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US Presses Idea of NATO Taking Over Training of Iraq Troops
The top US military commander floated the idea late Wednesday of NATO assuming some responsibility for training troops...
Turkey Calls For Ouster of US Envoy For Anti-IS Coalition
Turkey called Thursday for the removal of the US diplomat coordinating the international coalition fighting the Islamic...
Germany Slams Turkey’s Refusal To Let MPs Visit NATO Base
Germany on Monday slammed Turkey's refusal to allow its lawmakers to visit a NATO base near Syria and warned it could...
Trump Weighs Further US Troops For Afghanistan
Hanging in a corridor outside the Pentagon press office, a blow-up of a Time magazine cover shows a weary US soldier...
Pentagon Chief, Turkish PM Meet After Decision To Arm Kurds
Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said Thursday he had "no doubt" that Turkey and the United States would work out any...
Security In Afghanistan Likely To ‘deteriorate’
The head of US intelligence agencies offered a pessimistic assessment Thursday of the security situation in...
US-Backed Fighters Hunt For IS Holdouts In Syria’s Tabqa
US-backed fighters hunted for jihadist holdouts in Syria's Tabqa on Thursday after overrunning the city and nearby dam...
US To Arm Syrias Kurds ‘very Quickly’
The United States will soon start delivering weapons to Syria's Kurdish fighters, despite furious Turkish objections, a...
NATO Mulls Sending Thousands More Troops To Afghanistan
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that military chiefs wanted a few thousand more troops from the...
US To Arm Kurds In Battle For Raqqa
US President Donald Trump has approved supplying weapons to Kurdish forces fighting so-called Islamic State (IS) in...
In US, Left and Right Go Along With Macron’s Win
The US political establishment gave a broad welcome Monday to France's election of Emmanuel Macron, taking a cue from...
IS Afghanistan Leader Killed
The head of Islamic State in Afghanistan -- believed to be the mastermind behind several high-profile attacks including...
Britain’s Johnson In East Libya To Back Peace Drive
British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson held talks Friday with the head of Libya's parliament, a day after visiting...
Trump To Visit the Vatican, Israel and Saudi Arabia On First Foreign Trip
President Donald Trump said Thursday his first foreign trip later this month will include visits to the Vatican,...
Pentagon To Request Thousands More Troops For Afghanistan Next Week
The Pentagon will ask the White House next week to send thousands more troops to Afghanistan to break a deadlocked...
Trump To Visit Israel, Vatican and Saudi Arabia In First Foreign Trip
Donald Trump has said he will visit Israel, the Vatican and Saudi Arabia in his first foreign trip as US president. Mr...
Trump Announces Trip To Saudi Arabia, Israel, Vatican
Donald Trump on Thursday announced his first foreign trip as president will include stops in Saudi Arabia, Israel and...
Libya Rivals Call For Efforts To End Crisis
The head of Libya's UN-backed unity government and a rival military commander said Wednesday they have agreed to work...
Kabul Bomb Attack Targeting Nato Convoy Kills Eight
A suicide attack on a convoy belonging to the Nato mission in Afghanistan has killed at least eight people in Kabul,...