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Russia, China veto UN resolution on Syria sanctions
Feb 28, 2017 (AFP)
Russia and China on Tuesday vetoed a Western-backed UN resolution that would have imposed sanctions on Syria over chemical weapons use, in the first clash at th...
Israeli planes hit Gaza after rocket attack
Feb 27, 2017 (AFP)
Israeli aircraft hit targets in the Gaza Strip on Monday, hours after a rocket fired from the Palestinian territory slammed into southern Israel. "Three bombs w...
11 killed in government raids on northwest Syria: monitor
Feb 27, 2017 (AFP)
Government air strikes on northwest Syria killed at least 11 people overnight, most of them civilians, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Monday. "Gov...
Opposition seeks Russian support at Syria talks
Feb 27, 2017 (AFP)
Syria's opposition on Monday urged Russia, a key ally of President Bashar al-Assad, to put pressure on Damascus to help kickstart sputtering peace talks in Gene...
New threat to Colombia peace talks as ELN claims bombing
Feb 27, 2017 (AFP)
Clouds gathered Monday over peace talks aimed at ending Colombia's half-century conflict after the ELN rebels claimed responsibility for a deadly bombing at a b...
Syria vows 'retaliation' as attack jolts peace talks
Feb 25, 2017 (AFP)
Syria vowed Saturday to retaliate following the deadly suicide assault in its third city Homs, as the UN said the attack was aimed to "spoil" sputtering peace t...
Turkey says Al-Bab completely captured from jihadists
Feb 24, 2017 (AFP)
Turkish armed forces and allied Syrian rebels have completely taken the IS bastion of Al-Bab in northern Syria from jihadists, the military said Friday. "As of ...
Top US general readies 'full range' of Syria options for Trump
Feb 23, 2017 (AFP)
The Pentagon's top officer on Thursday would not say if US ground forces will deploy to Syria to fight Islamic State jihadists, observing only that he is readyi...
Cyprus peace talks called off amid mounting war of words
Feb 22, 2017 (AFP)
A planned meeting between rival Cypriot leaders scheduled for Thursday has been called off as a war of words over a nationalist commemoration in Greek Cypriot s...
FARC disarmament dates delay is likely
Feb 22, 2017 (AFP)
FARC rebels need the United Nations to reschedule the dates for Colombia's historic disarmament process, as the country readies to implement a peace deal to end...
Top Yemen commander killed as rebels hit back
Feb 22, 2017 (AFP)
Yemeni rebels hit back at government forces advancing up the Red Sea coast, killing a deputy army commander in a missile strike, a military source said on Wedne...
FARC disarmament to begin March 1: official
Feb 21, 2017 (AFP)
Colombian FARC rebels will start their historic disarmament process March 1, the government said Tuesday, as the country implements its peace deal to end Latin ...
Mattis in Mideast for first time as Pentagon chief
Feb 18, 2017 (AFP)
US Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday, his first trip to the Middle East since taking office last month. A retired ...
Japan history revisionists bolder under Abe: analysts
Feb 18, 2017 (AFP)
Successful hotel chain operator Toshio Motoya doesn't mind if his denial of a notorious Japanese World War II military atrocity in China drives customers away. ...
Colombia's ELN commits new 'terrorist' kidnapping: army
Feb 17, 2017 (AFP)
Colombia's ELN guerrillas have kidnapped a mayor's father, the army said Friday, calling it an act of terrorism that damages peace talks with the country's last...
Allies claim US backing for political solution in Syria
Feb 17, 2017 (AFP)
US allies said they had won assurances Friday from new Secretary of State Rex Tillerson that Washington backed a political solution to the Syria conflict, ahead...
US used depleted uranium rounds in anti-IS air strikes: military
Feb 16, 2017 (AFP)
The United States used depleted uranium anti-tank rounds on two occasions in 2015 during devastating air strikes against convoys of Islamic State tanker trucks,...
Joint session on Syria to go ahead: Kazakhstan
Feb 16, 2017 (AFP)
Kazakhstan said a new round of talks on the Syria conflict backed by Russia, Turkey and Iran and endorsed by the United Nations were going ahead Thursday after ...
Colombia, ELN announce first accord at peace talks
Feb 16, 2017 (AFP)
Colombia's government and the country's last active rebel force announced a preliminary agreement in their work toward a permanent ceasefire at peace talks on T...
Turkey says clearing Syria town of remaining IS militants
Feb 16, 2017 (AFP)
Turkey on Thursday said its armed forces were engaged in "clean-up" operations to clear remaining IS militants from the flashpoint Syrian town of Al-Bab after a...
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