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Turkey, Russia, and Iran are working on a mechanism to monitor the so-called “de-escalation” agreement in Syria, including involving U.S. troops in the establishment of zones of responsibility, a Turkish official says. …
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Russia’s Foreign Мinistry slammed new U.S. sanctions that target mainly Russian people and companies linked to the Ukraine conflict, saying the move puts at “serious risk” the entire bilateral relationship. …
VOA reporter Heather Murdock reports from Mosul, Iraq where soldiers from the Iraqi special forces are inspecting the damage after fighting, June 22, 2017. …
As U.S.-led coalition air strikes intensify on central Raqqa, more residents are fleeing their homes in Islamic State’s de-facto capital. A refugee camp in the nearby town of Eyn Isa is stretched to its limits and officials are calling for help. VOA’s Mahmoud Bali reports. …
U.S. President Donald Trump says he “did not make” and does not possess any audio recordings of his meetings with former FBI Director James Comey. …
A series of brutal, government-ordered evictions that left more than 30,000 Nigerians homeless were deemed unconstitutional in a landmark decision by the Lagos High Court on Wednesday, activists said. The judge ordered a stop to future evictions in a move that could prevent an estimated 270,000 other residents of Lagos from losing their prime waterfront …
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Cookie sales may take a back seat to fighting identity theft and other computer crime now that Girl Scouts as young as 5 are to be offered the chance to earn their first-ever cyber security badges. Armed with a needle and thread, U.S. Girl Scouts who master the required skills can attach to their uniform’s …
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Military conflicts and growing threats around the world continue to underpin demand for weapons, but industry and government leaders from the United States, Europe, Russia and the Middle East say they don’t see a huge near-term spike in arms orders. Executives report being busier than ever at this year’s Paris Airshow, the oldest and biggest …
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U.S. senators expressed concern on Wednesday about a plan to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system, fearing a rush to consider the major legislation as Republican leaders prepare to unveil it. The healthcare bill will be released to the Republican Senate Conference on Thursday at 9:30 a.m. EDT and posted online, Senators John Barrasso of Wyoming …
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Intel said Wednesday it would become a major sponsor of the International Olympic Committee, making the computer chipmaker the latest technology company to put marketing dollars behind the global sporting event. The new deal, which goes until 2024, comes a week after longtime Olympics sponsor McDonald’s Corp bowed out of its sponsorship deal three years …
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The silver medalist at the Beijing Olympics Anastasia Kapachinskaya and two other Russian athletes were banned for four years on June 21 for doping. …
Russia’s defense minister said on June 21 that the security situation near the nation’s western borders has worsened and Russia will beef up forces there. …
Yury Drozdov, the Soviet spymaster who oversaw a sprawling network of KGB agents living clandestinely abroad, died on June 21. He was 91. …
Travis Kalanick, the combative and troubled CEO of ride-hailing giant Uber, resigned Tuesday under pressure from investors. The company’s board confirmed the move early Tuesday, saying in a statement that Kalanick is taking time to heal from the death of his mother in a boating accident -while giving the company room to fully embrace this …
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Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has promoted his 31-year-old son Mohammed bin Salman to crown prince, making him next in line to the throne while also serving as defense minister and overseeing an effort to overhaul the country’s economy. The move was announced Wednesday through decrees issued by the state-run SPA news agency. The former crown …
Young Muslim women joined with women’s rights advocates in Washington, D.C. Tuesday evening to mourn a 17-year-old killed in nearby Sterling, Virginia over the weekend. As traffic swirled around DuPont Circle, a small circular park nestled in the center of one of Washington’s major boulevards, the diverse crowd listened to activists, poets, and an imam …
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The U.S. military says it has shot down an armed, Iranian-made drone that was bearing down on its forces near a garrison in Syria’s southeast. …
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has denounced new sanctions the United States announced against 38 people fighting with and supporting Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. …
Afghan security forces have recaptured Tora Bora, a former fortress of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, from Islamic State (IS) militants, officials confirmed. …
Saudi Arabia says that it captured three members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) aboard a boat approaching the kingdom’s offshore Marjan oil field. …
Cameroon has detained 30 of its soldiers fighting Boko Haram in the northern part of the country. The Defense Ministry says the soldiers abandoned their positions in a protest over pay and working conditions. Military officials in Cameroon say the incident happened earlier this month. Several dozen Cameroonian soldiers erected barricades near the country’s border …
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Qatar says it will not negotiate with neighboring countries unless they cease their economic and travel “blockade” of the Gulf state. The countries have accused Qatar of supporting terrorism, a charge that Doha strongly denies. “We have to make it very clear for everyone, negotiations must be done in a civilized way and should have …
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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko may have pulled off a small coup in winning an audience with U.S. President Donald Trump before Russian leader Vladimir Putin could. …