The United States and its allies launched airstrikes on the Iraqi city of Tikrit, the Defence Department said late Wednesday, in support of an Iraqi government offensive to retake the northern city from the radicals. The operation by the US-led coalition had been requested by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, the[…]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologized to Israel’s Arab citizens on Monday for remarks he made during last week’s parliament election that offended members of the community. The move appeared to be an attempt to heal rifts and mute criticism at home and in the United States. Netanyahu drew accusations of racism[…]
The Obama administration signaled on Wednesday it could take a tougher stance toward Benjamin Netanyahu following his decisive Israeli election victory and campaign tack to the right, saying there will be consequences for his sudden reversal on the idea of an independent Palestinian state. While senior American officials said the[…]
The U.S. Army began destroying the nation’s largest remaining stockpile of chemical weapons Wednesday, using explosives to rip open a container of mustard agent inside a sealed chamber and then flooding it with another chemical to neutralize it. It was the first few pounds of 2,600 tons of mustard agent[…]
Syrian state media said the country’s air defenses shot down a U.S. reconnaissance aircraft Tuesday in a northwestern province along the Mediterranean coast. A U.S. official said a U.S. Predator drone went down in Syria, but it’s not clear whether it was shot down. The official, who spoke on condition[…]
In an unusually upbeat assessment, Iran’s top nuclear official said Tuesday his government’s main disagreements with the U.S. and its negotiating partners have been resolved and expressed optimism about meeting a late March deadline for a framework deal. Now in their second extension, the talks have made headway in recent[…]
Bashar al-Assad has replied to John Kerry’s remarks that Syria should be included in negotiations to reach a political transition, saying his government will decide on the issue after seeing “actions”. The Syrian president was responding to comments by the US secretary of state during an Sunday interview to American[…]
A U.N. nuclear agency official probing allegations that Iran worked on atomic arms says talks in Tehran were “useful” and the sides have agreed to meet again next month. Tero Varjoranta says there was agreement to “speed up” the process, but gave no details Tuesday. The talks were the first[…]
A senior U.S. official is tamping down expectations that negotiations with Iran will result in a formal, preliminary deal this month outlining constraints on Tehran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief for the Islamic Republic. The official says the two sides are aiming only for “an understanding that’s going[…]
Police in Ferguson, Missouri, routinely engaged in racial bias and stereotyping, the U.S. Justice Department is said to have concluded following an investigation sparked by the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen. A report expected to be released as early as Wednesday details a sweeping pattern of discrimination not[…]
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