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Putin heads to Turkey for talks on weapons deal, Syria

Thu Sep 28, 2017 08:29:08

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday meets his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan for talks on Syria and a key weapons deal, hoping to strengthen an increasingly active relationship that has troubled the West.

Eating leaves to survive in Myanmar's "ethnic cleansing" zone

Wed Sep 27, 2017 14:59:15

Along the main road that stretches nearly 40 kilometres north from Maungdaw town in Myanmar's violence-riven Rakhine State, all but one of the villages that were once home to tens of thousands of people have been turned into smouldering ash.

Russia warns Iraq, Kurds not to destabilize Middle East after Kurdish vote

Wed Sep 27, 2017 13:45:36

Russia on Wednesday warned Iraq and the Kurds against taking any steps that might destabilize the Middle East after a Kurdish independence referendum, encouraging both sides to hold talks to find a solution within the framework of a single Iraqi state.

UN plans food aid for up to 700,000 Rohingya

Wed Sep 27, 2017 12:34:48

The UN has drawn up a contingency plan to feed up to 700,000 Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar after some 480,000 fled to Bangladesh over the past month and arrivals continue.

Spain to deploy more police forces to prevent Catalan vote

Wed Sep 27, 2017 12:10:54

The Spanish government will deploy extra police forces at any polling stations that authorities in Catalonia manage to set up in Spain’s autonomous region to prevent people from voting a banned independence referendum.

Iran points at US and warns of new nuclear arms race

Wed Sep 27, 2017 08:15:46

Iran's deputy foreign minister pointed at the United States in warning on Tuesday that a new nuclear arms race and new competition to modernize nuclear weapons are starting.

Top US general says Iran complying with nuclear deal

Wed Sep 27, 2017 07:58:28

A top US general says Iran has complied with the terms of the 2015 nuclear agreement, warning Washington that leaving the landmark deal will have harmful consequences for the US.

Rohingya toll mounts as Bangladesh hospitals struggle

Tue Sep 26, 2017 14:14:59

With no money even to bury his eight-year-old daughter, Ali Hossain broke down as he recounted her final moments, the latest Rohingya refugee to die in Bangladesh as fears mount over outbreaks of disease.

European diplomats speak out against Trump’s opposition to Iran deal

Tue Sep 26, 2017 11:13:21

After months of quietly urging the Trump administration to preserve the Iran nuclear deal, European diplomats have begun an aggressive defense of it, warning of serious consequences if the United States ignores their concerns.

U.N. chief to brief Security Council on Myanmar on Thursday

Tue Sep 26, 2017 08:35:29

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will publicly brief the Security Council on Thursday on violence in Myanmar, which he has described as ethnic cleansing, after seven countries on the 15-member body requested the meeting.