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The U.N. General Assembly has, for the first time, held a debate on a global nuclear arms ban. More than 120 countries endorsed such a treaty, but forty U.N. members stayed away from the talks. The U.S. envoy said national security required nuclear a
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Donald Trump has signed an executive order overturning measures put in place by Barack Obama to curb global warming in a move the president described as ending the war on coal. The new measures include lifting restrictions on green-house gas emission
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The senior Democrat politician on the US Senate Intelligence Committee has accused Russia of mounting what it called a propaganda campaign on steroids in seeking to influence the 2016 US presidential election. Senator Mark Warner was speaking at the
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The head of the main opposition party in Paraguay says a young activist has been shot and killed during protest against moves to allow President Horacio Cartes to stand for a second term. The Liberal Party said the young man was one of several wounde
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There has been a furious international reaction to the suspected gas attack on a rebel-held town in Syria that's reported to have killed at least 58 people. A Syrian government source has denied using chemical weapons. United Nations Security Council
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President Trump has described the gassing of dozens of people during an air raid in northern Syria as an affront to humanity, and that it had very much changed his attitude towards President Bashar al-Assad. Western powers have blamed Mr. Assad's gov
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The United States has said it could take further military action against the Syrian government over its use of chemical weapons hours after it fired cruise missiles at a Syrian air base. The US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said stopping the use a
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President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has declared a three-month state of emergency throughout Egypt following the death of more than 40 people in two bomb attacks on Coptic churches. The 27 worshipers who lost their lives in the first explosion at the chur
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The US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says there will be no role for the Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in a future Syria. Mr. Tillerson called suspected use of chemical weapons on Tuesday a serious matter which required a serious response. Reports
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The US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is in Russia for talks as tensions grow between Moscow and Washington over Syria. He is the most senior US official to visit Moscow since President Trump took office. Earlier Mr. Tillerson warned that Russia wa
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The US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has held a nearly two hours of talks with President Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Mr. Tillerson called the discussions productive but he said the world's two foremost nuclear powers could no
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The United States military says it's dropped its most powerful non-nuclear bomb for the first time, using it to target hideouts of the Islamic State group in the Afghan province of Nangarhar.. The Pentagon said the strike was designed to hit IS caves
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Tens of thousands of North Korean soldiers and civilians are taking part in celebrations to mark the anniversary on Saturday of the birth of the countrys founder Kimll-sung. Along with the traditional parade of missile launches and other military har
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The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says voters have approved plans to increase his powers with a clear majority. He told a press conference the yes side got a million votes more than the no side, and that the constitutional changes would now
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A senior member of North Koreas government has warned that his country would react with a pre-emptive nuclear strike if it saw signs that the US was preparing to launch an attack. Speaking to the BBC, the Vice Foreign Minister Kung Sok-Ung said there
