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NATO weighs coop with AfghanistanAP, BrusselsNATO defense ministers on Thursday weighed the future of the alliance’s operation in Afghanistan and debated how best to use...
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Putin challenges Erdogan over Syria as US exit bolsters Russia
Agencies, Moscow : The planned U.S. withdrawal from Syria is fueling tensions between Russia and Turkey over control of a key region of the Middle Eastern...
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NASA to make final attempt to contact Mars Opportunity Rover AFP, Washington US space agency NASA will make one final attempt to contact its Opportunity...
Trudeau government in crisis after Canada minister’s resignation
AFP, Ottawa : A Canadian minister’s sudden resignation on Tuesday turned vague allegations of interference in the criminal prosecution of an engineering giant into a...
Thai election panel moves to dissolve party linked to Princess
AFP, Bangkok : Thailand’s election commission on Wednesday asked the constitutional court to dissolve a political party that put forward a princess as candidate for prime...
Hundreds flee US-backed Syria battle for last IS holdout
AFP, Near Baghouz : The ferocious battle for the Islamic State group’s last bastion in eastern Syria entered its fifth day on Wednesday, as exhausted...
Japan gay couples seek marriage rights in Valentine’s lawsuit
AFP, Tokyo : Chizuka Oe and Yoko Ogawa have been together for 25 years, but when they submitted their marriage registration at a Tokyo town...
Trump says not `happy` with border deal but shutdown unlikely
President Donald Trump indicated Tuesday that he will walk back his threat to shut the government even if he does not get all the money...
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Turkey orders 1,112 arrested over links to cleric GulenReuters, Istanbul Turkey launched on Tuesday one of its largest operations against alleged supporters of the U.S.-based...
US Muslim lawmaker sorry for tweet that sparked anti-Semitism row
Ilhan Omar, one of the first two Muslim women in the US Congress, “unequivocally” apologized Monday after suggesting US support for Israel is fueled by...
Japan protests call for Emperor to seek apology to Korean ‘comfort women’
Reuters, Tokyo :Japan said on Tuesday it had lodged a complaint with South Korea and after a Korean lawmaker said the Japanese emperor should apologise...
Trial of twelve Catalan secessionist leaders starts in Madrid
Reuters, Madrid :The trial of 12 political leaders from the northeastern Spanish region of Catalonia began in Madrid on Tuesday as tensions rose between those...