VIENNA (AP) — In the wake of spiraling tensions between the United States and Iran over Tehran’s violent crackdown on protests, analysts warn that the internal upheaval affecting the Iranian theocracy could carry nuclear proliferation…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Trump to hold Board of Peace signing ceremony in Davos, but participants may be limited
The US is planning to hold a signing ceremony for President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace later this week, as it seeks to jumpstart phase two of his Gaza peace plan while also turning the nascent international oversight body as the…
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‘Content to die’: Afghanistan’s hunger crisis worsened by winter, aid cuts
KABUL, Jan 20 (Reuters) – In the dull glow of a single bulb lighting their tent on the outskirts of Kabul, Samiullah and his wife Bibi Rehana sit down to dry bread and tea, their only meal of the day, accompanied by their five children and…
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France intends to decline invitation to Trump's Board of Peace, Macron spokesperson says
European diplomats say the initiative raises ‘major questions’ about the UN and international law, with one warning that ‘no European country is expected to go along with this.’ Sources cite Putin’s invitation and Trump’s Greenland threats as key…
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Syria says 120 Islamic State detainees escaped prison; Kurdish website said 1,500 escaped
CAIRO, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Syria’s Interior Ministry said on Tuesday that about 120 Islamic State detainees escaped from Shaddadi prison, after the Kurdish website Rudaw reported that a spokesperson for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces,…
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Iran official announces internet back by Friday
Iran’s internet will return to normal by the end of the week, announced Hossein Afshin, Iranian Vice-President for Science Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy, in an interview with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-linked Tasnim News…
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Syria-SDF peace deal could lead to Turkey-PKK peace
A deal under which Kurdish forces abandoned long-held territory in Syria to the Syrian government could pave the way for Turkey to advance its stalled effort to end its decades-long conflict with the PKK, Turkish politicians and officials said on…
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Trump ratchets up Greenland rhetoric as allies seek to bring tensions down
NUUK, Greenland (AP) — US President Donald Trump linked his aggressive stance on Greenland to last year’s decision not to award him the Nobel Peace Prize, telling Norway’s prime minister that he no longer felt “an obligation to…
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Syria offensive leaves Turkey’s Kurds on edge
Turkey’s Kurds are hoping that Ankara’s bid to end the decades-long PKK conflict won’t be hurt by Damascus’ lightning offensive against Kurdish fighters in northern Syria that was backed by Turkey.
A close ally of the new post Bashar al-Assad…
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Trump demands end to clashes with Kurds in call with Syria's Sharaa
US President Donald Trump called Syria’s interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, and secured a pledge from the leader to not enter al-Hasakeh as Syrian forces clashed with the Kurdish-led SDF.
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