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Syria’s Refugee Crisis Shows World Lack of Sufficient Solidarity

Syria’s Refugee Crisis Shows World Lack of Sufficient Solidarity

May 23, 2016

ANKARA - An ex-UN refugee official said recently that "Syrian crisis has shown that there is not sufficient international solidarity. World should not lay burden on...

France to Test Air Passenger Data Sharing

France to Test Air Passenger Data Sharing

May 22, 2016

PARIS - France will test an EU-wide passenger data sharing system aimed at helping to detect jihadists at two of its busiest airports later this month, a senior interior ministry...

Russia, ASEAN Look to Deepen Cooperation

Russia, ASEAN Look to Deepen Cooperation

May 22, 2016

SOCHI - Russia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have reached agreements aimed at boosting cooperation and deepening partnership. A two-day ASEAN-Russia...

Kerry Meets Sisi As Egypt Seeks Mideast Peace Role

Kerry Meets Sisi As Egypt Seeks Mideast Peace Role

May 19, 2016

CAIRO - US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Cairo on Wednesday to meet President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, after Egypt called for a renewal of the Middle East peace...

UNHCR Launches Campaign to Provide Shelter for 2 Mln Most-Needed Refugees

UNHCR Launches Campaign to Provide Shelter for 2 Mln Most-Needed Refugees

May 19, 2016

GENEVA - The UN refugee agency UNHCR on Wednesday launched a new global campaign to raise more fund mainly from the private sector so as to provide shelter for some 2 million most...

Lavrov, Kerry Discuss Syria Ahead of Further Peace talks

Lavrov, Kerry Discuss Syria Ahead of Further Peace talks

May 18, 2016

MOSCOW - Russia and the United States have exchanged views on “concrete steps” that should be taken in implementing the hard-won peace treaty in Syria, Russian news...

Refugees Host City Pins Hope on World Humanitarian Summit

Refugees Host City Pins Hope on World Humanitarian Summit

May 18, 2016

ISTANBUL - Kilis, a Turkish border city grappling with a population of Syrian refugees larger than its own, has high hopes for the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit slated...

G7 Ministers Pledge to Promote Education to Tackle Poverty, Promote Global Peace

G7 Ministers Pledge to Promote Education to Tackle Poverty, Promote Global Peace

May 16, 2016

TOKYO - Education ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized countries pledged on Sunday in Japan to cooperate through education on global issues including the ongoing...

Kerry Holds Saudi Talks Ahead of Syria, Libya Meetings

Kerry Holds Saudi Talks Ahead of Syria, Libya Meetings

May 16, 2016

JEDDAH - US Secretary of State John Kerry held talks in Saudi Arabia on Sunday to secure its support ahead of a potential showdown with Russia at talks on the Syrian conflict...

UN Expert Stresses Human Rights Protection in New Int’l Climate Mechanism

UN Expert Stresses Human Rights Protection in New Int’l Climate Mechanism

May 14, 2016

GENEVA - UN Special Rapporteur John H. Knox on Friday urged states to take safeguards of human rights into account when government representatives meet to negotiate the terms of...

Ex-PM Warns over Use of Immigration in Brexit Debate

Ex-PM Warns over Use of Immigration in Brexit Debate

May 14, 2016

LONDON - Former prime minister John Major warned Friday against using immigration as a political football ahead of next month's referendum on British membership of the EU...

China, U.S. to Hold Security Consultation

China, U.S. to Hold Security Consultation

May 12, 2016

BEIJING - China and the United States will hold their eighth Consultation on Strategic Security and Multilateral Arms Control in Washington D.C. on Thursday, a Foreign Ministry...

Ukraine Talks Made Progress on Security Issues: German FM

Ukraine Talks Made Progress on Security Issues: German FM

May 12, 2016

BERLIN - Talks between Germany, Russia, Ukraine and France produced several agreements aimed at improving security in eastern Ukraine but no deal on holding local elections...

Millions in US Aid to Syrians Suspended over Graft Probe

Millions in US Aid to Syrians Suspended over Graft Probe

May 11, 2016

WASHINGTON - The US government has suspended millions of dollars in funding to several organisations providing aid for Syria after discovering they were systematically overpaying...

New Russian Weapons Turned Tide in Syria: Putin

New Russian Weapons Turned Tide in Syria: Putin

May 11, 2016

BERLIN - A German court on Tuesday threw out a bid by Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for an injunction against the boss of German media giant Axel Springer in a widening...

Cameron Fears “World War 3” if Britain Quits Europe

Cameron Fears “World War 3” if Britain Quits Europe

May 10, 2016

LONDON - British Prime Minister David Cameron hinted in a major speech Monday at the British Museum at the prospect of Britain's exit (Brexit) from the European Union (EU) sparking...

Lavrov, Kerry Discuss Need to Distinguish Syria Militias from Terrorists

Lavrov, Kerry Discuss Need to Distinguish Syria Militias from Terrorists

May 10, 2016

MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US State Secretary Kerry discussed the Syria crisis Monday, with the former pointing out the need to separate terrorist groups...

US Sends Troops to Yemen, Steps up Anti-Qaeda Strikes

US Sends Troops to Yemen, Steps up Anti-Qaeda Strikes

May 08, 2016

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon acknowledged for the first time Friday it has deployed US troops to Yemen since the country's collapse last year to bolster government and Arab coalition...

