Politics

UN condemns N. Korea rocket launch, vows sanctions soon - 02/08/2016

UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES, Carole Landry with Jung Ha-Won- The UN Security Council strongly condemned North Korea's rocket launch on Sunday and agreed to move quickly to impose new sanctions that...

Turkish border town fears fresh Syrian refugee influx - 02/08/2016

KILIS, TURKEY, Fulya Ozerkan- Outside a hospital in the Turkish border town of Kilis, a young nurse sums up the concerns of many residents about Syrian refugees. "I already feel I am not in Turkey,"...

Canada to unveil plans for new anti-ISIS cooperation - 02/08/2016

OTTAWA, CANADA- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was set to unveil Monday new plans for Canada's role in the international coalition against the Islamic State group, including his pledge to stop...

US, France accuse Assad of scuppering Syria peace talks - 02/04/2016

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, Maya Gebeily with Rouba El Husseini in Beirut- The US and France have accused President Bashar al-Assad's regime of undermining talks to end Syria's civil war, which were...

Syria regime forces enter besieged villages after Aleppo advance - 02/04/2016

DAMASCUS, SYRIA- Syrian government forces and pro-regime fighters entered two Shiite villages on Thursday that had been under rebel siege, after advancing in a key offensive around second city...

France claims destruction of IS training camp in Syria - 02/04/2016

PARIS, FRANCE- France has destroyed an Islamic State training camp in a joint raid with coalition partners, the defence ministry said Thursday. The air raid took place on Monday, around 60 kilometres...

Syrian child labour found in Turkey clothes factories: charity - 02/04/2016

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- High-street clothes retailers Next and H&M found Syrian refugee children being employed in Turkish factories that supply them, according to a survey by a British charity...

Syria regime advances on besieged Aleppo villages - 02/03/2016

HARDATNEEN, SYRIA- Syrian regime forces edged closer to breaking a long-running rebel siege on two government-held Shiite villages in Aleppo province on Tuesday, backed by heavy Russian air strikes....

Pentagon chief unveils extra funds to bomb IS, counter Russia - 02/03/2016

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES, Thomas Watkins- US forces have fired so many smart bombs at Islamic State targets that stocks of the sophisticated weapons are dwindling, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter...

Syria peace talks in trouble after intense Russian strikes - 02/03/2016

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, Maya Gebeily and Simon Sturdee- The UN's special envoy warned all hope to resolve Syria's civil war would be lost if the latest attempt at peace talks failed, after the...
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