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US won’t walk away from Syria war until talks progress: Mattis

  • US won’t walk away from Syria war until talks progress: Mattis Washington, (MILLAT ONLINE):A US-led coalition will forge ahead in its fight against the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq until a UN peace process makes further headway, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Monday. “We’re not just going to walk away right now until […]

  • Lebanon’s Maronite patriarch makes historic Saudi visit

    Lebanon’s Maronite patriarch makes historic Saudi visit Riyadh, (MILLAT ONLINE):Lebanon’s Christian Maronite patriarch arrived in Riyadh Monday on a historic visit amid tensions between the two countries after the shock resignation of Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri. Bechara al-Rahi is expected to meet Hariri, who stepped down during a televised address on November 4 from […]

  • US slams Venezuela at UN meeting boycotted by Russia, China

    US slams Venezuela at UN meeting boycotted by Russia, China United Nations, (MILLAT ONLINE):US Ambassador Nikki Haley slammed Venezuela as an “increasingly violent narco-state” that poses a threat to world security at a UN meeting boycotted by Russia and China. Haley said the informal Security Council meeting was to draw international attention to the political […]

  • Iran quake survivors spend second night in the open air

    Iran quake survivors spend second night in the open air Tehran, (MILLAT ONLINE):Tens of thousands of Iranians spent a second night in the open air after a 7.3-magnitude quake struck near the border with Iraq, killing more than 400. People who had fled their homes when the quake rocked the mountainous region spanning Iran’s western […]

  • Myanmar’s Suu Kyi meets Tillerson, UN chief on Rohingya crisis

    Myanmar’s Suu Kyi meets Tillerson, UN chief on Rohingya crisis Manila, (MILLAT ONLINE):Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi faced rising global pressure Tuesday to solve the crisis for her nation’s displaced Rohingya Muslim minority, meeting the UN chief and America’s top diplomat in the Philippines. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres told the Nobel laureate that […]

  • British PM May embarks on parliamentary Brexit clash

    British PM May embarks on parliamentary Brexit clash London, (MILLAT ONLINE):British Prime Minister Theresa May begins a major parliamentary battle over Brexit on Tuesday, facing competing demands by MPs to change her strategy as tensions rise among her scandal-hit ministers. MPs will have their first chance to scrutinise the EU Withdrawal Bill, which would formally […]