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U.S. to end weapons support for Syrian Kurdish YPG, Turkey says

Sat Jan 27, 2018 13:34:56

The United States has told Turkey it will not provide any more weapons to the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, the Turkish presidency said on Saturday, as Turkey's offensive against the U.S.-backed YPG in Syria entered its eighth day.

Update: Toll from blast in Afghan capital up to at least 40 dead, 140 wounded - official

Sat Jan 27, 2018 13:00:03

The toll from a car-bomb blast in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday rose to at least 40 dead and 140 wounded, health ministry spokesman Wahid Majroh said.

Syrian opposition says will boycott Russia-brokered peace talks in Sochi

Sat Jan 27, 2018 07:32:15

The Syrian opposition will not attend a peace conference Russia is hosting next week, a spokesman said on Saturday, dismissing the meeting as an attempt by the Syrian government’s close ally to “sideline” the current United Nations peace process.

Peace proposal by US, Saudi Arabia ‘not even worth the ink’: Syria

Sat Jan 27, 2018 07:13:00

The Syrian ambassador to the United Nations and head of the government delegation to intra-Syrian peace talks has strongly rejected a proposal offered by some countries, including the US and Saudi Arabia, for the resolution of the Syrian crisis, saying the so-called peace plan is “not even worth the ink.”

Turkey threatens to expand Syria offensive, confrontation with US is possible

Fri Jan 26, 2018 17:06:53

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday threatened to expand Turkey's offensive in Syria against a Kurdish militia despite calls for restraint from its Western allies.

Qatar plans to buy S-400 air defense systems from Russia: Diplomat

Thu Jan 25, 2018 11:58:33

Qatar is interested in acquiring Russian anti-aircraft missile systems S-400 Triumf, negotiations are in advanced stages, Qatar's Ambassador to Russia Fahad bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah said in an interview with TASS.

Attacks on Rohingya continue in Myanmar, not safe to return: UN official

Thu Jan 25, 2018 11:46:37

A high-ranking United Nations official says attacks on Rohingya Muslims appear to be continuing in Myanmar and it is not yet safe for the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh to begin returning to their homes.

UN hosts 'last hope' Syria peace talks in Vienna

Thu Jan 25, 2018 10:25:45

The UN will make a fresh push from Thursday to jump-start Syrian peace talks, as violence continues to rage in a seven-year-old war that has killed more than 340,000 people.

Iran seizes bombs, explosives in Saudi terror plot

Thu Jan 25, 2018 09:21:06

Iran has captured two large caches of explosives and powerful bombs that were supposed to be detonated in populated areas as part of two terrorist plots, one of them directly designed and led by Saudi Arabia.

Koreans in unified team: N Korean Olympic ice hockey players arrive in South

Thu Jan 25, 2018 08:50:44

A dozen North Korean female ice hockey players entered the South Thursday to form a unified team -- the Koreas' first for nearly three decades -- at next month's Winter Olympics.

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