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A Turkish flag flies at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, February 28, 2020. REUTERS/Francois LenoirBRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO head Jens Stoltenberg urged Russia and Syria on Friday to halt their Idlib offensive and said the military alliance stood in solidarity with member state Turkey, which lost 33 soldiers in an…

By Jonathan Spicer and Khalil AshawiISTANBUL (Reuters) - With nearly one million displaced Syrians massing near the Turkish border in the face of a Syrian government military offensive, President Tayyip Erdogan’s options are narrowing.He feels blindsided by Russia’s push into Syria’s Idlib region and the risk of full-blown conflict is…

OSLO (Reuters) - Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg, pro-democracy campaigners in Hong Kong and the NATO military alliance are among those tipped for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize, following nominations by politicians. FILE PHOTO: Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg speaks during the Fridays for Future protest in Hamburg, Germany February…

By Jonathan Landay and Arshad MohammedWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States wants Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to defer his second-term inauguration over concerns it could inflame an election feud with his political rival and jeopardize U.S.-led peacemaking efforts, two sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.Ghani claimed victory last…

Murphy, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Sunday that "it stands to reason" the Russians want Trump reelected, calling him "a gift to Russia." "Of course, it stands to reason that they want Donald Trump reelected because he has been a gift to Russia,” Murphy said. "He…

By Abdul Qadir Sediqi and Orooj HakimiKABUL, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Taliban fighters and Afghan security forces clashed in parts of Afghanistan on Saturday, a day after a week-long "reduction in violence" was announced, but the incidents did not spark immediate alarm on either side.If the violence reduction period is…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has ousted the Pentagon’s top policy official who had certified last year that Ukraine had made enough anti-corruption progress to justify the Trump administration’s release of congressionally authorized aid to Kyiv in its conflict against Russian-backed separatists. John Rood resigned Wednesday, saying he was…

Tom Vanden Brook and David Jackson USA TODAY Published 1:14 PM EST Feb 19, 2020 WASHINGTON – A top Pentagon official involved in the controversial aid deal to Ukraine that resulted in President Donald Trump's impeachment announced his resignation at Trump's request on Wednesday. In his resignation letter, Rood noted that Defense…

MUNICH: Top US officials fired a fresh broadside at Huawei on Saturday, warning the Chinese tech giant posed a threat to NATO if allies allowed it to build new 5G communications networks. Washington has been pressing European allies hard to ban Huawei, one of the world's largest tech firms, from…

The United States and the Taliban have secured a seven-day reduction in violence in Afghanistan, Pentagon chief Mark Esper said, raising hopes for a peace agreement to end the 18-year-old war. "We've said all along that the best, if not the only, solution in Afghanistan is a political agreement. Progress has been…