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Western UNSC members block Russia’s draft resolution on Kiev embassy attack
Date: 2014-06-15 06:52:31 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:6 - ID:778352
Western countries in the United Nations Security Council have blocked Moscow's draft resolution condemning the attack on the Russian embassy in Kiev, Novosti reported quoting a source in the UN. “Western delegations in the Security Council have ....
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Muslim envoys protest over Canberra's move to rename Israel's 'occupied Territories'
Date: 2014-06-15 06:49:56 GMT - Australia - International - SN:5 - ID:778346
A delegation representing 18 countries has lodged a formal protest over Australia's decision to stop referring to Israeli settlements as 'occupied territories', Bernama news agency reported. Rather, the Australian Government has decided to refer ....
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UN chief condemns shooting of Ukrainian plane, 49 aboard killed
Date: 2014-06-15 06:31:21 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:2 - ID:778326
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned in the strongest terms the downing of a Ukrainian military airplane today in the eastern city of Lugansk, killing all 49 people aboard. “The continuing violence in eastern Ukraine - ....
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US, Turkey probe latest Iraq developments
Date: 2014-06-15 06:28:19 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:778321
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden called Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss the latest developments in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, seized by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant, or ISIL, according to a White House ....
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EDITORIAL: Iraq crumbles on Obama’s watch
Date: 2014-06-14 13:42:59 GMT - USA - International - SN:46 - ID:777634
Most Americans aren’t much interested in “foreign affairs” until events demand it. Americans pay the president to worry about troubles in faraway places and usually feel entitled to nap until they get a wake-up call. But this is an option not ....
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Rouhani: Iran ready to help Iraq if requested by Baghdad
Date: 2014-06-14 12:00:40 GMT - Iran - International - SN:40 - ID:777454
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani rejected alleged reports on the deployment of Iranian troops in Iraq, but said Tehran is ready to help its western neighbor in its war on terrorists based on international laws if requested by Baghdad, FARS news ....
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Rouhani: Iran ready to help Iraq if requested by Baghdad
Date: 2014-06-14 10:38:37 GMT - Iran - International - SN:35 - ID:777276
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani rejected alleged reports on the deployment of Iranian troops in Iraq, but said Tehran is ready to help its western neighbor in its war on terrorists based on international laws if requested by Baghdad, FARS news ....
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US airstrikes could help in reversing insurgent offensive - NYT
Date: 2014-06-14 09:13:29 GMT - USA - International - SN:27 - ID:777042
American air power could play an important role in reversing the Sunni insurgent offensive in Iraq, current and former American military officials said, but it would be most effective with improved intelligence about insurgent targets and if the ....
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Iranian speaker blames US, certain regional states for crises in Iraq, Syria
Date: 2014-06-14 09:10:55 GMT - Iran - International - SN:25 - ID:777034
Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani blasted the world powers for using terrorism as a tool to advance their propaganda goals, and took the US and certain regional states responsible for the crises in Iraq and Syria due to their support for ....
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US lawmaker urges Obama to outline Iraq plan
Date: 2014-06-14 07:24:47 GMT - USA - International - SN:20 - ID:776871
A lawmaker at the US House of Representatives pressed the White House to outline its plan to respond to growing turmoil on Iraq. Ed Royce, who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said the US should begin using drones to bomb Sunni ....
