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31-year-old immigration hardliner Kurz aims for Austrian election win - 10/15/2017

Vienna - Austria's young conservative leader Sebastian Kurz made no secret of his aim to wrest the chancellorship from the Social Democrats as he cast his ballot in parliamentary elections on Sunday....

Syrian Islamic State fighters have left al-Raqqa, watchdog says - 10/14/2017

Cairo - Syrian fighters linked to Islamic State left the city of al-Raqqa this week, as foreign fighters of the extremist militia continue to hide inside the former stronghold, a monitoring group...

The Red October: 100 Years Later - 10/13/2017

London- This month marks the centenary of the 1917 Revolution in Russia which led to the foundation of the Soviet Union. Many in the Russian Federation will mark the occasion with special...

UN politicalchief to visit Myanmar amid Rohingya crisis - 10/13/2017

New York – The UN political affairs chief was due to meet with Myanmar's authorities to push for an end to the military crackdown on Rohingya Muslims in the country as he started a five-day trip on...

Kim Jong Nam murder suspect met unidentified man in Malaysia airport - 10/11/2017

Kuala Lumpur - The Indonesian woman accused of killing Kim Jong Nam was seen in CCTV footage in a restaurant at Kuala Lumpur's international airport on the day of the murder talking to a man in a...

Trump administration releases list of immigration policy principles - 10/09/2017

Washington - The Trump administration on Sunday released a list of immigration principles it wants to have enacted in exchange for an agreement with Democrats to allow hundreds of thousands of young...

Erdogan: 'Serious operation' for Idlib amid army build-up on border - 10/07/2017

Istanbul - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke Saturday of a "serious operation" to retake Idlib, a province under rebel control in northern Syria, amid a reported military build-up on the...

Sixth Round of Astana Talks Threatens the Fate of Idlib and the Syrian Revolution - 10/06/2017

Once the Syrian regime realized the opposition had the ability to decide the war militarily, especially after the “Allahu Ghalibun ” offensive launched by Jaish al-Islam which shook the foundations...

Turkey detains 291 people, arrests US consulate employee - 10/05/2017

Istanbul - Turkey has detained 291 people since Monday on suspicion of links to US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. A Turkish citizen who worked for the US...

German 'James Bond' sentenced for 14-million-euro tax evasion - 10/05/2017

Bochum, Germany - One of Germany's most prolific secret agents - dubbed the German "James Bond" by local media - was sentenced on Thursday for evading 14 million euros (16.5 million dollars) in taxes...
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