International

Trump defends his decision to withdraw from northern Syria and the neocons are furious

Trump defends his decision to withdraw from northern Syria and the neocons are furious

  • 2019-10-07

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday defended his administration´s decision to withdraw US troops from northern Syria and said it would be too expensive to continue supporting US-allied Kurdish...

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Thirteen refugees and a dozen are missing after a migrant boat sank off Italy´s Lampedusa

Thirteen refugees and a dozen are missing after a migrant boat sank off Italy´s Lampedusa

  • 2019-10-07

The Italian coastguard has recovered 13 bodies of refugee women on Monday afternoon and about a dozen people are missing after a migrant boat sank overnight off the Italian island of Lampedusa, the co...

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North Korea warns against the Security Council discussing its recent missile test

North Korea warns against the Security Council discussing its recent missile test

  • 2019-10-07

North Korea warned Monday that it would not stand idly by over any UN Security Council attempt to raise the issue of its "self-defense measures", apparently referring to its latest missile t...

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The US military is taking steps to limit the role of the Turkish Air Force in northern Syria

The US military is taking steps to limit the role of the Turkish Air Force in northern Syria

  • 2019-10-07

The US military has taken steps to limit the role of the Turkish Air Force in northeastern Syria, a US official told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa. The official said that these steps include the exclus...

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Baghdad: New promises and social measures to calm protests

Baghdad: New promises and social measures to calm protests

  • 2019-10-06

The Iraqi government announced on Sunday a series of social measures in response to demonstrators´ demands, in an attempt to end popular protests in which about 100 people were killed in less th...

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China pulls out of Iran´s Pars gas field development project

China pulls out of Iran´s Pars gas field development project

  • 2019-10-06

Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zangeneh announced on Sunday the withdrawal of CNPC from the development of phase 11 of the Pars field. The project will be solely undertaken by Petrobars of the Isla...

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Calls for settlement in Brexit file on the eve of Monday´s meeting

Calls for settlement in Brexit file on the eve of Monday´s meeting

  • 2019-10-06

Brussels and London have urged the other side to seek a "compromise" on the eve of Monday´s Brexit negotiations, and the British government has signaled it may soften its stance on con...

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North Korea: Not interested in negotiating with Washington if its aggressive policy continues

North Korea: Not interested in negotiating with Washington if its aggressive policy continues

  • 2019-10-06

North Korea said on Sunday it was "not interested" in pursuing nuclear negotiations unless the United States abandoned its "aggressive" policy, saying Washington had until the end...

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Death toll from demonstrations in Iraq

Death toll from demonstrations in Iraq

  • 2019-10-04

The death toll from the ongoing demonstrations in Iraq has reached 38, including two security forces and 1,648 wounded, a member of the Human Rights Commission in Iraq said Friday. Dr. Ali al-Bayati,...

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Oil is expected to post its biggest weekly loss since July

Oil is expected to post its biggest weekly loss since July

  • 2019-10-04

Washington - Oil prices are headed for the biggest weekly loss since mid-July, boosting disappointing data in the United States and elsewhere, Bloomberg News reported Friday. Of the world fears of a g...

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