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Merkel addresses students at start of 2-day trip to Jordan, Lebanon - 06/21/2018

Amman - German Chancellor Merkel on Thursday addressed some 100 students at Amman's German Jordanian University (GJU) as she embarked on a two-day trip to Jordan and Lebanon, two of the countries...

Under pressure, Trump to sign order keeping migrant families together - 06/20/2018

  Washington  -By Shabtai Gold,  - US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will sign an executive order soon on migration policy, with the goal of keeping families together,...

Saudi-led alliance: Yemen's Hodeida airport seized from rebels - 06/20/2018

Cairo - A Saudi-led coalition said on Wednesday it had regained full control of the Yemeni airport of Hodeida after a week-long major offensive to drive out Houthi rebels from the port city.  ...

White House adviser Kushner meets Jordanian king - 06/19/2018

Washington - Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump and his adviser, met King Abdullah of Jordan in Amman, according to a statement released on Tuesday.   Also in the...

Turkey criticizes US Senate bill to block sale of F35 fighter jets - 06/19/2018

Istanbu - Top officials from Turkey have criticized lawmakers in the US for voting to block the transfer of F35 fighter jets to Ankara as relations between the NATO allies worsen.   "You can't...

US-Turkish patrols begin in Manbij in northern Syria - 06/18/2018

Beirut - Joint Turkish and US forces started patrolling in the countryside of Manbij city in northern Syria on Monday, a monitor and a Kurdish source confirmed.   "The Turkish patrols are taking...

UN rights chief Zeid slams migration hardliners in farewell speech - 06/18/2018

Geneva - By Albert Otti, - Outgoing UN rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein lashed out against growing nationalism and hard-line policies against migrants on Monday as he made his final speech at the...

Greece, Macedonia sign historic name agreement - 06/17/2018

Belgrade - By Takis Tsafos and Boris Babic,- Greece and Macedonia sign a historic agreement to end their nearly three-decade-old dispute over the name Macedonia, paving the way for the former...

Fire spreads after engulfing iconic Glasgow art school building - 06/16/2018

London (dpa) - A fire which engulfed an iconic building belonging to the Glasgow School of Art (GSA) late Friday has spread to "several properties," the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service confirmed....

Trump tweets his own G7 photos, saying they tell real summit story - 06/16/2018

Washington - US President Donald Trump on Friday tweeted a series of photographs of himself with Group of Seven (G7) leaders taken during last weekend's summit in Canada, saying they counter the...
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