BRUSSELS, Nov 13, (APP/AFP) – The British and French foreign ministers are to miss special talks with their EU counterparts on Sunday to discuss Donald Trump’s stunning US election win in a sign of divisions over how to deal with the new president. European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini summoned the ministers for dinner […]
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British, French ministers snub EU talks on Trump
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Trump likely to end aid for rebels fighting Syrian government
NEW YORK, Nov 12 (APP): US President-elect Donald Trump would abandon the Obama administration’s policy in Syria of supporting ‘moderate’ opposition groups to one focused on combating Da’esh/Islamic State, stressing defeat of the extremist group rather than ousting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. “I’ve had an opposite view of many people regarding Syria,” Trump said in […]
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Over 1,000 anti-Trump demonstrators march in New York 3rd night, 11 arrested
NEW YORK, Nov 11 (APP): Anti-Trump protesters marched through Manhattan for the third straight night Friday to denounce the President-elect in his hometown. Police made 11 arrests as demonstrators, whose ranks swelled to about 1,000, made their way to Trump’s namesake tower in Midtown. The New York Police Department (NYPD) blocked the crowd from approaching […]
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Intense’ fighting in Mosul as civilians flee
MOSUL, Iraq, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Elite Iraqi forces were engaged in “intense” fighting with militants in eastern Mosul on Saturday, an officer said, as civilians gathered on the city’s outskirts to flee. Iraqi forces launched a massive operation to retake the country’s second city from the Islamic State group on October 17, and the Counter-Terrorism Service […]
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US grand jury indicts former Autonomy CFO
SAN FRANCISCO,(MILLAT+APP/AFP) – An indictment has been issued by a US grand jury for a former Autonomy executive accused of inflating British software firm’s financial performance before Hewlett-Packard paid $11 billion for it in 2011. Former Autonomy chief financial officer Sushovan Hussain of Britain was charged with fraud and conspiracy crimes carrying a maximum sentence […]
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Trump weighs cabinet picks and ‘amended’ Obamacare
WASHINGTON,(MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Donald Trump is to huddle Saturday with his White House transition team for a second day over cabinet picks as the president-elect says he is open to keeping parts of President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law. The billionaire real estate mogul said in interviews that he would consider an “amended” version of the […]