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  • Pentagon tries to ease Turkey's concerns with arming Kurds

    Pentagon tries to ease Turkey's concerns with arming Kurds

    Date: 2017-05-12 10:41:18 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:5 - ID:6807976

    US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis made clear Thursday that America is committed to protecting Turkey after angering its NATO ally with a deal to arm anti-Daesh fighters in Syria that Turkey considers terrorists, ABC News reported. Mattis stressed ....

  • Trump administration announces deal with China to boost exports

    Trump administration announces deal with China to boost exports

    Date: 2017-05-12 10:37:21 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:6807967

    After months of bashing China for its trade practices, the US administration said it had agreed with Beijing on a broad range of measures aimed at improving the access of American beef producers, electronic-payments providers and natural-gas ....

  • Putin discusses Syria safe zones, ties with US with Russian Security Council

    Putin discusses Syria safe zones, ties with US with Russian Security Council

    Date: 2017-05-10 10:58:10 GMT - Russia - International - SN:3 - ID:6805127

    President Vladimir Putin has held a briefing with the Russian Security Council to discuss Syria and Russia-US relations, Sputnik news agency quoted Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying on Wednesday. "During the meeting, current issues on the ....

  • Netanyahu tells German president Israel-German alliance 'special'

    Netanyahu tells German president Israel-German alliance 'special'

    Date: 2017-05-08 07:30:19 GMT - Israel - International - SN:3 - ID:6801534

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier during their meeting on Sunday that the alliance between the two countries is "special", Yedioth Ahronoth reported. His friendly comments come during a ....

  • Hugo Chávez statue torn down amid protests in Venezuela

    Hugo Chávez statue torn down amid protests in Venezuela

    Date: 2017-05-06 08:45:33 GMT - Venezuela - International - SN:4 - ID:6798867

    A handful of young men destroyed a statue of late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez in oil-producing Zulia state as protests mount in the South American country. Footage shows the statue, which depicts Chávez saluting and wearing a sash, being yanked ....

  • Trump heading to Saudi Arabia within 1st foreign trip as president

    Trump heading to Saudi Arabia within 1st foreign trip as president

    Date: 2017-05-04 17:31:07 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:6797264

    US President Donald Trump plans to travel to Saudi Arabia, the Vatican and Israel later this month as part of his first official trip overseas, Fox News reported on Thursday. Trump will set out starting May 19 for the visits, ahead of a NATO ....

  • UN chief says we need leaders to defend free media

    UN chief says we need leaders to defend free media

    Date: 2017-05-03 10:18:10 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:5 - ID:6794852

    United Nations Secretary General António Guterres said on the World Press Freedom Day that Journalists go to the most dangerous places to give voice to the voiceless. Media workers suffer character assassination, sexual assault, detention, ....

  • Trump, Putin in 'very good' phone call about Syria - White House

    Trump, Putin in 'very good' phone call about Syria - White House

    Date: 2017-05-03 07:23:58 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:6794531

    The White House on Tuesday described a telephone talks gathering US President Donald Trump with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin regarding Syria as a "very good" conversation. "President Trump and President Putin agreed that the suffering ....

  • Japan condemns North Korea missile test

    Japan condemns North Korea missile test

    Date: 2017-04-29 08:53:32 GMT - Japan - International - SN:6 - ID:6789332

    Japan condemned a North Korean ballistic missile test on Saturday as absolutely unacceptable and a violation of UN resolutions, and it lodged a strong protest. Japanese government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said he had been in touch with Prime ....

  • Trump demands S. Korea pay for US-deployed missile system

    Trump demands S. Korea pay for US-deployed missile system

    Date: 2017-04-29 08:52:04 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:6789330

    President Trump pushed back against South Korea’s objections to paying for a U.S.-deployed missile defense system, insisting that it’s “appropriate” for Seoul to shoulder the $1 billion cost. “Why should we pay for it?” Mr. Trump said in an ....

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