Bad Politics, Not Media, Helps Trump Secure U.S. Presidential Nomination

Bad Politics, Not Media, Helps Trump Secure U.S. Presidential Nomination

May 08, 2016

BEIJING - U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday seemed to be indicating that too much media coverage of billionaire Donald Trump has helped him secure Republican presidential...

Young Generation can Put Endto Poverty, Climate Change: UNESCO Chief

Young Generation can Put Endto Poverty, Climate Change: UNESCO Chief

May 07, 2016

BRATISLAVA - Today's young people are the first generation that can put an end to extreme poverty and the last that can resolve climate change, UNESCO Director-General Irina...

Erdogan Rebuffs EU on Terrorism Law; 'We're Going our Way, You go Yours.'

Erdogan Rebuffs EU on Terrorism Law; 'We're Going our Way, You go Yours.'

May 07, 2016

ISTANBUL - President TayyipErdogan told the European Union on Friday that Turkey would not make changes to its terrorism laws required under a deal to curb migration, and...

EC Presents Proposals to Reform Common European Asylum System

EC Presents Proposals to Reform Common European Asylum System

May 05, 2016

BRUSSELS - The European Commission (EC) on Wednesday presented proposals to reform the Common European Asylum System by creating a fairer, more efficient and more sustainable...

Russia Pulls All Su-25 Fighters out of Syria

Russia Pulls All Su-25 Fighters out of Syria

May 05, 2016

MOSCOW - Russia has pulled some 30 aircraft out of Syria, including all 25 Su-25 fighter jets, while its air force continues airstrikes in the country, the Defense said ...

NATO Alliance Getting New Supreme Commander

NATO Alliance Getting New Supreme Commander

May 04, 2016

BRUSSELS - The NATO alliance this week is getting a new supreme commander, a former top-ranking U.S. military officer in Korea hailed Tuesday by Defense Secretary Ash Carter as...

Russia-U.S. Truce Monitoring Center for Syria to be Set Up in Geneva: Russian FM

Russia-U.S. Truce Monitoring Center for Syria to be Set Up in Geneva: Russian FM

May 04, 2016

MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday a joint Russian-U.S. center to monitor the ceasefire in Syria will be launched in the next few days in Geneva...

Kerry Urges Parties to Syrian Conflict to End Violence, Restore Ceasefire

Kerry Urges Parties to Syrian Conflict to End Violence, Restore Ceasefire

May 03, 2016

GENEVA - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday urged all parties to the Syrian conflict to end violence and restore the cessation of hostilities during his second day...

S.Korea Expects DPRK’s Nuke Test Around Party Convention

S.Korea Expects DPRK’s Nuke Test Around Party Convention

May 03, 2016

SEOUL - South Korea's military on Monday expected the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to conduct another nuclear test in and around the country's ruling party convention...

Thousands Rally in Istanbul to Mark May Day

Thousands Rally in Istanbul to Mark May Day

May 02, 2016

ISTANBUL - Tens of thousands of people gathered in Turkey's largest city of Istanbul on Sunday to mark the International Workers' Day, also known as May Day, amid tight...

Yemeni Gov’t Delegation Halts Participation in Peace Talks over Truce Breaches

Yemeni Gov’t Delegation Halts Participation in Peace Talks over Truce Breaches

May 02, 2016

ADEN - A delegation of Yemen's internationally recognized government decided on Sunday to suspend its participation in the Kuwait-based peace talks with the Shiite Houthi...

Yemen Foes Begin Direct Peace Talks in Bid to End Conflict: UN

Yemen Foes Begin Direct Peace Talks in Bid to End Conflict: UN

May 01, 2016

KUWAIT CITY - Yemen's warring parties began face-to-face peace talks on Saturday on "key issues" in a bid to end the conflict in the impoverished Arab country, the...

84 Migrants Still Missing after Boat Sinks Off Libya: IOM

84 Migrants Still Missing after Boat Sinks Off Libya: IOM

May 01, 2016

ROME - Eighty-four migrants are still missing after an inflatable craft sank off the coast of Libya, according to survivors cited by the International Organization for Migration...

EC Proposes Signature, Conclusion of EU-US DPUA

EC Proposes Signature, Conclusion of EU-US DPUA

April 30, 2016

BRUSSELS - The European Commission (EC) on Friday proposed the Council of the European Union (EU) sign and conclude the EU-U.S. Data Protection Umbrella Agreement (DPUA)...

Modi Invited to Address Joint Meeting of U.S. Congress

Modi Invited to Address Joint Meeting of U.S. Congress

April 30, 2016

NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been invited by Speaker of the American House of Representatives Paul Ryan to address a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress on...

Russia Urges Formation of Broad Int’l Anti-Terrorism Front

Russia Urges Formation of Broad Int’l Anti-Terrorism Front

April 28, 2016

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday urged the establishment of a broad international front against terrorism under United Nations (UN) auspices...

China, Turkey Pledge to Strengthen Anti-Terrorism Cooperation

China, Turkey Pledge to Strengthen Anti-Terrorism Cooperation

April 28, 2016

BEIJING - China and Turkey on Wednesday pledged to strengthen anti-terrorism cooperation, such as fighting the terrorist group the East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM)...