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US Tells UN To Put ‘all Pressure’ On Russia Over Syria

US Ambassador Nikki Haley urged the UN Security Council on Thursday to ratchet up pressure on Russia to end sieges in...

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Turkey Suspends 9,000 Police In Crackdown

Turkey’s police force has suspended more than 9,000 officers over alleged links to the US-based Islamic preacher...

International

Russian Spy Ship Sinks Off Turkey After Collision With Freighter

The Liman was photographed passing through the Bosphorus in October A Russian spy ship has sunk off the Turkish coast...

International

Thousands In Turkish Police Force Suspended Over Alleged Gulen Links

Turkey on Wednesday detained more than 1,000 people and suspended over 9,100 police in a vast new crackdown against...

International

Turkey Suspends More Than 9,000 Police Officers Over ‘Gulen Links’

Turkey's police force has suspended more than 9,000 officers over alleged links to the US-based Islamic preacher...

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Syria Kurds, Turks Clash In Wake of Deadly Air Raids

Fighting erupted on Wednesday along Syria's northeastern border between Turkish forces and Kurdish militiamen, as...

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Turkey Says US, Russia Informed of Strikes On Kurd Militia

Turkey informed the United States and Russia before launching strikes against Kurdish forces in Syria and Iraq, the...

International

Turkey Arrests 1,000 In Raids Targeting Gulen Suspects

Police have arrested more than 1,000 people in an operation across Turkey against a movement blamed for last summer's...

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Death Toll In Turkish Raids On Syria Kurds Hits 28

The toll in Turkish air raids on Kurdish positions in northeastern Syria rose to 28 killed, a monitor said Wednesday, a...

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Media ‘never Under So Much Threat’, Says Watchdog

Press freedom has never been as threatened as it is now, in the "new post-truth era of fake news" after the election of...

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Saudi Wins Top Arab Fiction Award

A Saudi novelist has won the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, becoming the third author in 10 years from the...

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We All Follow the West Ham! Jon Benjamin’s Love For Home Club In Accra

Jon Benjamin has appeared on whufc.com before, back in 2013 when he was British Ambassador to Chile and tracked down...

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Ex-Trump Adviser Flynn Did Not Report Russia Payments

Former White House national security advisor Michael Flynn never reported receiving payments from Russian entities on...

Sports

How Jon Benjamin Is Spreading the West Ham Way Throughout Ghana

Jon Benjamin has appeared on whufc.com before, back in 2013 when he was British Ambassador to Chile and tracked down...

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Turkish Strikes Kill Kurdish Fighters In Syria, Iraq

Turkish warplanes killed more than 20 Kurdish fighters Tuesday in strikes in Syria and Iraq, where the Kurds are key...

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Turkey Bombs Kurdish Forces In Northeast Syria

Turkish warplanes conducted a barrage of air strikes on Kurdish positions in northeast Syria early Tuesday, leaving...

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A Strategic Prize

Syria's Tabqa, which US-backed forces entered Monday, is doubly strategic: it lies on the road to the Islamic State...

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Qatar Airways Chief Accuses US Carriers of ‘bullying’

The chief of Qatar Airways on Monday accused American carriers complaining over alleged subsidies to Gulf airlines of...

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Italian Reporter Freed In Turkey

An Italian journalist arrested in Turkey while researching refugees near the Syrian border has been freed after two...