MOSCOW, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Russia and the United States discussed the Syrian conflict in New York, hours after clashing over the issue at the United Nations, the Russian foreign ministry said Thursday. US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov talked first by telephone “at the initiative of the Americans”, the ministry […]
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Kerry, Lavrov discuss Syria in New York: Moscow
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US celebrities diss Trump, rally voters to the polls
NEW YORK, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Some of America’s biggest stars — including actors Robert Downey Jr and Scarlett Johansson — appear in a short video unveiled Wednesday, taking potshots at Donald Trump while rallying voters to the polls on election day. “On Tuesday, November 8, this country will make one of the most important decisions in […]
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Obama urges calm in calls to Charlotte, Tulsa mayors
WASHINGTON, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – US President Barack Obama on Wednesday called the mayors of Tulsa and Charlotte, where the shootings of two black men by police have reignited summer-long racial unrest, urging a calm response to protests. “Both mayors provided the President with an update on the situation on the ground and the protests in their […]
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Missiles, tanks on show at Iran military parade
TEHRAN, (APP/AFP): Iran showed off missiles, warplanes, tanks and marching troops on Wednesday in a display of military strength in the face of growing regional tensions. The Islamic republic used the 36th anniversary of the start of the Iran-Iraq war to parade arms including 16 ballistic missiles through Tehran. A new missile with multiple warheads, […]
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Four medics killed in strike on clinic near Syria’s Aleppo: NGO
BEIRUT, (APP/AFP) – Four medics were killed and a nurse critically wounded when an air strike hit a clinic in a village near Syria’s second city Aleppo late Tuesday, the aid group that supports it said. The four staff of the Union of Syrian Medical Relief Organisations (UOSSM) were in two ambulances that had been […]
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Drone strike kills two suspected Qaeda members in Yemen
ADEN,(APP/AFP) – An apparent US drone strike in Yemen killed two suspected Al-Qaeda members and caused a large explosion when munitions they were transporting blew up, a security official and witnesses said Wednesday. Washington is the only government to operate drones over Yemen but only periodically releases statements on its long-running bombing campaign against the […]