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Arab coalition jets bomb Houthis' positions in Yemen
Date: 2016-12-07 08:38:54 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:6099749
The Saudi Arabian-led Arab coalition fighter jets bombed on Wednesday positions of Houthis and forces loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa. Eyewitnesses said the fighter jets targeted the Military Engineering Faculty north of the ....
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Obama expects terror threat to continue in ME
Date: 2016-12-07 08:38:10 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:6099741
US President Barack Obama said the terrorist threat was never restricted to South Asia, or to Afghanistan, or Pakistan. Even as al Qaeda has been decimated in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the threat from terrorists metastasized in other parts of the ....
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Kerry denies US stalling on Aleppo talks with Russia
Date: 2016-12-07 08:21:28 GMT - Belgium - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:6099597
US Secretary of State John Kerry rejected Russian charges Washington was stalling talks on a rebel withdrawal from the Syrian city of Aleppo in order to buy them time, Al Hurra channel reported. "I'm not aware of any specific refusal," Kerry said ....
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Russian PM says Syrian conflict settlement priority for Russia, Turkey
Date: 2016-12-07 07:23:24 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:6099277
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Tuesday a settlement of the ongoing conflict in Syria is one of the priority tasks both for Russia and Turkey, TASS news agency reported. The Russian premier said the Syrian conflict settlement was one ....
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FM Shoukry wraps visit to Washington, heads for New York
Date: 2016-12-07 07:03:30 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:6099153
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry headed for New York, wrapping his visit to Washington, where he held a series of meetings with US Congressmen and Senators. In a press release on Wednesday, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Abu Zaid said Shoukry ....
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Merkel re-elected to CDU party chairwoman
Date: 2016-12-07 06:36:57 GMT - Germany - International - SN:1 - ID:6098981
German Chancellor Angela Merkel won re-election as chairwoman of her Christian Democrats (CDU) on Tuesday with 89.5 percent of votes cast by just under 1,000 party delegates, giving her a boost as she seeks a fourth term in office next year. The ....
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Russia, China veto UNSC resolution on Aleppo ceasefire
Date: 2016-12-06 07:40:30 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:5 - ID:6092273
Russia and China have vetoed a UN Security Council resolution on immediate seven-day ceasefire in the Syrian city of Aleppo, which was submitted by Egypt, New Zealand and Spain. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov earlier described the draft ....
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Prime Minister Valls set to announce French presidential bid
Date: 2016-12-06 07:37:00 GMT - France - International - SN:4 - ID:6092237
Socialist French Prime Minister Manuel Valls is to announce later on Monday that he will run for president in next year’s election. Valls’ office issued a statement that he would make a declaration at 1730 GMT at the town hall in Evry, just south ....
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Amnesty International urges Turkey to allow 24,000 displaced people to return to Diyarbakir.
Date: 2016-12-06 06:47:43 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:3 - ID:6092033
Amnesty International on Tuesday called on Turkey to compensate and allow 24,000 people displaced under a curfew to return to their districts of the Kurdish-majority city of Diyarbakir. Turkish authorities imposed strict round-the-clock curfews ....
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Egypt FM meets IMF chief in Washington
Date: 2016-12-06 06:46:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:6092017
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met on Monday with International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde during his visit to the US. The meeting touched on the latest developments of a loan agreement signed between Egypt and the ....
