Politics

Gunmen kidnap at least 26 Qatari hunters in Iraq: officials - 12/17/2015

BAGHDAD, IRAQ, Salam Faraj- Gunmen kidnapped at least 26 Qatari hunters in southern Iraq, officials said on Wednesday, the second high-profile abduction of foreigners in the country in three months....

US, Russia agree to push ahead with Syria talks - 12/16/2015

MOSCOW, RUSSIA, Dave Clark- The United States and Russia agreed to plough on with efforts to halt Syria's brutal civil war, with a fresh round of international crisis talks set for this week in New...

US must do more to counter IS propaganda: top general - 12/15/2015

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- America is coming up far short in its efforts to counter Islamic State propaganda, and the jihadists' messages often resonate with younger people, the US military's top...

Kerry in Moscow to push Syrian peace plan - 12/15/2015

MOSCOW, RUSSIA, Dave Clark- US Secretary of State John Kerry flew in to Moscow on Tuesday to meet Russia's President Vladimir Putin and urge him to keep the fledgling Syrian peace process on track....

Yemen rivals set for Swiss talks on deadly conflict - 12/14/2015

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, Taieb Mahjoub- Yemeni government and rebel representatives meet in Switzerland Tuesday for UN-brokered peace talks, likely to be accompanied by a ceasefire, aimed at...

Russian destroyer fires shots to 'avoid collision' with Turkish boat: ministry - 12/14/2015

MOSCOW, RUSSIA- A Russian destroyer in the Aegean Sea on Sunday opened fire to avoid a collision with a Turkish fishing boat, the defence ministry said, as a bitter dispute over the shooting down of...

Syria opposition deal under fire ahead of US-Russia meet - 12/13/2015

BEIRUT, LEBANON, Rouba El Husseini- Syria's Al-Qaeda affiliate rejected Saturday the outcome of an opposition summit that agreed to negotiate with President Bashar al-Assad, and Russia denounced the...

Kerry to head to Moscow for talks on Syrian peace plan - 12/12/2015

PARIS, FRANCE, Dave Clark- US Secretary of State John Kerry will head to Moscow on Tuesday on a delicate diplomatic mission to try to keep the fragile Syrian peace process on track. In a sign of the...

Son of late Libyan dictator Kadhafi 'freed after kidnapping' - 12/12/2015

BEIRUT, LEBANON- Hannibal Kadhafi, the high-living businessman son of the late Libyan dictator, was freed late Friday, several hours after he was kidnapped in Lebanon by an unknown armed group,...

Saudi holds first ever election open to women - 12/12/2015

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA, Ian Timberlake- Saudi Arabia holds its first ever election open to female voters and candidates on Saturday, in a tentative step towards easing restrictions that are among the...
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