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Macron’s Party Makes Big Win in Round One of Legislative Election: Exit Polls

Macron’s Party Makes Big Win in Round One of Legislative Election: Exit Polls

June 13, 2017

PARIS - President Emmanuel Macron’s party “The Republic On The Move” (LREM) and its ally MoDem took the lead in the first round of French legislative election on...

May Faces First Post-Election Meetings with Ministers, Backbench MPs

May Faces First Post-Election Meetings with Ministers, Backbench MPs

June 13, 2017

LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May chaired her first meeting of ministers since last week’s general election at 10 Downing Street Monday. The wheels of government had been...

Macron Eyes Victory as France Elects New Parliament

Macron Eyes Victory as France Elects New Parliament

June 12, 2017

PARIS - French voters went back to the polls on Sunday for the first round of parliamentary elections that are predicted to give President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist party a...

Erdogan Urges to Resolve Qatari Crisis by End of Ramadan

Erdogan Urges to Resolve Qatari  Crisis by End of Ramadan

June 12, 2017

ISTANBUL - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that the Qatari crisis should be resolved before the Ramadan holiday starts on June 25. The president made the statement...

EU’s Tusk Calls on May to Press Ahead with Brexit Talks

EU’s Tusk Calls on May to Press Ahead with Brexit Talks

June 11, 2017

BRUSSELS - European Council President Donald Tusk on Friday congratulated British Prime Minister Theresa May on her reappointment, underscoring that Brussels and London should...

Trump, Sisi Underline Combating Terrorism

Trump, Sisi Underline Combating Terrorism

June 11, 2017

CAIRO - U.S. President Donald Trump asserted in a phone call with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Friday the importance of resuming efforts of combating terrorism decisively...

Britain’s General Election: A Gamble too Far for May

Britain’s General Election: A Gamble too Far for May

June 10, 2017

LONDON - As British Prime Minister Theresa May gambled her political future on calling a snap general election seven weeks ago, results from Thursday's election show that her party can...

Trump Offers to Help Resolve Rift between Qatar, Gulf Nations

Trump Offers to Help Resolve Rift  between Qatar, Gulf Nations

June 10, 2017

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump offered to help Qatar and the other Gulf nations resolve their differences, including through a meeting at the White House if necessary, the White...

British PM Pledges Tough Action on Terrorism

British PM Pledges Tough  Action on Terrorism

June 08, 2017

LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May announced get-tough proposals Tuesday night on tackling terrorism, saying she would change human rights laws if she needed to...

SCO Ensures Security, Stability, Sustainable Growth: Russian Deputy FM

SCO Ensures Security, Stability,  Sustainable Growth: Russian Deputy FM

June 08, 2017

MOSCOW - The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has become an effective tool of ensuring security, stability and sustainable development in the modern system of interstate...

Diplomatic Crisis in Middle East Disrupts Regional Security, Political Balance

Diplomatic Crisis in Middle East Disrupts Regional Security, Political Balance

June 07, 2017

BEIJING - Saudi Arabia and it allies have severed diplomatic ties with Qatar in an escalation of power struggle in the Middle East which endangers the region's political balance and hinders...

UN Ocean Conference Opens with Call for Global Action to Save Planet

UN Ocean Conference Opens with Call for Global Action to Save Planet

June 07, 2017

UNITED NATIONS - Top United Nations officials Monday urged coordinated global action to protect the planet when an international conference on the health of the world's...

London Attackers Kill Seven, PM May Says ‘Enough is Enough’

London Attackers Kill Seven, PM  May Says ‘Enough is Enough’

June 05, 2017

LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May called on Sunday for a stronger response to Islamist extremism after three attackers drove a van into pedestrians on London Bridge and...

Erdogan Threatens new Operation in Northern Syria

Erdogan Threatens new Operation  in Northern Syria

June 05, 2017

ISTANBUL - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Saturday to resume military actions against Syrian Kurdish fighters in case Turkey comes under attack by them. We will not discuss...

U.S. Ties with China Important for Stability in Asia-Pacific: Pentagon Chief

U.S. Ties with China Important for Stability  in Asia-Pacific: Pentagon Chief

June 04, 2017

SINGAPORE - U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis said here on Saturday that the U.S. relations with China are important for the stability in the Asia-Pacific region. Addressing a plenary...

World Forges Ahead with Paris Climate Deal without Trump

World Forges Ahead with  Paris Climate Deal without Trump

June 04, 2017

BRUSSELS - The world forged ahead on Friday with the Paris climate deal after President Donald Trump pulled the US out of the pact, triggering bitter condemnation from all corners of the...

Trump Withdraws U.S. from Paris Agreement on Climate Amid Opposition at Home

Trump Withdraws U.S. from Paris Agreement on Climate Amid Opposition at Home

June 03, 2017

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he had decided to pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement, a landmark global pact to fight climate change...

UN Security Council to Take up Water Disputes, Terrorism in June

UN Security Council to Take up Water  Disputes, Terrorism in June

June 03, 2017

UNITED NATIONS - Bolivia took over the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council on Thursday, with its envoy promising "to respond to any emergency situations that might...

