President Barack Obama's national security adviser Susan Rice urged warring leaders in South Sudan on Thursday to end their conflict, blaming the nation's president, Salva Kiir, and rebel leader Riek Machar for "appalling crimes" and violence.
Kremlin critics say a climate of fear is growing in Russia after the upper house of parliament drew up a list of "undesirable" civil rights organizations and two similar groups decided to close.
India and the United States signed a tax information sharing agreement on Thursday, under a new U.S. law meant to combat offshore tax dodging by Americans as well as by Indians stashing funds abroad.
The Confederate flag, a symbol of racism for many in the United States and of Southern heritage for others, is set to be removed from South Carolina's state Capitol grounds on Thursday after lawmakers sealed its fate in a late-night session.
