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Two women charged with murder of North Korean leader half-brother
Date: 2017-03-01 08:12:32 GMT - Malaysia - International - SN:4 - ID:6609805
Two women accused of killing Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korea's leader, have been charged with his murder, the BBC reported. The women, Doan Thi Huong from Vietnam and Siti Aisyah from Indonesia, allegedly smeared deadly VX ....
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Trump vows teamwork with allies in Muslim world to demolish Daesh
Date: 2017-03-01 08:06:39 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:6609765
During his address to a special joint session of Congress Tuesday, President Donald Trump vowed to use his position as commander in chief to eradicate Daesh terrorist group and work with America’s “friends and allies in the Muslim world” to combat ....
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Turkey says US-based cleric may be planning to escape to Canada
Date: 2017-02-28 06:31:03 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:3 - ID:6602097
Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said Monday his country has "serious" intelligence suggesting that US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen; who is wanted by his country, may be planning to escape to Canada. Kurtulmus told reporters that ....
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Documents indicate Germany spied on foreign journalists
Date: 2017-02-25 07:35:40 GMT - Germany - International - SN:5 - ID:6583629
Germany's foreign intelligence agency, the BND, apparently spied on large numbers of foreign journalists overseas over the course of several years, including employees of the BBC, Reuters and the New York Times, DER SPIEGEL reported on Friday. ....
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Petition calls for Barack Obama to run as French president
Date: 2017-02-25 07:34:10 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:6583617
If the upcoming French election wasn't tense enough, a petition is calling to add yet another candidate into the mix: former US President Barack Obama, the Time Magazine reported on Friday. The Obama 17 campaign, which was launched earlier this ....
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Pentagon plan to defeat Daesh to look beyond Iraq, Syria
Date: 2017-02-24 09:04:19 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:6579509
A Pentagon-led plan to defeat the so-called Islamic State group, due in draft form by Monday, will look beyond Iraq and Syria to include the threat from jihadists around the world fueling the conflict, the Daily Mail quoted America's top general as ....
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Russian ambassador to UN dies day before turning 65
Date: 2017-02-21 07:47:08 GMT - Russia - International - SN:3 - ID:6560349
Vitaly Churkin, who served as Russia's permanent representative to the United Nations since 2006, "died suddenly" in New York, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced. Churkin would have turned 65 on Tuesday. The announcement "of the untimely ....
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Trump picks Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster as new national security adviser
Date: 2017-02-21 06:20:49 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:6559909
US President Donald Trump announced Monday that Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster will serve as his next national security adviser, filling the void left last week by the sudden dismissal of Michael Flynn. McMaster, the head of the Army Capabilities ....
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Senior Trump appointee fired after critical comments
Date: 2017-02-20 07:08:16 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:6553565
A senior US administration official was fired following criticism in a private speech of President Donald Trump's policies and his inner circle of advisers, ABC News reported Sunday. Craig Deare, whom Trump appointed a month ago to head the ....
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Explosion heard inside compound of US embassy in Kabul
Date: 2017-02-18 08:58:48 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:3 - ID:6543245
A loud explosion was heard Saturday inside the compound of the US Embassy in Kabul. The explosion was followed by shooting, according to the BBC. There is no immediate word on casualties. ....