Peacekeeping Requires Tools to Adapt to Dangerous Environments: UN

Peacekeeping Requires Tools to Adapt to Dangerous Environments: UN

May 31, 2017

UNITED NATIONS - Marking International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Monday said that peacekeeping must have the tools and rules it needs to adapt...

Almost 600,000 Flee West Mosul Amid Ongoing Military Operations: UN Data

Almost 600,000 Flee West Mosul Amid Ongoing Military Operations: UN Data

May 31, 2017

GENEVA - The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said Tuesday that nearly 600,000 civilians have fled their homes since the Iraqi government started its second...

Putin Visits France, Hopes to Mend Strained Ties with West

Putin Visits France, Hopes to Mend Strained Ties with West

May 30, 2017

VERSAILLES, France - On a visit likely to shape Russia-France ties for years, French President Emmanuel Macron hosted Russian President Vladimir Putin at the sumptuous Palace of...

Kelly Defends Plan for Russia Back Channel as a ‘Good Thing’

Kelly Defends Plan for Russia Back Channel as a ‘Good Thing’

May 30, 2017

WASHINGTON — US Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly is defending an alleged effort by top White House adviser Jared Kushner to create back-channel communications with Russia as...

Trump Calls Germans “Bad, Very Bad” when Criticizing German Trade Surplus

Trump Calls Germans “Bad, Very Bad” when Criticizing German Trade Surplus

May 28, 2017

BERLIN - While meeting with European leaders in Brussels on Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump said "the Germans are bad, very bad" in a way to criticize the German...

Over 60,000 Migrants Reach Europe by Sea this Year: IOM

Over 60,000 Migrants Reach  Europe by Sea this Year: IOM

May 28, 2017

GENEVA - A total of 60,521 migrants and refugees have crossed the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe this year, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) reported...

Pope Asks Trump to be Peacemaker, Gives him Environmental Letter

Pope Asks Trump to be Peacemaker, Gives him Environmental Letter

May 25, 2017

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis urged U.S. President Donald Trump to be a peacemaker at their highly anticipated first meeting on Wednesday, and Trump promised he would not forget the...

Germany Hopes G7 Summit can Help Convince U.S. on Climate

Germany Hopes G7 Summit can Help Convince U.S. on Climate

May 25, 2017

BERLIN - Germany is hoping that a G7 summit in Italy this week can play a role in convincing the United States to remain in the Paris climate agreement, a senior German official said on...

Trump Affirms Peace is “Possible” between Israel and Palestinians

Trump Affirms Peace is “Possible” between Israel and Palestinians

May 24, 2017

JERUSALEM - In the final remarks that concluded his first visit to the region, U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that peace between Israel and the Palestinians is “possible...

Rouhani Calls Donald Trump ‘Intellectually Unstable’

Rouhani Calls Donald Trump  ‘Intellectually Unstable’

May 24, 2017

TEHRAN - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called US President Donald Trump “intellectually unstable”. Rouhani also described Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia...

Iran and IS are Major “Threats” to Middle East: Trump

Iran and IS are Major “Threats”  to Middle East: Trump

May 23, 2017

JERUSALEM - Speaking in an address to the press in Jerusalem on Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran is a "threat" to the region and must stop training...

EU Nations Set tough Negotiating Mandate for Brexit Talks

EU Nations Set tough Negotiating  Mandate for Brexit Talks

May 23, 2017

BRUSSELS - The 27 European Union nations handling Britain's exit from the bloc set a tough negotiating mandate for the talks, the EU's chief negotiator said Monday, stressing that the...

U.S. Top Diplomat Hints at Possible Direct Talks with Iranian Counterpart

U.S. Top Diplomat Hints at Possible  Direct Talks with Iranian Counterpart

May 22, 2017

WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson hinted on Saturday that he was open to direct talks with Iran in the future. In terms of whether I would ever pick the phone up...

Germany Says Considering Jordan as Alternative for Troops in Turkey

Germany Says Considering Jordan as Alternative for Troops in Turkey

May 22, 2017

AMMAN - German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen said Saturday that Jordan has a potential to host German troops currently located in Turkey. The minister said no decision has...

May’s Conservatives on 46 Percent, Labour on 34 Percent Ahead of Election: Orb Poll

May’s Conservatives on 46 Percent, Labour on 34 Percent Ahead of Election: Orb Poll

May 21, 2017

EDINBURGH - British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives have retained their lead over the opposition Labour Party ahead of the June 8 election, but with Labour gaining ground, an Orb...

Not all Issues Discussed at Latest Round of Syria Peace Talks: UN Envoy

Not all Issues Discussed at Latest  Round of Syria Peace Talks: UN Envoy

May 21, 2017

GENEVA - The UN Special Envoy for Syria announced Friday that the latest round of Syria peace talks ended, and he hopes to resume negotiations between warring factions "sometime in...

Trump Says Appointing Special Counsel to Oversee Trump-Russia Probe “Divides Country”

Trump Says Appointing Special Counsel to  Oversee Trump-Russia Probe “Divides Country”

May 20, 2017

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday the appointment of former FBI director Robert Mueller as the special counsel to oversee his campaign’s ties with Russia...