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Haley to UN Security Council: Don’t turn a blind eye to Iran
Posted on Thursday, October 19, 2017
The UN Security Council must not ignore Iran's aggressive behavior, its ballistic missile testing and its violation of this body's resolutions regarding its military activity, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Wednesday.
ISIS cleared from Syria’s Raqqa
Posted on Wednesday, October 18, 2017
US-backed militias have completely taken Syria's Raqqa from ISIS, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday.
US officials: Trump won’t scrap Iran deal in Friday speech
Posted on Friday, October 13, 2017
US President Donald Trump will unveil a more aggressive strategy to check Iran’s growing power Friday, but will stop short of withdrawing from a landmark nuclear deal, or declaring the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization.
Iran: We will consider US Army equivalent to Islamic State
Posted on Monday, October 9, 2017
Iran will consider the U.S. Army equivalent to the Islamic State group if Washington designates its Revolutionary Guards Corps a terrorist group, Iran's Tasnim news agency quoted the Guards' commander as saying on Sunday.
EU braces for Brexit talks collapse as May falters
Posted on Monday, October 9, 2017
As in-fighting consumes the British government, Europeans have stepped up quiet preparations for a possible collapse of Brexit talks that could see Britain crash out of the EU without a deal 18 months from now.
Trump says Iran not living up to spirit of nuclear agreement
Posted on Friday, October 6, 2017
President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Iran had not lived up to the spirit of the nuclear deal agreed with world powers and suggested he would reveal his decision on whether to certify the agreement soon.
Russia throws North Korea lifeline to stymie regime change
Posted on Thursday, October 5, 2017
Russia is quietly boosting economic support for North Korea to try to stymie any US-led push to oust Kim Jong Un as Moscow fears his fall would sap its regional clout and allow US troops to deploy on…
