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US defence secretary: Russia must be 'held to account' on OPCW attack - 10/04/2018

Brussels - Russia must be held to account on the foiled cyberattack against the international chemical weapons watchdog, says US Secretary of Defence James Mattis, while noting that any response...

George Soros foundation completes move to Berlin from Budapest - 10/04/2018

Berlin (dpa) - The foundation of US-Hungarian billionaire George Soros has completed its move from Budapest to Berlin and has already started work.   Eighty employees and their families made the...

Pentagon: Castor seeds contained in envelope addressed to Trump - 10/04/2018

Washington (dpa) - FBI agents have detained a Utah man for sending envelopes with poisonous materials to US President Donald Trump, according to media reports Wednesday. The police department of...

Journalist Detained in Saudi Consulate in Istanbul - 10/03/2018

BEIRUT — A veteran journalist from Saudi Arabia who has become a sharp critic of the country’s leadership was detained Tuesday in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, according to his fiancée and a close...

Iraq gets new president, prime minister-designate months after voting - 10/03/2018

Baghdad - By Ziad Haris and Amr Mostafa, - Kurdish politician Barham Saleh was named the new president of Iraq by lawmakers on Tuesday, and quickly tasked Shiite Adel Abdel Mahdi with forming a new...

US military document reveals how the West opposed a democratic Syria - 10/01/2018

US military documents from 2011 and 2016 reveal that although officials wanted a Syrian regime change in theory, they thought it was highly unlikely to actually happen — and hoped that if President...

At least 384 dead, 29 missing after Indonesian quakes and tsunami - 09/29/2018

Jakarta - By Ahmad Pathoni, - At least 384 people have died after two earthquakes and a subsequent tsunami hit Indonesia's Sulawesi island, an official said on Saturday.   Twenty-nine people...

Significantly more migrants coming to the EU from Turkey - 09/29/2018

Berlin - Far more migrants have arrived in the EU from Turkey this year than in 2017, according to a German media report published on Saturday.   Citing an internal European Commission report,...

US Senate committee to vote on Supreme Court pick Kavanaugh - 09/28/2018

Washington - Dramatic and emotional testimony from a woman alleging sexual assault against US Supreme Court hopeful Brett Kavanaugh looked unlikely to slow his nomination process, with a committee...

Brussels to rename square to honour slain British lawmaker Jo Cox - 09/27/2018

London - Brussels was set on Thursday to rename a city square to honour British Labour politician Jo Cox, who was murdered by a white supremacist just one week before Britain's Brexit referendum....
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