Conflicts / War / Peace
Iraqi military issues rare condemnation of U.S. air strikes on Syria border
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's military spokesman on Monday condemned U.S. air strikes against militia targets on the border with Syria...
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Gaza reconstruction clouded by dispute over Israelis held by Hamas
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Reconstruction of Gaza after last month's fighting between Israel and Hamas is being held...
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Police checks and patriotic flowers: Beijing leaves nothing to chance ahead of Party centenary
By Cate Cadell BEIJING (Reuters) - Behind roadblocks and hundreds of police in the Chinese capital of Beijing on Friday,...
Read moreIslamic State claims responsibility for rocket attack on Iraqi power station
CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamic State claimed responsibility for a rocket attack on a power station in Iraq, the group's Nasheer...
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Sudan rejects Ethiopian plan to fill giant dam a second time – senior official
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan has rejected an Ethiopian proposal to manage the filling for a second time of a giant...
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Palestinian Authority deploys forces during protest against critic’s death
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) -The Palestinian Authority (PA) on Saturday deployed security forces to confront protesters who took to the...
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‘Arab Alliance’ meets in Iraq in first visit in decades for an Egyptian leader
(Fixes typo in spelling of analyst's name to "Halawa" not Halwa) By Amina Ismail CAIRO (Reuters) -Egypt's President Abdel Fattah...
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Nicaragua lambastes Spain’s foreign minister in angry attack
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Nicaragua's government launched a blistering attack on Spain and its Foreign Minister on Saturday, alleging inteference by...
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Australia urges Samoa’s parties to work on forming government
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia urged Samoa's political parties on Saturday to work together to form a government after a top...
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Fighting in Yemen’s Marib heats up again, say sources
ADEN (Reuters) - Fighting between Yemen's warring parties in the gas-rich Marib region, the recognised government's last northern stronghold, intensified...
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Yemen’s president Hadi headed to the U.S. for usual medical checkups – SABA
CAIRO - (Reuters) - Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi headed on Saturday evening to the United States for his usual,...
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Iraq paramilitaries show off weaponry in big anniversary parade
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Thousands of Iraqi paramilitary fighters, including powerful Iran-backed factions, marched at a military base in eastern Iraq...
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Afghan peace talks should continue unless Taliban pull out -Abdullah
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of Afghanistan’s peace council said on Friday that long-stalled talks on a...
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Helicopter carrying Colombia’s President Duque struck by bullets in attack
BOGOTA (Reuters) - A helicopter carrying Colombia's President Ivan Duque and others was struck by multiple bullets in an attack...
Read moreColombia coca crop area expanded to 245,000 hectares in 2020 – report
BOGOTA (Reuters) - The area occupied by coca crops in Colombia expanded to 245,000 hectares (605,408 acres) at the end...
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