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Putin won’t meet Obama at G20 summitAFP, Moscow Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet his German and British counterparts on the sidelines of the upcoming...
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Syria talks begin in Vienna under pall of Paris attacks
AP, Vienna :Foreign ministers from more than a dozen nations have begun meeting in Vienna seeking to find a way to resolve the conflict in...
Hillary holds early commanding lead in delegates
AP, Washington :There’s little doubt which candidate the Democratic Party establishment supports for president. It’s not even close.Hillary Rodham Clinton has locked up public support...
`This time it`s war`: French press react with horror to attacks
AFP, Paris :”This time it’s war,” declared the Le Parisien daily, as France’s media reacted with horror but determination after Friday’s wave of attacks that...
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Kremlin-controlled TV airs ‘secret’ plans for N-armsAP, Moscow Details of a new Russian submarine-launched nuclear torpedo have been shown on state-controlled TV, a secret the...
US B-52 bombers fly near disputed South China Sea Islands
AFP, Washington :Two US B-52 bombers flew close to disputed islands in the South China Sea claimed by Beijing and were given verbal warnings from...
Kurdish fighters take control of Iraq`s Sinjar
Agencies :Iraqi Peshmerga forces walk into Sinjar after pushing ISIL rebels out of northern Iraqi town, sources tell Al Jazeera.Kurdish Peshmerga forces have entered the...
Ukraine calls Soviet deportation of Muslims `genocide`
Al Jazeera, Crimea :Ukraine’s parliament has passed legislation recognising the World War II deportation of Tatars – a Muslim minority in the Crimean peninsula –...
Halabja: A `lost daughter` finds her way home
BBC Online :In 1988 Saddam Hussein dropped chemical weapons on his own people – the Kurdish residents of the town of Halabja. Thousands died and...
Twin blasts claimed by IS kill 41 in Beirut Hezbollah bastion
AFP, Beirut :Twin blasts claimed by the self-styled Islamic State (IS) group killed 41 people Thursday on a busy shopping street in southern Beirut, a...
Israeli army unit storms hospital and kills Palestinian
Al Jazeera News :An elite Israeli military force that operates undercover stormed the al-Ahli Hospital in Hebron and shot dead a 27-year-old Palestinian, the Palestinian...
Sweden imposes new refugee border controls
Al Jazeera News :The Swedish government imposed stricter border controls on Thursday to deal with the unprecedented arrival of refugees streaming across its borders.The Nordic...