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US ban on laptops on European flights still 'on the table' - 05/30/2017

Washington - A ban on laptops and other large electronic devices in the cabins of flights from Europe to the United States is still under discussion, the Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday....

Rebel parts of Syria revive beloved Arabian horse races - 05/26/2017

Syrians take part in a horse race for thoroughbred Arabian horses sponsored by Turkish NGO IHH, on May 12, 2017, in the southern Aleppo countryside   Perched on his chestnut steed Shams,...

Britain raises terror threat level after concert carnage - 05/24/2017

MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM, Edouard GUIHAIRE / Rosie SCAMMELL- Britain prepared to deploy soldiers at key sites on Wednesday, having raised its terror threat level to maximum after a suicide bomber...

Police name 22-year-old Salman Abedi as Manchester bombing suspect - 05/23/2017

London - by Guy JACKSON / Valérie LEROUX - Manchester police name Salman Abedi, 22, as the suspect in the arena bombing that killed 22 people.   By targeting children at a pop concert in...

Trump can't stop progress on climate, says Al Gore - 05/22/2017

CANNES, FRANCE, Katy Lee- Not even Donald Trump can stop the campaign to roll back climate change, Al Gore said Monday as the former US vice president's sequel to Oscar-winning documentary "An...

Qatar claims it is victim of terror smear 'campaign' - 05/21/2017

Qatar said Saturday it was the victim of an orchestrated smear campaign in sections of the media over its alleged "support" for terrorism, a claim Doha denounced as a "lie".   In a strongly...

Erdogan to return as ruling party chief after vote victory - 05/21/2017

Ankara, Turkey | AFP | President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to return as chairman of Turkey's ruling party on Sunday in a special congress, swiftly exploiting a key change agreed in the...

Trump seeks to win over Muslim leaders with Islam speech - 05/21/2017

US President Donald Trump tells 50 Muslim leaders in Saudi Arabia Sunday of his "hopes for a peaceful vision of Islam" a day after Washington took issue with Shiite Iran. Trump's major speech on...

Julian Assange: WikiLeaks' fugitive anti-hero - 05/19/2017

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, Dario Thuburn- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who had a rape investigation against him in Sweden dropped by prosecutors on Friday, has lived in Ecuador's embassy in London...

Washington's UN envoy to travel to Jordan, Turkey - 05/18/2017

United Nations, United States | AFP | US Ambassador Nikki Haley will make her first trip overseas this week as Washington's envoy to the United Nations, traveling to Jordan and Turkey to focus on...
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