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Chinese Xi Begins his Long-African Journey
Chinese President Xi Jinping heads to Africa this week after a brief stop in the Persian Gulf
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Russia, Tajikistan holding 4-day anti-Taliban drills near Afghan border
Russia and Tajikistan on Tuesday began joint military exercises near the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border to prepare to ward off potential Taliban attacks
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Russian Woman Arrested in US over Spying Issues
A 29-year-old gun-rights activist served as a covert Russian agent while living in Washington, gathering intelligence on American officials and political organizations and working to establish back-channel lines of communications for the Kremlin, federal prosecutors charged Monday
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US Accepts Direct Talks with Taliban
The Trump administration has told its top diplomats to seek direct talks with the Taliban, a significant shift in American policy in Afghanistan, done in the hope of jump-starting negotiations to end the 17-year war
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British PM: Donald Trump told me to sue the EU
British PM Theresa May has revealed that Donald Trump advised her to “sue the European Union” rather than negotiate with the 27-country during his visit to the UK on Friday
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Trump Threatens to Pull US out of NATO
President Donald Trump’s demands that NATO member nations dramatically increase their spending on defense led leaders of the military alliance to meet in an emergency session on Thursday, officials said
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President Ghani Meets with Mogherini
According to a statement issued by the EU, president Ghani met with Federica Mogherini on the side-line of NATO summit in Brussels
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Turkey; Death toll from Train Crash Rises
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has already offered his condolences to the families
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Pompeo and his Japanese Counterpart Discuss NKorea Denuclearization
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono have reconfirmed how the two nations will work together, in coordination with South Korea, in a joint effort to achieve a denuclearized North Korea
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Son of ISIL Leader Al-Baghdadi Reportedly Killed in Syria
According to some western media outlets quotes from sources close to ISIL, the son was killed fighting Russian and Syrian government troops in Homs
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