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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Arrives With Unannounced Visits in Afghanistan, Iraq Mr. Tillerson met with the leaders of the...

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North Korea Calls Trump ‘Lunatic’ With ‘War Fever’

A North Korean state-run newspaper, The Pyongyang Times, published an article on Monday that targeted U.S. President Donald J. Trump,...

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UN: Donors Pledge $344Mln to Urgently Deliver Assistance to Rohingya

Some 35 international donors pledged more than $344 million on Monday to urgently ramp up the delivery of critical humanitarian...

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Kurdish Authorities: Iraq Continues to Deploy US Military Equipment to Region

by Joanne Stocker

Iraq has continued to deploy U.S. military equipment, including Humvees and Armored Personnel Carriers, to the Kurdistan Region over the...

Gen. Joseph F. Dunford meets Indonesia's Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo

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US Diplomats Apologise After Top Indonesian General Denied Entry

by Fergus Kelly

U.S. diplomats apologised after the head of Indonesia’s armed forces was denied entry to the U.S., even though he had...

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Tillerson: US Looks to Engage With ‘Moderate’ Voices in Taliban

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Monday that Washington wants to engage with moderate members of the Taliban...

Women and children living in the Rukban camp along the Syria-Jordan border in 2016.

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With Syrian Forces Approaching, Rukban Residents Remain Trapped in No-Man’s Land

by Amy McConaghy

AMMAN, Jordan -- Life has been devastating for the thousands of displaced Syrians living in Rukban camp, a barren no...

Rohingya families arrive at a UNHCR transit centre near the village of Anjuman Para, Cox’s Bazar, south-east Bangladesh, on October 19 after spending four days stranded at the Myanmar border with some 6,800 refugees.

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European Commission Pledges €30 Million for Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh

by Joanne Stocker

The European Commission is pledging an additional €30 million ($35 million) in aid to help Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar, Christos Stylianides,...

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Gender Equality in Europe Grows at Slow Pace

by Marina Watson Pelaez

LISBON, Portugal - When Jane Zavalishina, CEO of Russia’s Yandex Data Factory, started attending conferences on innovations in metallurgy, she...

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Three Suicide Attacks Kill Nearly 90 in Afghanistan

by Staff Writer

2017/10/21

Three suicide bombing attacks have killed at least 87 people in Afghanistan, adding to a string of similar attacks in...

World

54 Egyptian Police Killed Southwest of Cairo

2017/10/21

A raid on a militant hideout southwest of Cairo resulted in death of at least 54 Egyptian policemen after the...

Middle East

US Condemns Display of PKK Leader Poster in Central Raqqa

The United States condemns display of a poster depicting the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader in the Syrian city of...

Turkey Excluded From Ground Offensive On Syria’s Raqqa

Middle East

ISIS Mines Present Greatest Threat to People in Raqqa

After three long years, the Syrian city of Raqqa is finally liberated from the Islamic State, but the Syrian Democratic...

World

Watchdog: More Than 150 Afghans Went Missing While in US for Training

Since 2005, some 310 foreign trainees went absent without leave (AWOL) while in military training in the United States. Nearly half of...

Business

Oil Markets Warily Watch Erbil-Baghdad Dispute

by Abdullah Ayasun

2017/10/22

The Kurdish region in Iraq was confident in the face of threats when it went to independence referendum last month,...

Battle of Raqqa is Down to 3 Neighborhoods, US Coalition Envoy Says

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Tillerson: Raqqa Liberated from ISIS, Fight Against Group to Continue

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson issued an official statement on Friday marking the liberation of the Syrian city of...

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Visa Crisis Only Tip of Iceberg in US-Turkey Row

by Pesha Magid

“We do not need America,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said last week in a remarkable display of defiance against Turkey's...

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Putin: US Fails to Comply With Nuclear, Chemical Weapons Treaties

2017/10/19

Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the United States on Thursday of failure to comply with nuclear and chemical weapons treaties. Mr....

Middle East

CIA Director: Fall of ISIS Caliphate to Be ‘Partial at Best’

2017/10/19

CIA Director Mike Pompeo said on Thursday that the fall of the Islamic State "caliphate" is going to be only...

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Russian Socialite to Challenge Putin in 2018 Presidential Election