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Turkey PM Says Raqa Operation In Syria Has Begun

The battle to capture the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion Raqa started two days ago, Turkey's Prime Minister...

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Turkey PM Says Raqa Operation In Syria Has Begun

The battle to capture the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion Raqa started two days ago, Turkey's Prime Minister...

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Syria Army Takes Aleppo Town From IS

Syria's army Sunday seized a key town from the Islamic State group in the east of Aleppo province, a military source...

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Iraqi Forces Retake Area Near Syrian Border From IS

Iraqi forces retook an area near the Syrian border from the Islamic State group on Sunday as part of operations to...

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Iran Says Trump’s Climate Pact Withdrawal Will Isolate US

Iran on Sunday joined the international chorus of criticism against President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from...

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Indonesia Says 1,200 IS Operatives In Philippines

There are about 1,200 Islamic State (IS) group operatives in the Philippines, including foreigners of whom 40 are from...

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Trump Does Believe In Climate Change and Man’s Role In It

President Donald Trump does believe the world climate is changing and humans bear some responsibility, US Ambassador to...

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Syria’s Assad Says War’s ‘worst Is Behind Us’

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has said the worst of his country's six-year war "is behind us" after a string of...

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US-Backed Force Advances West of IS Syria Bastion Raqa

A US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance has seized new territory west of the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion Raqa,...

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Joint Patrols Off Mindanao To Fight Militants

Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia will launch joint patrols in waters off the Mindanao region this month to...

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484 Civilians Killed In US-Led Fight Against IS

Attacks on Islamic State group targets by US-led coalition forces have killed 484 civilians since mid-2014, the US...

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Climate Change Decision Reveals Splits

There was applause in the White House Rose Garden when President Donald Trump announced he was pulling the United...

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Putin Scorns US Claims Over Trump-Russia Ties

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Americans must stop their “hysteria” about an alleged Russian deal with...

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US Travel Ban Goes To Supreme Court

The White House has asked the US Supreme Court to reinstate a travel ban on people from majority Muslim countries. The...

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Dismay As Trump Signals Exit From Accord

There has been widespread international condemnation of President Trump’s announcement that the US is withdrawing...

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Mahama Fires Trump Over ‘misinformed’ Climate Change Decision

Former President John Dramani Mahama has lashed out at US President, Donald Trump over his decision to opt out of the...

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Trump Pulls US Out of 2015 Accord

President Donald Trump has announced that the US is withdrawing from the 2015 Paris climate agreement. He said moves to...

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Trump Asks Supreme Court To Reinstate Muslim Travel Ban

President Donald Trump's administration asked the US Supreme Court on Thursday to reinstate its controversial ban on...

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For Egypt, 1967 War Marked End of Pan-Arab Dream

Its vaunted air force destroyed, its army humbled -- the Six-Day War of 1967 dealt Egypt a shock it has yet to overcome...