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US To Make Afghanistan Troop Announcement In Weeks

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Wednesday he will present a new US military strategy for Afghanistan, along with...

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US To Make Afghanistan Troop Announcement In Weeks

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Wednesday he will present a new US military strategy for Afghanistan, along with...

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US Ally Marshall Islands Urges EU To Help Trump Change Climate Course

Marshall Islands president on Wednesday appealed to the European Union to help persuade President Donald Trump to...

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Trump To Roll Back Some of Obama’s Cuban Outreach

US President Donald Trump has vowed to revisit all of his predecessor's diplomatic successes and failures, but is he...

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Palestinians To End Pay For Suicide Bomber Families

The leadership of the Palestinian Authority has agreed to halt payments to the families of suicide bombers, US...

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US Says ‘worst Behind Us’ In Qatar Crisis

Progress has been made towards resolving the crisis between Qatar and its Gulf neighbors after senior US officials met...

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Saudis Insist No Blockade On Qatar As Gulf Crisis Simmers

Saudi Arabia insisted on Tuesday that its neighbour Qatar was not under blockade as a Gulf diplomatic dispute escalated...

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North Korea Releases Jailed US Student ‘in Coma’

US student Otto Warmbier has been freed from jail in North Korea, but his parents say he has been in a coma for a year....

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North Korea Releases Jailed US Student

North Korea has released American student Otto Warmbier from a 15-year sentence of hard labour, US officials said...

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Jailed US Student Released In North Korea

North Korea has released 22-year-old American student Otto Warmbier from a 15-year sentence of hard labor, officials...

International

Theresa May Praises Tory ‘talent’

Theresa May said the government planned to focus on social issues and "delivering a successful Brexit" as she completed...

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Families Split As Gulf Crisis Becomes Humanitarian Issue

Rashed al-Jalahma, 22, has lived almost his whole life in Qatar, but he now faces the decision of whether to stay or...

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Qatar Says Gulf Citizens Can Stay Despite Crisis

Qatar moved Sunday to avoid an escalation of its feud with Gulf neighbours by telling their citizens they are welcome...

International

US Urges Saudis To Ease Qatar Blockade

Mr Tillerson said the blockade was having humanitarian consequences. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says Gulf...

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Gulf Crisis Grows As Saudi, Allies Place Qataris On ‘terror List’

The diplomatic crisis surrounding the Gulf escalated further Friday after Saudi Arabia and its allies placed a number...

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Get Abusive Regimes Off UN Rights Council

US envoy Nikki Haley on Tuesday urged the United Nations Human Rights Council to throw out abusive regimes and end what...

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Trump Appears To Support Isolation of Qatar

US President Donald Trump Tuesday linked Arab moves to isolate Qatar to his recent Middle East trip, showing little...

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UN Rights Council No Place For Abusive Regimes

US envoy Nikki Haley on Tuesday urged the United Nations Human Rights Council to throw out abusive regimes and end its...

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Trump Wants To Re-Engage With Moscow, Tillerson Says

US President Donald Trump has told his top diplomat to ignore trouble in Washington and re-engage with Russia to...