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Obama and Putin meet in China amid struggle for Syria deal
Posted on Monday, September 5, 2016
The United States and Russia struggled Monday to keep alive negotiations to end the bloodshed between US-backed rebels and Syria’s Russian-aligned regime. Even as top diplomats vowed to keep trying, President Barack Obama expressed skepticism that an unlikely…
Obama makes trade deal top priority in remaining months
Posted on Monday, September 5, 2016
Despite formidable opposition across the political spectrum, President Barack Obama is using his final months in office to fight for congressional approval of a 12-nation free trade pact called the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
‘Secret’ exemptions for Iran after nuclear deal
Posted on Thursday, September 1, 2016
The United States and its negotiating partners agreed "in secret" to allow Iran to evade some restrictions in last year's landmark nuclear agreement in order to meet the deadline for it to start getting relief from economic sanctions,…
UN funneled tens of millions to Assad regime under aid program
Posted on Wednesday, August 31, 2016
The UN has awarded contracts worth tens of millions of dollars to people closely associated with the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, as part of an aid program that critics fear is increasingly at the whim of the government…
WHO Urges Changes in STD Treatment Due to Antibiotic Resistance
Posted on Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Growing resistance to antibiotics has complicated efforts to rein in common sexually transmitted diseases like gonorrhoea, chlamydia and syphilis, the World Health Organization warned Tuesday as it issued new treatment guidelines.
UN condemns 4 North Korean ballistic missile launches
Posted on Monday, August 29, 2016
The U.N. Security Council strongly condemned four North Korean ballistic missile launches in July and August on Friday night, calling them “grave violations” of a ban on all ballistic missile activity.
U.N. confirms Syria, Islamic State used chemical weapons
Posted on Thursday, August 25, 2016
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces carried out at least two chemical attacks in Syria in the past two years and the Islamic State also used mustard gas as a weapon, the United Nations reported Wednesday.
Iran vessels make ‘high speed intercept’ of U.S. ship: U.S. official
Posted on Thursday, August 25, 2016
Four of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) vessels "harassed" a U.S. warship on Tuesday near the Strait of Hormuz, a U.S. defense official said, amid Washington's concerns about Iran's posture in the Gulf and in the Syrian…
North Korea fires submarine-launched ballistic missile towards Japan
Posted on Wednesday, August 24, 2016
North Korea fired a submarine-launched missile on Wednesday that flew about 500 km (311 miles) towards Japan, a show of improving technological capability for the isolated country that has conducted a series of launches in defiance of UN…
