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Syrian troops crushed pockets of rebel soldiers Tuesday on the outskirts of Damascus and the U.N. Security Council took up a draft resolution demanding that President Bashar Assad halt the violence and yield power.
Continue readingSyrian troops crushed pockets of rebel soldiers Tuesday on the outskirts of Damascus and the U.N. Security Council took up a draft resolution demanding that President Bashar Assad halt the violence and yield power.
Continue readingSanctions and diplomacy still have a chance to persuade Iran to give up its nuclear program as Tehran’s leaders have shown a rational “cost-benefit approach” in their calculations, US intelligence chiefs said Tuesday.
Continue readingThe Egyptian justice minister returned a letter Tuesday from the U.S. Ambassador to Egypt asking him to re-examine the issue of Americans barred from leaving the country.
Continue readingUN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has indicated he will press Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday to make a “gesture” on settlement building in the Palestinian territories to boost peace talks.
Continue readingWestern powers on Tuesday ramped up the diplomatic pressure on Russia to accept a UN Security Council resolution demanding Syrian President Bashar al-Assad halt a deadly crackdown and resign.
Continue readingEgypt’s Islamist-dominated parliament flexed its newly acquired powers Tuesday, accusing the country’s military rulers of overstepping their powers by imposing a new presidential election law before the legislators were even seated.
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