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Tillerson Says Assad’s Long-Term Status Up To Syrian People
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Thursday that the fate of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was up to the...
Tillerson Visits As Turkey Says Its Syria Campaign Over
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was in Ankara on Thursday for talks on the Syria conflict, just a day after Turkey...
China’s Xi Will Meet Trump In US April 6-7
China's President Xi Jinping will travel to Florida to meet US President Donald Trump April 6 to 7, Chinese foreign...
Turkey Ends Euphrates Shield Military Campaign In Syria
Turkey says it has “successfully” ended its seven-month Euphrates Shield military campaign in northern Syria. But...
Pot Business Is Smoking Hot In US, Despite Trump
Walk into Brett Vapnik's medicinal marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles and the pungent aroma of pot is good and strong....
Mexican ‘dreamer’ Ordered Released In US
A Mexican man brought to the US as a child who was arrested and held for more than six weeks despite being protected...
Israel Cuts UN Contribution Due To ‘discrimination’
Israel announced Wednesday a $2-million cut in its contribution to the United Nations budget because of constant...
US Arrests Turkish Banker On Charges of Violating Iran Sanctions
The US has arrested a senior official at a state-owned Turkish bank on charges of helping Iran violate US sanctions, a...
Drone Strikes Kill 5 Qaeda Suspects In Yemen
Drone strikes killed five suspected Al-Qaeda militants in southern Yemen on Wednesday, a security official said, as the...
Bring Back Our Rights To Water
What is the circumference of the planet earth? No need to be specific, but we know it would make a baobab tree look...
Calls For Unity As Arab Leaders Gather
Arab leaders gathered for an annual summit in Jordan Wednesday looking to overcome divisions on regional crises...
Maldives Ex-Leader Vows Fightback After Vote Chaos
Exiled Maldives opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed vowed Wednesday to keep up the pressure on the government after it...
Palestinian Leader Mahmud Abbas Meets Trump Envoy At Arab Summit
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has met one of US President Donald Trump's top envoys on the sidelines of an Arab...
Duterte Offers Authoritarianism As Philippine Panacea
Three turbulent decades after the Philippines shed dictatorship, President Rodrigo Duterte is offering a return to...
Native Tribe Fear Trump’s Mexico Wall Will Divide Them
On the baked sands of northern Mexico, barefoot tribeswomen chant and dance in clouds of incense, calling on the eagle...
Spy Fiction? Byzantine Russia Tale Envelops Washington
Secret meetings, phone taps, Russian oil money and mysterious intelligence dossiers: the swirling scandal over Donald...
White House Says Egypt’s Sisi To Visit April 3
The White House announced Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will make an "official visit" to Washington on April 3, ending years in...
Programme To Be Axed By Trump Saves Energy
Voluntary efficiency programmes -- including one targeted for elimination by the Trump administration -- have led to...
No Peace Deal In Syria Without US Role
A political deal to end the Syrian conflict is not possible without a strong US role, the opposition's chief negotiator...