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Lavrov, Kerry discuss actions to ensure ceasefire in Syria
Date: 2016-08-17 07:56:32 GMT - Russia - International - SN:4 - ID:5441109
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has discussed with US Secretary of State John Kerry over phone coordinated actions to fight terrorists in Syria and to ensure cessation of hostilities, Sputnik news agency reported. According to the Foreign ....
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Russian use of Iranian base 'unfortunate, not surprising’ - US State Department
Date: 2016-08-17 07:47:20 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:5441033
The United States considers Russia’s use of the Hamadan airbase in Iran for launching strikes in Syria unfortunate but not unexpected, US State Department deputy spokesperson Mark Toner said in a press briefing on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, ....
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15 Guantanamo detainees sent to United Arab Emirates
Date: 2016-08-16 06:48:55 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:5434977
The Pentagon has transferred 15 Guantanamo detainees to the United Arab Emirates, the largest transfer of detainees during the Obama administration. The transfer reduces to 61 the number of detainees still held at the detention facility and is ....
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Trump says to work with Sisi, King Abdullah in counter-terror efforts
Date: 2016-08-16 06:46:10 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:5434949
US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said on Monday that if he is elected president he will cooperate with President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and King Abdullah II of Jordan in counter-terror efforts as they have clear policy that reject the ....
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4 killed, scores injured in bomb attack in Turkey's Diyarbakir city
Date: 2016-08-11 09:28:25 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:7 - ID:5409533
Four people were killed in a bomb attack in the Turkish city of Diyarbakir, the ABC News Reported. According to a Turkish official, the explosion targeted a police bus and injured up to 13 people. The attack took place hours a way from ....
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US decries Daesh 'genocide' of Christians, Shiites, Yazidis
Date: 2016-08-11 08:52:41 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:5409277
The United States on Wednesday denounced the "genocide" carried out by Daesh group against Christians, Shiites and Yazidis, as the State Department unveiled its somber annual report on religious freedom around the world. This past March, US State ....
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US: inflammatory rhetoric about Turkey coup is ‘not helpful’
Date: 2016-08-10 08:09:44 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:5403397
The US State Department, commenting on charges in the Turkish press that a Washington think tank was behind last month’s failed coup in Turkey, said such inflammatory rhetoric is not helpful. “This sort of conspiracy theory, inflammatory rhetoric ....
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Lavrov urges UN to promptly update list of terrorist organizations
Date: 2016-08-09 08:03:00 GMT - Russia - International - SN:3 - ID:5397117
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov urged the United Nations on Monday to promptly update its list of terrorist organizations, reiterating the need for terror groups to face responsibility. "The declaration adopted today focuses on the need ....
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Former CIA officer McMullin launches independent presidential bid
Date: 2016-08-09 07:55:02 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:5397077
Evan McMullin, a former CIA counterterrorism officer, will run for president as a third-party conservative alternative to Donald Trump. "With the stakes so high for our nation and at this late stage in the process, I can no longer stand on the ....
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70% of Daesh militants in Afghanistan are Pakistani Taliban: US commander
Date: 2016-08-02 06:32:34 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:3 - ID:5358705
Top US commander in Afghanistan General John Nicholson has said roughly 70 percent of Daesh group loyalists fighting in Afghanistan are members of Taliban Pakistan. Briefing the Washington-based journalists earlier this week, Gen. Nicholson, said ....
