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Qatar says World Cup on track despite boycott as supply lines fixed

Thu Jan 25, 2018 12:11:38

Qatar's preparations for the 2022 soccer World Cup are fully on track after it fixed supply lines briefly disrupted last year by a boycott by its Persian Gulf neighbours, its foreign minister told Reuters.

Military operation underway by Turkish Army, allied militants in Northern Syria (Photos)

Thu Jan 25, 2018 10:45:04

Turkish army and its allied militants conduct military operation against Kurdish rival militants in Northern Syria. Over 250 members of the Kurdish armed groups have been killed so far in the Turkish Army's Olive Branch Operation in Syria's Afrin region in Aleppo province, a Turkish official said on Wednesday.

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, Iraq agree to jointly develop shared oilfields

Thu Jan 25, 2018 09:34:58

Iran and Iraq have signed a contract to jointly develop two small oilfields in Khorramshahr, southwest of Iran, said deputy head of National Iranian Oil Company.

Trump urges Erdogan not to ‘risk conflict’ with US forces in Syria

Thu Jan 25, 2018 08:06:28

US President Donald Trump has cautioned his Turkish counterpart to avoid any measures in Syria that “might risk conflict” between the two countries.

Syria says claims it uses chemical weapons "lies"

Wed Jan 24, 2018 13:17:17

The Syrian government said on Wednesday that claims by France and the United States that it was still using chemical weapons were "lies".

9 killed in Saudi-led air strike in Yemen: residents

Wed Jan 24, 2018 10:16:59

At least nine civilians, including four children, were killed in a Saudi-led coalition air strike in northern Yemen on Tuesday, residents and medics said, bringing to 30 the number of people killed in military operations in the country in two days.

Tillerson meets with British, Saudi, UAE ministers on Yemen

Wed Jan 24, 2018 09:20:18

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met Tuesday with the foreign ministers of Britain, Saudi Arabia and the UAE to discuss "a political solution" to the conflict in Yemen, sources said.

Thousands flee Turkish assault on Syria's Afrin

Wed Jan 24, 2018 08:52:21

An estimated 5,000 people have been displaced by clashes between Turkish-led forces and Kurdish fighters in north-western Syria, the UN says.

Slovenia says it is ready to recognise the state of Palestine

Tue Jan 23, 2018 12:58:17

Slovenia's parliamentary foreign affairs committee will meet in Ljubljana on January 31 to approve the proposal

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