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US intel chiefs at odds with Trump claims on N. Korea, IS and Iran
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US intel chiefs at odds with Trump claims on N. Korea, IS and Iran

  US intelligence chiefs contradicted some of President Donald Trump’s most fundamental foreign policy claims Tuesday, underscoring a persistent division…
Roadblocks cast shadows over path to peace in Afghanistan
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Roadblocks cast shadows over path to peace in Afghanistan

KABUL (Reuters) – US diplomats and the Afghan Taliban have seen cause for hope in talks to end the United…
Mosul citizens fear losing Maslawi dialect
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Mosul citizens fear losing Maslawi dialect

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — For centuries, residents of Mosul have spoken a unique form of Arabic enriched by the Iraqi…
Philippines cathedral bombing sparks peace process worries
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Philippines cathedral bombing sparks peace process worries

  The Islamic State-claimed bombing of a Catholic cathedral that killed 20 in the Philippines’ restive south put fresh pressure…
South Sudan embraces old enemy Sudan
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South Sudan embraces old enemy Sudan

UNITY OILFIELD, South Sudan (Reuters) – Sudan’s embattled President Omar al-Bashir is receiving words of support from some unlikely places,…
Assad blocks access to Damascus for EU envoys: diplomats
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Assad blocks access to Damascus for EU envoys: diplomats

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has revoked special visas for European Union diplomats and officials traveling regularly between…
Iraq Bikers aim to heal sectarian divide
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Iraq Bikers aim to heal sectarian divide

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Roaring along Baghdad’s highways, the “Iraq Bikers” are doing more than showing off their love of outsized…
Filipino Muslims vote on autonomy after long peace effort
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Filipino Muslims vote on autonomy after long peace effort

MARAWI, Philippines (AP) — Filipino Muslims in the southern Philippines voted Monday in a referendum on a new autonomous region…
Turkey ready to take over Syria’s Manbij: Erdogan
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Turkey ready to take over Syria’s Manbij: Erdogan

ISTANBUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Turkey is ready to take over security in Syria’s Manbij, where four US citizens died in an…
US names three killed in Syria blast claimed by Islamic State
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US names three killed in Syria blast claimed by Islamic State

  (Reuters) – A US Navy servicewoman and a former Navy SEAL are among the four Americans killed in a…
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