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  • The Philippine military claimed 15 were killed and at least 7 were wounded in its latest offensive against terrorists in Butig, Lanao del Sur, where local terror organizations Maute Group and the…

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  • Several dozen Turkish soldiers have sought asylum in Germany, a media report said on Saturday, quoting officers who said they fear jail and possibly torture back home.

    Around 43,000 people…

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  • British Prime Minister Theresa May has signed a $125 million defense equipment deal with Turkey, as the two countries promised to ramp up trade partnerships.

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  • New commercial satellite imagery indicates North Korea has resumed operation of a reactor at its main nuclear site used to produce plutonium for its nuclear weapons program, a US think tank said…

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  • French President Francois Hollande urged Europe to form a united front and provide a firm response to US President Donald Trump, at a gathering of southern European Union leaders on Saturday.

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  • President Donald Trump was on diplomatic desk duty on Saturday, fielding a flurry of prearranged phone calls from foreign leaders as his executive order creating an immigration crackdown in the…

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  • British Prime Minister Theresa May on Saturday met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a day after a friendly meeting in Washington with US President Donald Trump.

    May flew…

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  • Nikki Haley, the new US ambassador to the United Nations, has said Donald Trump’s new administration will push for an overhaul of the world body and bluntly warned those who oppose Washington’s…

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  • The conflict-driven food crisis in Yemen could become a full-blown famine this year, the UN’s humanitarian chief has warned.

    Two million people need emergency food aid to survive and child…

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  • Denmark will become the first country in the world to appoint a special “digital ambassador” to work on building ties with the globe’s tech giants, according to the country’s foreign minister.

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  • Britain is becoming subservient to a United States that will be extremely difficult to cooperate with judging by President Donald Trump’s “serious and worrying” first acts, French presidential…

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  • Poland wants to convince German Chancellor Angela Merkel during her trip to Warsaw in February to support its ideas for reforming the European Union, Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo said on…

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  • Thousands of people who fled the eastern half of Mosul due to recent fighting have returned to their homes in the last two days, an Iraqi relief worker said on Friday.

    “Some 5,200 people…

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  • China is drawing attention to its indigenous fighter-bomber, the Xian JH-7, also known as the Jianhong-7, ahead of one of its biggest national holidays.

    On Friday, state-owned news service…

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  • US President Donald Trump on Friday pledged America’s “lasting support” with Britain after he emerged from his first meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May, a leader hoping to nudge the…

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  • Leaders of seven southern European Union nations meet in Lisbon on Saturday to forge a common approach to deal with Britain’s looming exit from the bloc and the new protectionist administration of…

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  • A Czech court has rejected a discrimination suit filed by a Somali refugee who was banned from wearing her headscarf in a nursing school, the first case of its kind in the European Union state.

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  • Greece's Supreme Court has ruled against extraditing eight Turkish air force officers, in a decision likely to complicate relations between the two countries.

    Turkey said it would review…

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  • British Prime Minister Theresa May embraced US President Donald Trump as a friend and ally, but cautioned him not to turn his back on global institutions and long-established political values.

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  • UN-hosted negotiations on the Syrian conflict planned for February 8 in Geneva, Switzerland, have been postponed until the end of that month, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday…

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  • Russian and US presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump plan to hold a phone conversation on Saturday.

    “Yes, I confirm this,” Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told TASS.

    The US…

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  • Francois Fillon has promised to hit back fast with the facts that show his British wife Penelope is above suspicion, after prosecutors launched a preliminary investigation into claims that she…

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  • Jubilant Gambians have welcomed home President Adama Barrow, who was elected almost two months ago but forced to flee to Senegal when his predecessor refused to step aside.

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  • The terrorist group al-Shabaab said on Friday its fighters killed dozens of Kenyan troops when they attacked a remote military base in Somalia the previous day, a claim denied by the Kenyan Army…

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  • When Donald Trump complained that there were more German cars in New York than US cars in Germany, Sigmar Gabriel said “the US will have to build better cars”. And now he’s looking to become…

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