Syrian government forces now control more than 95 percent of Aleppo, the Russian Defence Ministry was quoted as saying on Monday. It follows sweeping advances in what was the rebel-held east of the city, with reports that opposition fighters have been subjected to the heaviest bombardment in days. The districts of Sheikh Saeed and Karam […]
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International, Middle EastPresident-elect Donald Trump said Sunday he planned to resolve the Dakota Access oil pipeline standoff “very quickly” after taking office if necessary as the action moves from the camps to the courtroom. Protesters headed home as snow and freezing temperatures enveloped the camps near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, claiming victory in the wake of the
Netanyahu: ‘various ways’ I can work with Trump to roll back Iran nuclear deal (JNS.org) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he has “about five” ideas in mind for how to roll back the Iranian nuclear deal once President-elect Donald Trump takes office. “There are ways, various ways of undoing [the deal],” Netanyahu said in
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Middle EastIran”s defense minister on Sunday warned that if U.S. President-elect Donald Trump”s policies lead to a war in the Middle East, it would result in the destruction of Israel. “Even though a businessman, the assistants that … (Trump) has chosen may map a different path for him, and this has led to unease, particularly among
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Middle East, USAMore than 30 people died Saturday night when a tanker rammed into vehicles and burst into flames on the Nairobi-Naivasha highway. “Over 30 people confirmed dead, many injured and over 11 vehicles burnt at a road traffic accident along Nairobi-Naivasha road as you approach Naivasha from Kinungi,” Pius Masai of the National Disaster Management Unit
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InternationalAt least 60 people have been killed in Uyo, in southern Nigeria, after a church roof fell in. Hundreds of worshippers were inside the building attending the ordination of a Bishop when it collapsed. It is feared the number of dead could be much higher. The church in Uyo, in the south east of the
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InternationalThe Palestinian Authority (PA) is interested in coming to an understanding with the outgoing administration of U.S. President Barack Obama that would avoid an American veto of a UN Security Council resolution that the PA intends to introduce in January, PA officials and Western diplomats told Haaretz on Saturday. The resolution would be critical of
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Middle East, USAIn a Channel 2 interview at the Saban Forum, Jewish American journalist Thomas Friedman, who is also a senior commentator for the New York Times, spoke to journalist Dana Weiss regarding President-elect Donald Trump’s presidential victory. Have you gotten used to the idea of President Donald Trump? I fully recognize he won, he won fair
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Middle East, USAIt’s not so easy for Saturday Night Live’s writers to satirize Donald Trump and the ultra-right government he is creating. The reality is more bizarre than any parody. This week’s SNL cold open began with CNN anchor Jake Tapper (Beck Bennett) greeting Kellyanne Conway (Kate McKinnon) to discuss the president-elect’s latest cabinet choices: for EPA
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USADozens of people have been killed and more than 160 wounded in two explosions near a football stadium in Istanbul, according to Turkey’s interior minister. One of blasts is understood to have hit directly outside the Vodafone Arena, while a suspected suicide bomber struck in the adjacent Macka park. The twin attack came two hours
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Middle EastYour browser does not support the video tag. Putin Says US ‘Hysteria’ Over Russia Is An Election Ploy CIA veterans—none of them fans of Donald Trump–urged caution about leaked allegations that Russia waged a secret campaign to put the New York Republican into the White House. “I am not saying that I don’t think Russia
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International, USAMore than 4,000 Islamic State (IS) group militants have regrouped and launched a second attack to try to recapture the ancient city of Palmyra, rights monitors and Russian authorities said on Sunday. “Despite heavy losses in manpower and equipment, the terrorists are trying as hard as possible to secure a foothold inside the city,” the
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Middle EastA bombing at Cairo’s largest Coptic cathedral has killed at least 25 people and wounded nearly 50 others. Most of the victims are reported to have been women and children. The explosion took place during a packed Sunday morning mass in a chapel adjourning St Mark’s. The cathedral is the main headquarters of Coptic Christians
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Middle EastPresident-elect Donald Trump, after rejecting an intelligence assessment that concluded Russia worked to try to get him elected, says he gets intelligence briefings “when I need it” and defended his apparent choice of an oil executive with ties to Russia as his secretary of state. In his first Sunday morning talk show interview since the
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