
US-backed Syrians bid to cut IS route
Beirut (AFP) June 28, 2016 - US-backed rebel fighters in eastern Syria said they launched an offensive on Tuesday to sever a vital supply route of the Islamic State group to neighbouring Iraq.
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Beirut (AFP) June 28, 2016 - US-backed rebel fighters in eastern Syria said they launched an offensive on Tuesday to sever a vital supply route of the Islamic State group to neighbouring Iraq.
Jun 28, 2016

Moscow (AFP) June 28, 2016 - Russia's defence ministry on Tuesday accused an American destroyer of coming dangerously close to a Russian frigate in the Mediterranean Sea, calling the incident a gross violation of international agreements.
Jun 28, 2016

Washington (AFP) June 28, 2016 - The US-led fight against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria could be completed within 14 months, a senior US official told skeptical lawmakers Tuesday.
Jun 28, 2016

Geneva (AFP) June 28, 2016 - Nadia Murad, a slight, soft spoken Yazidi woman from Iraq, endured a three-month nightmare as a sex slave of the Islamic State (IS) group.
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Aden (AFP) June 28, 2016 - Intensified fighting and air strikes over the past 24 hours in Yemen have left 80 people dead, including 37 civilians, as lengthy peace talks in Kuwait made no headway, officials said.
Jun 28, 2016

Edinburgh, Scotland (UPI) Jun 27, 2016 - Though it would have to emerge under different oil market conditions, the Scottish government said a second referendum on independence is on the table.
Jun 27, 2016

Brussels (AFP) June 27, 2016 - NATO on Monday appointed Rose Gottemoeller as deputy head of the US-led alliance, the first woman to hold the post, a statement said.
Jun 27, 2016

Washington (AFP) June 27, 2016 - The Pentagon on Monday welcomed the recapture of the Iraqi city of Fallujah from the Islamic State group, but warned of widespread booby traps and pockets of remaining jihadist resistance.
Jun 27, 2016

Bangkok (AFP) June 27, 2016 - Activists on Monday urged Britain to hand over details of the multi-million-dollar sale to Thailand of fake bomb detectors that led to the detention of scores of innocent people.
Jun 27, 2016

Beijing (UPI) Jun 27, 2016 - China is ready to emerge as one of the larger trading partners with Russia in a relationship that extends from military to energy, the Chinese government said.
Jun 27, 2016

Ottawa (AFP) June 27, 2016 - Canada, Mexico and the United States will look to dovetail their climate and other policies into a continental strategy when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hosts Barack Obama and Enrique Pena Nieto on Wednesday.
Jun 27, 2016

Ankara (AFP) June 27, 2016 - Turkey said Monday it would allow Germany's defence minister to visit an air base in the south of the country after sparking a row by barring a German delegation from making the trip.
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Shanghai (AFP) June 27, 2016 - Two of China's biggest steelmakers are planning to merge, they said, as the industry faces a global glut that has hammered producers worldwide.
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Fallujah, Iraq (AFP) June 27, 2016 - Iraqi Shiite militiamen fought alongside interior ministry forces inside Fallujah to recapture it from the Islamic State group, commanders say, despite earlier assurances they would not enter the Sunni city.
Jun 27, 2016

Washington (AFP) June 27, 2016 - Jordanian intelligence officials stole millions of dollars of weapons that the CIA and Saudi Arabia had supplied for Syrian rebels, then sold them on the black market, The New York Times and Al Jazeera reported.
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Fallujah, Iraq (AFP) June 26, 2016 - After Iraqi forces took full control of the Islamic State group's bastion of Fallujah, what's next in the battles against the jihadists, not just in Iraq but in Syria and further afield?
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