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Putin: No military solution to Syria crisis
At a meeting with King Abdullah II of Jordan in Moscow, Putin praised Jordan’s role in supporting the ongoing efforts to achieve peace in Syria.

At a meeting with King Abdullah II of Jordan in Moscow, Putin praised Jordan’s role in supporting the ongoing efforts to achieve peace in Syria.

An analyst says the Israeli settlements are a "flagrant violation of international law."

Austria’s OMV and Iran’s Dana Energy have signed a basic agreement over cooperation in Iran’s oil and gas development projects.

PLO chief Saeb Erekat lashes out at the new US government for its refusal to comment on Israel’s settlement expansion plans in the West Bank and Eastern Jerusalem al-Quds.

President Trump is ordering the Pentagon to establish “safe zones” in Syria, a policy he once said would “lead to World War III.”

A South Korean Foreign Ministry official says Seoul is considering countermeasures against alleged Chinese retaliation for the planned deployment of a US missile system in South Korea.

The protesters rallied across the streets in the village of Sanabis on Wednesday evening, chanting slogans like “Zealot martyrs will remain in our hearts.”

Nigerian police use tear gas against peaceful protesters demanding the release of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria.

The US will fund President Trump’s construction of a wall on the Mexican border, Paul Ryan says.

Mexico’s opposition calls on the government to bring legal action against US President Donald Trump before the UN.

The US must stop support for terrorism either through Turkey and Saudi Arabia or direct funding of Daesh, says a US lawmaker after a secret meeting with Syria's President Assad.

People gather on the streets of Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province in protest to the suspicious death of a Shia political prisoner.

Lebanese security forces arrested five people over working for the Israeli spy agency Mossad.

The UK and US will “lead together again,” as Britain prepares to exit the EU and Donald Trump becomes the American president

Cuban President Raul Castro voices hopes over the continuation of normalizing ties with the United States.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the approval of 2,500 new settlements is just a “taste” of things to come.

The Human Rights Watch urges US Congress to interrupt a reported Trump decision to reopen “black sites.”

Trump just took the first step to curb the inflow of Mexican immigrants by ordering the construction of a wall on the border.