Politics

Putin, Trump in phone call back normalising US-Russia ties: Kremlin - 11/15/2016

MOSCOW, RUSSIA- Russian President Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump spoke on the phone on Monday evening and agreed on the need to normalise ties between Washington and Moscow, the Kremlin said. The...

UN peacekeepers return to Syrian side of Golan - 11/15/2016

UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES- A first group of 127 UN peacekeepers returned Monday to a camp on the Syrian-held side of the Golan Heights, two years after withdrawing amid clashes with...

IS-claimed bombing kills at least 52 at Pakistan shrine: officials - 11/13/2016

QUETTA, PAKISTAN, Maaz Khan- At least 52 people died and more than 100 others were injured Saturday in a bomb blast at a remote Sufi shrine in Pakistan, officials said, with the Islamic State group...

Does Donald Trump's victory spell the end of the West? - 11/13/2016

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES, Andrew Beatty- Donald Trump's election has thrown key US alliances into doubt, but could it yet destroy the liberal world order and the West as we know it? If you thought...

Watchdog slams Syria, IS for toxic arms use - 11/12/2016

THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS, Jo Biddle- The executive body of the global chemical arms watchdog on Friday took the unprecedented step of condemning Syria and Islamic State jihadists for using toxic...

From Brexit to Trump, Europe reels from year of crisis - 11/12/2016

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, Danny Kemp- The European Union's founders believed its unity would be forged in crisis, but after Brexit and the election of Donald Trump the bloc and the geopolitical order that...

Russia rejects UN plea for longer Aleppo ceasefires - 11/11/2016

MOSCOW, RUSSIA- Russia's defence ministry on Thursday dismissed as "counterproductive" a request from the United Nations to extend future pauses in fighting to allow aid into rebel-held eastern...

Four children among 11 dead in air strikes near Damascus - 11/11/2016

BEIRUT, LEBANON- At least 11 people including four children were killed Thursday in air strikes on rebel-held areas near the Syrian capital, a monitor said. One strike on the besieged town of Douma...

Uncertainty across Middle East after Trump victory - 11/10/2016

BEIRUT, LEBANON- Uncertainty spread across the Middle East following Donald Trump's US election win, with questions hanging over the war against the Islamic State group, the Israeli-Palestinian...

IS 'high' command ordered Paris, Brussels attacks: Belgian prosecutor - 11/10/2016

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, Lachlan Carmichael- The jihadist cell that launched deadly attacks on Paris and Brussels received its orders from "very high" in the Islamic State group command, Belgium's federal...
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