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Oil Prices Dip before US Inventories Data

Oil fell further Wednesday as dealers awaited the latest update on crude reserves in the United States. At around 1145 GMT, US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for delivery in October declined 36 cents at $45.99 a barrel. Brent North Sea crude for October lost 54 cents to $47.83 a barrel ...

August 31, 2016

Europe

ISIL chief spokesman, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani

Russian Airstrike Killed Senior ISIL Leader Abu Mohammad Al-Adnani: Moscow

The killing of a top figure in the terrorist group of ISIL, Abu Mohammed al-Adnani, was the result of an airstrike conducted by a Russian Su-34 bomber, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Wednesday according to RT. The death of al-Adnani in a bombing in the Syrian province of Aleppo was earlier ...

August 31, 2016

Americas

Smoke billows following an air-strike by Saudi-led coalition on May 11, 2015, in the capital Sanaa.

60 US Lawmakers Seek to Delay Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia: FP

A group of 60 congressmen have signed a letter seeking to delay the arms sale to Saudi Arabia, Foreign Policy reported on Monday. The US magazine said the move signals that the “frustration is growing in Congress over Saudi Arabia.” “A bipartisan group of 60 lawmakers have signed a ...

August 30, 2016

Europe

Turkey’s Syria operation could spark escalation: Hollande

French President Francois Hollande warned Tuesday that “contradictory interventions” by Turkish and Russian forces in Syria could spark an escalation of the conflict. “These multiple, contradictory interventions carry the risk of a wider conflagration,” Hollande told a meeting with the diplomatic corps in France, calling for an “absolutely urgent” halt ...

August 30, 2016

Live News

North Korean leader overseeing launching missile last week

North Korea: We Can Turn US Troops into Ashes

As it denounced a UN Security Council statement condemning its latest ballistic missile launch, North Korea threatened to turn US troops into ashes in a moment. In a letter sent to the UN on Monday, Pyongyang’s foreign ministry called the UN condemnation of the missile launch “a hostile act” perpetrated ...

August 30, 2016

Americas

Obama, Erdogan to Meet Sunday in China on G20 Sidelines: WHouse

US President Barack Obama will meet his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday in China on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit, with Syria high on the agenda, top aide Ben Rhodes announced Monday. “They will be discussing the counter-ISIL campaign and the fact that we need ...

August 30, 2016

Live News

Three Wounded in Suicide Blast at Chinese Embassy in Kyrgyzstan

A car driven by a suicide bomber Tuesday exploded after ramming a gate at the Chinese embassy in the capital of ex-Soviet Kyrgyzstan, wounding three people, authorities said. “As a result of the explosion only the suicide bomber terrorist died. Security guards were injured,” Kyrgyzstan’s Deputy Prime Minister Jenish Razakov ...

August 30, 2016

Americas

Pentagon Says Clashes between Turkey, US-Led Kurds in Syria Unacceptable

Clashes between Turkish forces and units affiliated with a US-backed Kurdish-led alliance in Syria are “unacceptable”, the Pentagon said Monday, calling on all sides to “stand down”. In a statement sent to AFP, Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook condemned the fighting south of the Syrian town of Jarabulus. “We are closely ...

August 30, 2016

Europe

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve

Anti-Burkini Law Would Be ‘Unconstitutional’: French Minister

It would be “unconstitutional” for France to pass a law banning the burkini and such a move could cause irreparable harm, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve warned in an interview published online late Sunday. Speaking to French daily La Croix, Cazeneuve reiterated the government’s opposition to legislating on the controversial ...

August 30, 2016

African countries

Libya Forces Push into Last ISIL-Held Areas of Sirte

Forces loyal to Libya’s UN-backed unity government pushed Sunday into the last areas of Sirte held by the Takfiri ISIL group in what was the insurgents’ coastal stronghold, a spokesman said. “Our forces entered the last areas held by Daesh in Sirte: district number one and district number three,” said ...

August 29, 2016