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Trump-Putin summit opens without election talk
Associated Press, Published on 16/07/2018
» HELSINKI: President Donald Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin have had a "good start" to their high-stakes summit in Finland.
UN: 10,000 children killed, maimed in conflicts last year
Associated Press, Published on 28/06/2018
» UNITED NATIONS: More than 10,000 children were killed or maimed amid armed conflicts worldwide last year, while others were raped, forced to serve as armed soldiers or caught in attacks on schools and hospitals, a United Nations report said on Wednesday.
Facebook: Censoring nudity, looking for hate speech
Associated Press, Published on 16/05/2018
» SAN FRANCISCO: Getting rid of racism, sexism and "hateful remarks" on Facebook is challenging for the company because computer programs have difficulties understanding the nuances of human language, the company said Tuesday.
Trump warns Iran against resuming nuclear programme
Associated Press, Published on 10/05/2018
» WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump warned Iran on Wednesday against resuming its nuclear weapons programme, a day after announcing that he was withdrawing the US from the landmark Iran nuclear deal.
Putin sworn in for fourth term
Associated Press, Published on 07/05/2018
» MOSCOW: Vladimir Putin took the oath of office Monday for his fourth term as Russian president, promising to pursue an economic agenda that would boost living standards across the country.
'Mission Accomplished' in Syria, Trump declares
Associated Press, Published on 14/04/2018
» WASHINGTON: Allied missiles struck at the heart of Syrian chemical weapons arsenal in a show of force and resolve aimed at punishing the Assad government for a suspected poison gas attack against civilians and deterring the possible future use of such banned weapons.
Myanmar military put on UN blacklist for sexual violence
Associated Press, Published on 14/04/2018
» UNITED NATIONS: A new UN report puts Myanmar's armed forces on a UN blacklist of government and rebel groups "credibly suspected" of carrying out rapes and other acts of sexual violence in conflict for the first time.
Trump says he'll fire missiles at Syrian 'Gas Killing Animal' Assad
Associated Press, Published on 11/04/2018
» BEIRUT: A senior Russian lawmaker on Wednesday morning warned the United States that Russia would view an airstrike on Syria as a war crime, but US President Donald Trump then tweeted that "missiles are coming" and called Syrian President Bashar Assad a "Gas Killing Animal".
Security Council deadlocks again on Syria chemical attacks
Associated Press, Published on 11/04/2018
» UNITED NATIONS: Rival US and Russian resolutions to determine responsibility for chemical weapons attacks in Syria suffered defeats at the United Nations on Tuesday, a result that the Russian ambassador said the Trump administration wanted so it can "justify the use of force against Syria."
Trump threatens Syria strike, cancels summit travel
Associated Press, Published on 10/04/2018
» WASHINGTON: After threatening a military strike against Syria, President Donald Trump on Tuesday cancelled plans to travel to South America later this week, choosing to stay in the United States to manage the response to an apparent chemical weapons attack.