US defence chief blasts Russia`s entry into Syria war
AP, Washington :US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter on Wednesday accused Russia of inflaming Syria’s years-long civil conflict and said Moscow’s military involvement in the war-torn...
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I would send Syria refugees home: Trump
AP, Keene :Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said Wednesday that if he’s elected president he would send back Syrian refugees taken in by the U.S....
Russia-linked hackers tried to access Hillary server
AP, Washington :Russia-linked hackers tried at least five times to pry into Hillary Rodham Clinton’s private email account while she was secretary of state, emails...
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Afghan forces retake Kunduz city centre from TalibanReuters, KabulAfghan troops recaptured the center of the strategic northern city of Kunduz on Thursday after fierce clashes...
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China calls for political solution for SyriaReuters, BeijingChina’s foreign minister has repeated a plea for the crisis in Syria to be resolved politically, during a...
Russia parliament approves troops deployment in Syria
AP, Moscow :Russian lawmakers voted unanimously Wednesday to let President Vladimir Putin send Russian troops to Syria. The Kremlin sought to play down the decision,...
Hungary asks UN for global quotas on migrants
AFP, United Nations :Hungary called Tuesday for the United Nations to set global quotas on accepting migrants, saying it was unfair for Europe to take...
Fight against IS group will take time: Obama
AP, United Nations :President Barack Obama on Tuesday pledged all possible tools – military, intelligence and economic – to defeat the Islamic State group, but...
Saudi Arabia insists Assad must go or be overthrown
AFP, United Nations :Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad must leave office or face being turfed out by force, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said, rejecting Russia’s...
NATO troops reach Kunduz to support Afghan forces
AFP, Kabul :NATO said Wednesday its special forces have reached Kunduz to support Afghan troops after the Taliban seized the northern city, repelled a counter-attack...
Britain to host Xi on first state visit
Reuters, Beijing :Chinese President Xi Jinping will make his first state visit to Britain next month, the British government said on Tuesday, 10 years after...
UN nations pledge 40,000 peacekeepers
AP, New York :US President Barack Obama has announced that more than 50 countries have pledged tens of thousands of new personnel to bolster the...