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Dozens of Turkish soldiers dead,won’t stop Syrian refugees going to Europe
ANKARA/ISTANBUL: Turkey faced with a possible new wave of Syrian migrants and dozens more dead Turkish soldiers in Idlib, will no longer stop Syrian refugees from reaching Europe, a senior Turkish official said as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan chaired an
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Senate committee passes bipartisan Bill to stop Trump withdrawing from Nato
Legislation to stop Donald Trump from withdrawing the US from Nato has been approved for a Senate vote, amid uncertainty over the president’s intentions towards the alliance. The Senate foreign relations committee yesterday voted unanimously for the bipartisan bill which will now
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‘Nasty’, ‘two-faced’, ‘brain dead’: NATO pulls off summit despite insults
NATO leaders set aside public insults ranging from “delinquent” to “brain dead” and “two-faced” yesterday, declaring at a 70th anniversary summit they would stand together against a common threat from Russia and prepare for China’s rise. Officials insisted the summit
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Erdogan: Stop linking Islam with terrorism
LONDON: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday condemned those who use the word ‘Islam’ as an adjective to describe terrorism, Anadolu Agency reported. “Islam is a religion of peace,” Erdogan said during an event at a venue in east London
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Trump off to London for NATO summit, told to stop being nosy on British polls
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump leaves for a NATO summit in London today and he is under pressure from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resist the temptation to wade into the British election campaign coming up later this month.
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Russian police deploy in Syria’s Kobani, Trump claims ceasefire ‘permanent’
MOSCOW/ANKARA/WASHINGTON: Russian military police started to deploy on Syria’s northeast border yesterday under a deal with Turkey to drive out Kurdish fighters, marking Moscow’s deepening influence in the region two weeks after the US pulled out forces. Turkey announced that
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Erdogan: Why can’t Turkey have nuclear weapons?
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday that it was unacceptable for nuclear-armed states to forbid Ankara from obtaining its own nuclear weapons, but did not say whether Turkey had plans to obtain them. “Some countries have missiles with nuclear
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