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Iraq War whistleblower film has Bush and Blair in its sights
Oct 12, 2019 (AFP)
Ex-spy Katharine Gun -- played by British star Keira Knightley in the new movie "Official Secrets" -- believes the dramatisation could also damage the partially...
Colombia's FARC party expels rebel faction
Oct 10, 2019 (AFP)
"The re-armament announcement disregards our national leadership" and "all political guidelines and disciplinary principles," the party, which uses the same acr...
Saudi rules women can join armed forces
Oct 09, 2019 (AFP)
The move is the latest in a series of measures aimed at increasing the rights of women in the kingdom, even as rights groups accuse Riyadh of cracking down on w...
Ex-president Bush's paintings tell of toll on those he sent to war
Oct 09, 2019 (AFP)
But all of the works by former president George W. Bush -- painted as a tribute to the men and women he sent to war -- reflect the human toll of his decisions a...
Turkey ready for Syria offensive as Northern Iraq Kurdish positions struck
Oct 08, 2019 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump ordered the withdrawal of US troops from Turkey's border with Syria on Sunday after a phone call with his counterpart Recep Tayyip Erd...
'Very small number' of troops pulled from Syria-Turkey border: US official
Oct 07, 2019 (AFP)
The pullback only concerns "two very small detachments" -- meaning less than 25 people in total -- that have been moved a "very short distance," the official sa...
Turkey reinforces troops on Syria border after Erdogan threat
Oct 06, 2019 (AFP)
The number of Turkish military patrols on the frontier with armoured vehicles "increased" in the border town of Akcakale, the private DHA news agency said. Nine...
Nine jihadists killed in Russia strikes on Idlib: monitor
Oct 05, 2019 (AFP)
"Russian strikes this morning targeted the Hurras al-Deen group and Ansar al-Tahwid in eastern Idlib... killing nine jihadists," said the Britain-based Syrian O...
Ghosts of China's past haunt former capital Nanjing
Sep 26, 2019 (AFP)
China is preparing for grand celebrations next month to mark 70 years since Mao Zedong founded the Communist government based in the northern capital. But Nanji...
Yemen 'peace initiative' still stands despite air strikes: rebels
Sep 25, 2019 (AFP)
Twenty-two civilians, including children, were killed in air raids earlier this week in Daleh and Amran provinces, the United Nations said. The strikes came aft...
7 children among 16 killed by air strikes in Yemen
Sep 24, 2019 (AFP)
The raid came days after the Huthi insurgents offered to halt drone and ballistic missile attacks on Saudi Arabia as part of efforts to end a war that has pushe...
Colombian FARC leader wants peace deal respected to undercut dissidents
Sep 20, 2019 (AFP)
Rodrigo Granda, who helped negotiate the historic peace deal ending the half-century FARC insurgency, told AFP that the ex-guerillas that are re-arming are unju...
Pentagon sending reinforcements to Gulf following attacks in Saudi
Sep 20, 2019 (AFP)
The Pentagon chief said an Iranian attack on an American spy drone in June after Tehran seized a British oil tanker, combined with the attack on two Saudi oil i...
Russia, China cast vetoes to block UN resolution on Syria
Sep 19, 2019 (AFP)
It was Russia's 13th veto of a UN resolution since the Syrian conflict erupted in 2011, highlighting the Security Council's impasse over the issue. Germany, Bel...
Germany extends anti-IS surveillance flights, training
Sep 18, 2019 (AFP)
Although the IS has lost the territory it once controlled in Iraq and Syria, underground militant cells are still considered a major threat in the war-ravaged r...
Air strikes kill 10 pro-Iran fighters in Syria: monitor
Sep 17, 2019 (AFP)
The strikes targeted "three positions of the (Iranian) Revolutionary Guards and allied (Iraqi) militias" in Albu Kamal, in the Euphrates Valley just across the ...
Trump says he discussed 'mutual defense' treaty with Netanyahu
Sep 14, 2019 (AFP)
"I had a call today with Prime Minister Netanyahu to discuss the possibility of moving forward with a Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and Israe...
Libya airport hit by drone, rocket fire: unity govt
Sep 14, 2019 (AFP)
The Government of National Accord accused forces loyal to eastern-based strongman Khalifa Haftar of being behind Saturday's attacks on Mitiga airport, but did n...
UN setting up group to investigate Syria hospital bombings
Sep 13, 2019 (AFP)
Guterres said in a statement the board would look at "a series of incidents that have occurred in northwest Syria" since the establishment of the so-called "Idl...
Israel strikes Hamas after new Gaza rocket fire: army
Sep 12, 2019 (AFP)
"Rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip at Israeli territory," it said in English without giving details. "In response...fighter jets and an Israel Defence Forc...
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