everyone agrees that ISIS needs to be stopped in Iraq and Syria, but there’s almost no agreement among Western countries and their allies on how to get rid of Bashar al-Assad. And as they focus on terrorist groups, they may find themselves actually turning to Assad for help.

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