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Tillerson To Meet Allies As NATO Races To Save Talks

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will meet with NATO members next week in Brussels, officials said Friday, as...

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Trump Administration Approves Keystone XL Pipeline

The Trump administration has issued a permit to energy company TransCanada to build the Keystone XL pipeline. The State...

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300,000 Civilians At Risk In Damascus Fighting

The United Nations said fighting around Syria's capital has cut off 300,000 people from humanitarian assistance and...

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US Military Chiefs Defend Diplomacy In Face of Trump Cuts

President Donald Trump's proposed gutting of the State Department budget and other "soft power" agencies could hamper...

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US Airlift Backs New Assault Near Raqqa Stronghold

US-led coalition aircraft have for the first time carried out an airlift of allied fighters battling the jihadist group...

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Killing ISIS Boss Is ‘only A Matter of Time’ Says Tillerson

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson welcomed members of a 68-country coalition against the Islamic State to Washington and...

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Allies Vow To Destroy IS As Attacks Overshadow Talks

The US-led coalition against the Islamic State group vowed to crush the jihadists Wednesday at a meeting overshadowed...

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Killing ISIS Boss Is ‘only A Matter of Time’ Says Tillerson

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson welcomed members of a 68-country coalition against the Islamic State to Washington and...

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‘Matter of Time’ Before IS Leader Baghdadi Killed

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson declared Wednesday that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's death is...

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Flight Ban On Laptops ‘sparked By IS Threat’

An aircraft cabin ban on large electronic devices was prompted by intelligence suggesting a terror threat to US-bound...

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Flight Ban On Laptops ‘sparked By IS Threat’

An aircraft cabin ban on large electronic devices was prompted by intelligence suggesting a terror threat to US-bound...

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Latest North Korean Missile Test Fails

A new North Korean missile test failed on Wednesday, the South's defense ministry said. "South Korea and the United...

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North Korea’s Parliament To Hold Rare Meeting

North Korea will hold a rare parliamentary session next month, state media reported Wednesday, as regional tensions...

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Coalition Gathers To Hear Trump Islamic State Plan

The 68-nation US-led coalition against the Islamic State group will meet in Washington on Wednesday to accelerate...

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Transatlantic Bond ‘getting Stronger’

The transatlantic bond is "getting stronger," Pentagon chief Jim Mattis told NATO's Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday, the...

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North Korea Nuclear Programme In ‘new Phase’

North Korea's uranium enrichment facility has doubled in size over the last few years, the UN's atomic watchdog chief...

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North Korea Not Afraid of US Military Strike

North Korea said Monday it is not frightened by US threats of possible pre-emptive military action to halt its nuclear...

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Trump Hosts Iraqi Leader, Says Mosul Mission ‘moving Along’

President Donald Trump said the operation against the Islamic State group in Mosul is "moving along," as he hosted...

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China Warns US Over Arms Sales To Taiwan

China on Monday reiterated its firm opposition to US arm sales to Taiwan, amid reports that Donald Trump's...