Politics

In air war in Iraq and Syria, 4,100 US flights: official - 09/30/2014

WASHINGTON- US aircraft have flown roughly 4,100 sorties in the air war against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria since August, including surveillance flights, refueling runs and bombing...

Palestinian leader accuses Israel of 'genocide' - 09/28/2014

UNITED NATIONS, Carole Landry- Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas accused Israel on Friday of a "genocidal crime" in Gaza, telling the United Nations negotiations had failed and the time for Palestinian...

US hits jihadists in Syria, Qaeda threatens coalition - 09/28/2014

DAMASCUS- The US-led coalition widened its air strikes against the Islamic State group in Syria Saturday as British warplanes flew their first anti-jihadist combat missions over neighbouring Iraq....

British Muslim group hailed by Obama battles for hearts and minds - 09/26/2014

LONDON, Maureen Cofflard- The head of a British Muslim group praised by US President Barack Obama is an ex-jihadist in a gritty London neighbourhood who tries to sway young minds against radicalism...

France wants Libyan jihadists on UN blacklist - 09/26/2014

UNITED NATIONS, US- France wants the UN Security Council to add Libyan Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia to its terror list, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Thursday, declaring Libya a "terrorist...

Britain charges man for roadside bombs in Iraq - 09/25/2014

LONDON- A London man is to be charged with targeting coalition forces with a series of roadside bombs in the Anbar province of Iraq in 2007, British prosecutors said on Wednesday. Anis Abid Sardar,...

Obama: Syria strikes show US not alone in fighting IS - 09/24/2014

DAMASCUS- President Barack Obama said Tuesday that air strikes the United States and its Arab allies unleashed against the Islamic State group in Syria showed that America is not alone in confronting...

US too late on Syria: former Pentagon chief - 09/22/2014

WASHINGTON- The rise of the brutal Islamic State group can partly be blamed on President Barack Obama's failure to arm moderate Syrian rebels far earlier, said former US defense secretary Leon...

Gaza ceasefire indirect talks to resume in Egypt - 09/21/2014

RAMALLAH, Nasser Abu Bakr- Indirect talks between Israelis and Palestinians on consolidating the Gaza truce are set to resume in Cairo Wednesday, two days after new reconciliation negotiations...

Queen urges unity after Scotland rejects independence - 09/20/2014

EDINBURGH, Katherine Haddon and Ouerdya Ait Abdelmalek- Scottish leader Alex Salmond said Friday he would resign after losing an independence referendum that left the United Kingdom intact, while...
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