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Syrian rebels to attend Kazakhstan talks: rebel officials
January 16, 2017
Syrian rebels to attend Kazakhstan talks: rebel officials
Syrian rebel groups have decided to attend peace talks backed by Russia and Turkey in Kazakhstan to press for implementation…
Trump says NATO is obsolete but still ‘very important to me’
January 16, 2017
Trump says NATO is obsolete but still ‘very important to me’
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said NATO was obsolete because it had not defended against terror attacks, but that the military…
Britain’s May to call for national unity in major Brexit speech
January 15, 2017
Britain’s May to call for national unity in major Brexit speech
Prime Minister Theresa May will use a major speech on Brexit next week to call on Britons to reject the…
Japan PM says important to solve South China Sea conflict peacefully
January 15, 2017
Japan PM says important to solve South China Sea conflict peacefully
Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said during his visit to Indonesia on Sunday that it is important to solve the…
Russia says facing increased cyber attacks from abroad
January 15, 2017
Russia says facing increased cyber attacks from abroad
Russia is facing increased cyber attacks from abroad, a senior security official was quoted on Sunday as saying, responding to…
Trump attacks civil rights leader who questioned his election win
January 15, 2017
Trump attacks civil rights leader who questioned his election win
The pesident-elect Donald Trump began a long holiday weekend that honors slain black civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Obama administration ends special immigration policy for Cubans
January 13, 2017
Obama administration ends special immigration policy for Cubans
The Obama administration on Thursday repealed a measure granting automatic residency to virtually every Cuban who arrived in the United…
Amazon halts sales of Indian flag doormat after visa threat
January 13, 2017
Amazon halts sales of Indian flag doormat after visa threat
Amazon.com removed doormats resembling the Indian tri-colour flag from its Canadian website on Wednesday, after an Indian government threat to…
Chinese tabloid says U.S. needs to ‘wage war’ to block off South China Sea islands
January 13, 2017
Chinese tabloid says U.S. needs to ‘wage war’ to block off South China Sea islands
Blocking Chinese access to islands in the South China Sea would require the U.S. to "wage war", an influential Chinese…
Former MI-6 spy known to US agencies is author of reports on Trump in Russia
January 12, 2017
Former MI-6 spy known to US agencies is author of reports on Trump in Russia
Christopher Steele, who wrote reports on compromising material Russian operatives allegedly had collected on US President-elect Donald Trump, is a…