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Maritime disputes loom large as US, China hold talks
AFP, Published on 06/06/2016
» BEIJING - Mounting tensions over South China Sea territorial rows could overshadow US-China talks in Beijing Monday, after the two global powers exchanged barbs over the disputed waterway.
Kerry won't be sidelined from Iran talks by broken leg
AFP, Published on 02/06/2015
» WASHINGTON - Top diplomat John Kerry is committed to reaching a nuclear deal with Iran and plans to join the final negotiations in late June despite breaking his leg in a serious cycling accident, US officials said Monday.
Nigeria delays elections as Boko Haram conflict spirals
AFP, Published on 08/02/2015
» Nigeria has postponed its presidential election on security grounds as the Boko Haram conflict intensifies, handing a potential lifeline to the ruling party as it battles a tough challenge from the opposition.
Ex-colleague shoots dead American in Saudi capital
AFP, Published on 14/10/2014
» A former employee of a US defence contractor shot dead one American colleague and wounded another in the Saudi capital Tuesday, officials said, in a rare attack on Westerners in the kingdom.
US-led warplanes pound jihadist sites as Kurds hold out in Kobane
AFP, Published on 09/10/2014
» MURSITPINAR (TURKEY) - US-led warplanes on Wednesday intensified bombing raids against jihadists advancing on the strategic Syrian border town of Kobane, in a desperate bid to help Kurdish forces who are holding out despite the Islamic State group's three-week assault.
France mounts Iraq strikes as jihadists advance in Syria
AFP, Published on 20/09/2014
» BAGHDAD - France mounted its first air strike to beat back the Islamic State group in Iraq, even as jihadists across the border in Syria seized dozens of Kurdish villages in a lightning offensive.
France mounts Iraq strikes as jihadists advance in Syria
AFP, Published on 19/09/2014
» France mounted its first air strike to beat back the Islamic State group in Iraq on Friday, even as jihadists across the border in Syria seized dozens of Kurdish villages in a lightning offensive.
US credits Assad over Syria chemical arms destruction
AFP, Published on 07/10/2013
» President Bashar al-Assad can take "credit" for moving quickly to eliminate Syria's chemical arms, the United States said Monday, as disarmament experts declared Damascus was being "cooperative."
Obama cancels Asia stops
AFP, Published on 02/10/2013
» President Barack Obama Wednesday cancelled two Asia stops next week and could also miss a pair of summits, after a government shutdown inflicted a new dent in his policy pivot to the Pacific.