US Mideast peace plan fairly well advanced: Tillerson
Reuters, Amman :The United States has a fairly well advanced Middle East peace plan that has been under development for a number of months, U.S....
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In long Afghan war, US Army tries new way to deploy trainers
Reuters, Fort Benning :As a U.S. Army medic, Sergeant First Class Jonathan Ortega admits that when he gets to Afghanistan, his instinct will be to...
Zuma on the brink as S Africa police target his allies
AFP, Johannesburg :South African President Jacob Zuma was under intense pressure to resign Wednesday as police raided the Johannesburg home of a business family accused...
Brexiteer Johnson tries to reassure UK europhiles
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson will on Wednesday attempt to heal divisions between UK europhiles and those backing his own pro-Brexit stance, kick-starting a series...
New fronts emerge in Syria as Assad, allies push for victory
AP, Beirut :As Syrian President Bashar Assad and his allies push toward final victory and the fight against the Islamic State group draws to an...
Israeli settlements complicate peace process: Trump
HuffPost :“I don’t know frankly if we are going to even have talks, we will see what happens,” he said in an interview published Sunday...
ANC decides to remove Zuma as S African President
Reuters, Johannesburg :South Africa’s ruling party decided on Tuesday to sack Jacob Zuma as head of state, two sources said, after marathon talks over the...
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Putin, Trump discussed North Korea by phoneReuters, Moscow Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed North Korea by phone on Monday, but...
IS yet to suffer ‘enduring defeat’, says Tillerson
Reuters, Kuwait :The end of major combat operations against Islamic State does not mean the United States and its allies have achieved an enduring defeat...
N Korea still holds the key after US shifts policy on talks
AP, Washington : The US is open for talks without preconditions with nuclear North Korea, Vice President Mike Pence has declared, subtly shifting White House policy...
India links women’s safety, economic growth
Christian Science Monitor :India reached a globe-shaking threshold this year. Its economy is now growing at a faster clip than China’s. That might be a...
Turkey assails US over ties with Syrian Kurdish militia
Reuters, Ankara :A decision by the United States to continue to fund the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia will affect Turkey’s decisions, President Tayyip Erdogan said...