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US Looks to Diplomacy as ISIL Crumbles in Syria

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Monday that he supported a diplomatic solution for the Syria conflict, as America and its partners look beyond the defeat of the ISIL terrorist group in the war-torn nation. Speaking to reporters ahead of his arrival for talks in Finland on Monday, Mattis said ...

November 6, 2017

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Tillerson to Visit Crisis-hit Myanmar

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will go to Myanmar next week, the State Department said, becoming the most senior US official to visit since the start of the Rohingya crisis. Tillerson’s spokeswoman said he would visit Naypyidaw on November 15 for talks on “humanitarian crisis in Rakhine State and US ...

November 2, 2017

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Trump Calls for Death Penalty for NY Attacker

President Donald Trump called Thursday for the man charged over the New York truck attack to be executed, after investigators said he confessed to being inspired by ISIL terrorist group propaganda. Trump had earlier said he was considering sending Sayfullo Saipov, 29, to the military’s notorious Guantanamo Bay detention center, ...

November 2, 2017

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Three Dead in Colorado Walmart Store Shooting: Police

A man suspected of walking into a Walmart store in Colorado and “nonchalantly” shooting to death two men and a woman has been arrested, police said Thursday. The seemingly random shooting Wednesday in Thornton, Colorado comes a month after a gunman killed 58 people in Las Vegas, the deadliest mass ...

November 2, 2017

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Former Trump Campaign Chief Manafort Reports to FBI: US Media

US President Donald Trump’s former campaign chief Paul Manafort reported to the FBI Monday amid reports charges have been filed stemming from the US probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election. Manafort and an unidentified man were caught by television cameras walking into the FBI’s Washington field ...

October 30, 2017

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US Congress Receives List of Russian Entities Targeted under New Sanctions

The US Congress received a list of entities and individuals that should be targeted under the latest sanctions against Moscow. According to the document revealed by the US media outlet, new restrictions would affect 38 Russian entities. New York Times published on Thursday the list of entities, which includes the ...

October 27, 2017

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US Secretary of State Tillerson in Surprise Visit to Kabul

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson paid a surprise visit to Afghanistan Monday to discuss Washington’s new strategy with President Ashraf Ghani, the US embassy said. Tillerson reiterated the US commitment to working with the Kabul government and regional partners “to achieve peace in Afghanistan and deny safe havens to ...

October 23, 2017

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Jimmy Carter Says Ready to Travel to N. Korea for Peace Talks

Former US President Jimmy Carter told The New York Times newspaper on Saturday that he would be ready to travel to North Korea for peace talks, if there was a need, but the White House’s response had been negative so far. Carter added that he was afraid of the threats ...

October 22, 2017

World

Trump Says ISIL Caliphate’s End ‘in Sight’ after Raqa Fall

US President Donald Trump said Saturday a transition can soon begin to set conditions for lasting peace in Syria now that the end of the ISIL “caliphate is in sight” with the fall of Raqa. The United States and its allies will support diplomatic negotiations “that end the violence, allow ...

October 22, 2017

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Second Federal Judge Rules against Trump Travel Ban

A US federal judge in Maryland issued a second halt on the latest version of President Donald Trump’s entry ban, asserting that the president’s own comments on the campaign trail and on Twitter convinced him that the directive was akin to an unconstitutional ban on Muslims. US District Judge Theodore ...

October 19, 2017