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EU ministers condemn Turkey's Syria incursion
Oct 15, 2019 02:30Arms sales to Turkey is a multi-billion euro business for European Union member states but the bloc's foreign affairs ministers have agreed to suspend these sales over Ankara's attacks, which commenced last week, on Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria.
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Yellow Vest protests reach 11-month mark
Oct 13, 2019 10:09France’s Yellow Vests have marched for 48th consecutive weekend around the country. The past 11 months have been filled with violent repression, mass arrests and what many say is a media campaign orchestrated against them.
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Trump defends decision to pull US forces out of northern Syria
Oct 13, 2019 09:48US President Donald Trump has defended his decision to pull American forces out of northern Syria in the face of mounting criticism.
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Yemenis warn about retaliatory attacks on Saudi Arabia
Oct 13, 2019 02:54Saudi Arabia has intensified its airstrikes on different regions of the war-torn Yemen prompting Yemeni armed forces backed by Ansarullah fighters to warn about resumption of their retaliatory attacks on the kingdom.
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Austrian Handke, Poland's Tokarczuk win Noble literature prizes
Oct 11, 2019 04:58Austrian writer Peter Handke won the 2019 Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday and the 2018 award went to Polish author Olga Tokarczuk, the Swedish Academy said on Thursday.
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Third edition of Caspian, CTO Meetings underway in Mashhad
Oct 10, 2019 11:46The city of Mashhad is hosting the third edition of Caspian and CTO meetings and 18 countries are attending this year’s medical event.
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Civilians flee Syrian border towns as Turkish offensive kicks off
Oct 10, 2019 03:45Syrians fled on foot and by car from border towns as Turkey launched a military operation against Kurdish fighters in northeast Syria on Wednesday (October 9), a news agency reported.
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Military base in Syria abandoned following US withdrawal
Oct 08, 2019 06:56A US military base in Syria was left abandoned on Monday (October 7) in the wake of a decision by President Donald Trump to withdraw troops from northeastern Syria.
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UK backtracks: Brexit secretary hints UK could rethink DUP veto on deal
Oct 07, 2019 04:03The Brexit Secretary, Stephen Barclay, has hinted on Sunday that Britain is open to some flexibility on the mechanism that would allow lawmakers in Northern Ireland to decide whether the British province remains in regulatory alignment with the European Union.
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Syria: Ras al-Ayn residents protest against Turkish operation
Oct 07, 2019 03:19Demonstrators picketed the US International Coalition Base near the village of Tel Arqam in northern Syria on Sunday over fears of a Turkish offensive on Kurdish-controlled territory.