United States playing terrorism game in Syria, Russian foreign minister tells Tillerson
U.S. secretary of state Rex Tillerson is then expected to deliver a message that the Kremlin faces global isolation if it stands by the regime in Damascus. That does not mean you are going to send in the troops every time there is a skirmish somewhere, but I thought it was very reassuring". White House officials caution that Trump is not preparing to plunge the United States deeper into Syria.
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Does Trump Want Assad To Go? Depends Who You Ask
Mr Johnson was due to visit Russian Federation on Monday for talks with counterpart Sergey Lavrov, which would have been the first visit by a United Kingdom foreign secretary in more than five years. "The Syrian government didn't do it, '" Haley said. On Sunday, Tillerson emphasized that the administration considers defeating the Sunni militants of Islamic State the most pressing concern in Syria, not ousting Assad.
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Media reports blast in mainly Kurdish city in Turkey
Locals have reported a blast in the Turkish city of Diyarbakir and shared pictures of large plumes of gray smoke. The cause of the explosion was not known. Turks are now voting in a referendum to decide whether their constitution should be amended in order to establish a more presidential style system of governance.
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Kay Ivey sworn in as Alabama's 54th governor
Senate, allowing Bentley to choose his successor. Word of Bentley's decision comes on the first day of impeachment hearings . "I love this state and the people who live here, from the bottom of my heart". and the Alabama attorney general's office. It was a stunning reversal for Bentley, dubbed the "Luv Guv" by some local media and bloggers, who said as recently as Friday that he would not step down.
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UK's CDC to invest $100m in Indian renewable energy sector
That is because installing solar, wind and other systems for generating renewable energy became cheaper previous year. The renewables capacity brought online in 2016 is equivalent to that of the world's 16 largest power producing facilities combined.
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Alabama 'Love Gov' Set to Resign to Avoid Impeachment
Just past year, the GOP speaker of the House, Mike Hubbard, was found guilty on twelve counts relating to various misuses of state offices. " Robert Bentley , governor of Alabama, directed law enforcement to advance his personal interests over those of the state", Jack Sharman, special counsel for the House Judiciary Committee, told representatives Monday afternoon.
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North Korea blasts U.S. strikes on Syria, says justify nukes: state media
North Korea marks several major anniversaries this month and often marks the occasions with major tests of military hardware. "Swaggering as a superpower, the United States has been picking only on countries without nuclear weapons and the Trump administration is no exception", the foreign ministry spokesman said, according to KCNA.
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Ministers would consider direct rule if powersharing talks fail, MPs told
Northern Ireland's latest unity government collapsed in January amid deepening disputes between the British Protestants of the Democratic Unionist Party and the Irish Catholics of Sinn Fein. "We take our responsibilities very seriously in relation to political stability and governance, and fundamentally that sense of devolved government serving the people of Northern Ireland".
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Hundreds attend funeral after Egypt church attack
People gather outside the St. George's Church after a suicide bombing, in the Nile Delta town of Tanta, Egypt, Sunday, April 9, 2017. The blast in Egypt's second largest city, which killed 17 including seven police officers, came hours after a bomb struck a Coptic church in Tanta, a nearby city in the Nile Delta, that took the lives of 28 and wounded almost 80.
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Thousands to line streets for funeral of policeman killed in terror attack
The heavily protected route was lined with officers - as many as 5,000 according to some predictions - from every force in the country, as well as ambulance workers and firefighters. His coffin then travelled along 2.6 miles of streets, avoiding the scene of last month's atrocity on Westminster Bridge, on its journey to Southwark Cathedral in central London.
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UKIP's Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs spokesman condemns Spanish incursion into Gibraltar waters
Spanish Foreign Minister Alfonso Dastis said "the Spanish government is a little surprised, actually, by the tone that has been generated in Britain, a country traditionally known for its composure". After all, some 10,000 Spaniards cross the frontier to work in Gibraltar every day, aiding a border region plagued by unemployment. Voters in Gibraltar, a strategically important rocky outpost at the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea, rejected the idea of Britain sharing sovereignty with ...
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Russia and Iran affirm commitment to Syrian government
The strike completed a policy reversal for President Donald Trump - who once warned America to stay out of the conflict - and drew angry responses from Damascus and its main ally, Russia. Given all of this, Sanders reiterated that Trump needs congressional approval to take further military action on Syria, or any other country, for that matter, The Hill reported .







