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France’s Jarre To Play Israel In Aid of Dead Sea

Electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre says he will perform in Israel next month in a concert to publicise the...

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New Trump Travel Ban Faces First Court Challenge

President Donald Trump's revised travel ban on refugees and nationals from six mainly Muslim countries faced a new...

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Putin Urges Netanyahu To Focus On Present Iran Ties

Russian President Vladimir Putin urged Israel Thursday to focus on today's "different world" after premier Benjamin...

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Netherlands Urges Support For Syria War Crimes Database

Dutch officials on Thursday urged nations to boost efforts to create a database of alleged war crimes in Syria, using...

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French-Swiss Firm Lafarge Ready To Sell Cement For Trump’s Wall

French-Swiss group LafargeHolcim is ready to sell its cement to build US President Donald Trump's controversial border...

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IS Leader Baghdadi ‘flees Mosul’ As Iraqi Forces Advance

Islamic State group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is reported to have abandoned Mosul, leaving local commanders behind to...

International

US Hails ‘40% Drop’ In Illegal Immigrants From Mexico

The number of illegal immigrants crossing into the US from Mexico went down by 40% from January to February, according...

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Suspected Coalition Raids Kill 14 Civilians In North Syria

Air strikes thought to have been conducted by a US-led coalition Thursday killed 14 civilians, including six children,...

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Deaf Syrians Learn the Language of War

Twice raising the little finger represents "I" and placing a thumb on the index finger and the middle finger makes an...

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US Marines Deploy Artillery Battery To Syria

The United States has sent a Marine Corps artillery battery into Syria to help defeat the Islamic State group in Raqa,...

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New Round of Syria Talks Set For March 23

Syria's government and opposition groups are invited to resume peace talks in Geneva on March 23, the UN envoy said...

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IS Hopes To Hold Onto Shreds of ‘caliphate’

The Islamic State group has lost most of the land it once held in Iraq and Syria but hopes to cling to scraps of a...

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Lebanon Raids Financial Offices Over Transfers To IS

Lebanese authorities carried out raids Wednesday against currency exchange offices and money transfer companies on...

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Two Dead In Bombing of Syria Rebel Bastion Despite Truce

Two people were killed on Wednesday in bombardment of a Syrian rebel bastion near Damascus, a monitor said, less than...

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Iraq PM Says Won’t Hesitate To Strike Jihadists In Nearby Countries

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Wednesday that he will not hesitate to strike "terrorist sites" in...

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Why Foreigners Join Syria Kurds

Captivated by the idea of fighting jihadists, or dedicated to starting a "revolution," foreigners have diverse reasons...

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Best Country In the World To Live In Is Switzeland

The top five is made up of Switzerland, Canada, Britain, Germany and Japan The US fell from fourth to seventh, as a...

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Sudan, Somalia Condemn US Travel Ban

Countries targeted under a new US travel ban passed by President Donald Trump have attacked the move, along with the...

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Decried As Muslim Ban, Will Trump Decree Pass Legal Muster?

The American Civil Liberties Union and others are already lining up to challenge President Donald Trump's revised ban...