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WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday reassured allies that the withdrawal of US troops from Syria was not “the end of America’s fight” and called
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A Taliban official said on Wednesday the United States had promised to withdraw half of its troops from Afghanistan by the end of April, but the US military
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that negotiations with the United States were possible if it "repents" and ends hostile policies towards his country. Relations between Washington
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London, United Kingdom - As the clock ticks down on the UK's pending divorce from the EU, an influential British think-tank said on Wednesday that it is possible for
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WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday reassured allies that the withdrawal of US troops from Syria was not “the end of America’s fight” and called
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The European Union’s political and security committee hosted Yemeni Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Yamani to discuss Yemen’s vision for a settlement. The Yemeni foreign minister said in his speech
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The European Union’s political and security committee hosted Yemeni Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Yamani to discuss Yemen’s vision for a settlement. The Yemeni foreign minister said in his speech
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On January 28, following six consecutive days of talks in Qatar's capital Doha, Washington's main negotiator Zalmay Khalilzad announced that the US and the Taliban finally have a
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Iraq's most senior Shia cleric on Wednesday joined a chorus of criticism aimed at President Donald Trump who said US troops should stay in the country to keep
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Two journalists were shot and killed when gunmen stormed their radio station in northeast Afghanistan, officials said. Shafiq Aria and Rahimullah Rahmani, both in their 20s, were gunned
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TEHRAN: The halls of the former prison in the heart of Iran's capital now are hushed, befitting the sounds of the museum that it has become. Wax mannequins
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TEHRAN: The halls of the former prison in the heart of Iran's capital now are hushed, befitting the sounds of the museum that it has become. Wax mannequins
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GENEVA: The US supports “dictators, butchers and extremists” in the Middle East, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a Twitter post Wednesday in a response to
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The two sides have been holding talks in Qatar to try and bring an end to the 17-year conflict. Some see it as a surrender and others are
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International aid and rights groups with deep roots in India say they are struggling to operate under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has
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Israel's top court enables and validates the disposition of Palestinians and the demolition of their homes in the occupied West Bank, a new report has found. According to
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GENEVA: A policeman was killed and another seriously wounded after armed men blew up a tanker truck carrying liquified gas in northwestern Iran early on Wednesday, Mehr news
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BAGHDAD: Iraqi novelist Alaa Mashzoub was a secular civil society activist who used his bike to get around Karbala's infamous traffic and road closures. He was also an
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BAGHDAD: Iraqi novelist Alaa Mashzoub was a secular civil society activist who used his bike to get around Karbala's infamous traffic and road closures. He was also an
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Yerevan, Armenia - Vahe Hovhannesian, a 31-year-old jeweller and Syrian refugee, sits by his work table in a studio in Yerevan. An empty coffee cup, full ashtray, pliers,
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Washington, DC - In his annual State of the Union address, President Donald Trump issued a call for unity and bipartisan cooperation to a Congress in the United States
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New Delhi, India - A grim-faced young man rustles up a quick egg snack on a pushcart at a quiet residential corner in a suburb of the Indian capital, New
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WASHINGTON: The US urged other countries Monday to bring home hundreds of Daesh fighters captured in Syria, a delicate issue for allies such as France and Britain as President
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Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam - You've endured the long queues at check in and immigration; patiently sat on the floor of a packed departure hall after being informed of
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After two years of bitter partisanship and personal attacks on opponents, President Donald Trump called for unity and cross-party cooperation during Tuesday's State of the Union address, a
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Washington, DC - The US Senate has passed a legislation defining US security policy in the Middle East and introducing a measure that would allow state and local
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KHARTOUM: Sudan’s defense minister said on Monday that young people caught up in recent turmoil had “reasonable ambition,” the second apparently conciliatory gesture in three days from a
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