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Pentagon moves to cut U.S. participation...

Pentagon moves to cut U.S. participation in some NATO groups

Pentagon moves to cut U.S. participation in some NATO groups **Pentagon Realigns Resources, Reducing Footprint in Select NATO Entities** Washington D.C. – The Department of Defense is initiating a strategic realignment of its resources within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO),... read more »

Sheryl Sandberg denies Facebook has `teenager problem`
At Davos, Trumps Greenland gambit prompt...

At Davos, Trumps Greenland gambit prompts European backlash

At Davos, Trumps Greenland gambit prompts European backlash **Title: Greenland Proposal Exacerbates Transatlantic Tensions at Davos** Davos, Switzerland – The World Economic Forum in Davos has been overshadowed by renewed anxieties regarding the trajectory of transatlantic relations, following... read more »

Killer of Japanese leader Shinzo Abe sen...

Killer of Japanese leader Shinzo Abe sentenced to life in prison

Killer of Japanese leader Shinzo Abe sentenced to life in prison **Life Imprisonment for Assassin of Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe** NARA, Japan – Tetsuya Yamagami has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a crime that... read more »

Syrian government, SDF agree on a four-d...

Syrian government, SDF agree on a four-day ceasefire

Syrian government, SDF agree on a four-day ceasefire **Fragile Ceasefire in Syria as Accusations of Violations Mount** Beirut – A tentative ceasefire agreement between the Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), brokered to de-escalate tensions in the region, is facing... read more »

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Russia denies contacts with Taliban

Russia denies contacts with Taliban

Moscow – The Russian foreign ministry Wednesday denied media reports that a diplomat has held talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban movement over the release of a Russian held captive since... read more »

Japan to set up US-style security agency

Japan to set up US-style security agency

Tokyo – A committee under the Japanese lower house Wednesday passed a bill on establishing a US-style National Security Council (NSC) to make... read more »

UN, India push for presidential re-vote in Maldives

UN, India push for presidential re-vote in Maldives

Male – A senior UN official began a two-day mission to the Maldives Wednesday along with Indian diplomats to push for free and fair presidential... read more »

Tajikistan’s Imomali Rakhmon re-elected president

Tajikistan's Imomali Rakhmon re-elected president

Tajikistan’s President Imomali Rakhmon has won a new seven-year term in Wednesday’s election, receiving 83.1 percent of the vote after all ballots... read more »

Israeli settlements are illegitimate, Kerry says

Israeli settlements are illegitimate, Kerry says

US Secretary of State John Kerry has called settlements constructed by the Israeli regime on occupied Palestinian lands “illegitimate”. Kerry made... read more »

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World News in Brief: Repression in Uganda, fighting in Syrias Aleppo continues, Gaza and W...

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Irans army pledges to defend national interests after US backs pr...

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