Politics

Syria vows to continue offensive as army pushes into rebel enclave - 08/23/2019

BEIRUT, Weedah Hamzah (dpa)- The Syrian army on Friday vowed to press ahead with a military campaign against rebels and said its forces recaptured vast territory in the last major opposition...

Tunisian police arrest presidential candidate over tax evasion - 08/23/2019

TUNIS (dpa)- Tunisian security forces arrested presidential candidate Nabil Karoui on Friday on charges of money laundering and tax evasion, local media reported. ​A source from Karoui's presidential...

Danish prime minister holds ground in escalating Trump-Greenland spat - 08/22/2019

WASHINGTON, dpa correspondents (dpa)- Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen sought to avoid a war of words with US President Donald Trump but defended her conduct on Wednesday after the president...

Trump expected to snub next UN climate summit - 08/22/2019

WASHINGTON, Michael Wilner, McClatchy Washington Bureau (tca/dpa)- The United Nations General Assembly opens next month with a major summit on climate change, but at least one head of state will be...

Syrian government advances oust rebels from key Hama areas - 08/20/2019

BEIRUT, Weedah Hamzah (dpa)- Syrian rebels withdrew from key areas in the northern countryside of Hama on Tuesday, a monitoring group said, after government forces ended the opposition's five-year...

How the Iron Curtain was unlocked on a summer's day in Hungary - 08/20/2019

ST MARGARETHEN, AUSTRIA, Matthias Roeder (dpa)- Months before the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, a crack appeared in the divide between East and West. This is the story of the people who pried it open....

Refugee group: Istanbul could deport unregistered Syrians by Saturday - 08/20/2019

ISTANBUL (dpa)- Istanbul is expected to start deporting unregistered Syrian refugees by Saturday, the head of the Syrian Associations Platform, an umbrella group, told dpa. Tuesday was the deadline...

Poland's top diplomat demands fair treatment from Germany - 08/19/2019

WARSAW, Krzysztof Bastian and Michael Fischer (dpa)- Even though Germany considers the issue to be off the table, Poland is still looking into World War II reparations, Foreign Minister Jacek...

Iranian tanker heads for Greece as Tehran welcomes end of 'ordeal' - 08/19/2019

LONDON, dpa correspondents (dpa)- An Iranian oil tanker held for six weeks in Gibraltar is on its way towards Greece, according to a maritime tracking website, with Tehran hailing its release on...

Putin says Russia 'would not refuse' G8 invite during Macron visit - 08/19/2019

PARIS, Pol O Gradaigh and Peter Spinella (dpa)- Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested on Monday that Russia would like to be allowed back into the Group of Eight leading economies, just days...
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