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Germany proposes short-term jobs for half a million Syrian refugees

Germany proposes creating 500,000 short-term jobs for Syrian immigrants. The proposal will be presen...

Jan 27, 2016 08:58 AM EST

Ease European Union Trade Rules With Jordan, Britain's Prime Minister Urges

The Prime Minister of Britain is urging European Union leaders to relax the trade rules with Jordan ...

Jan 21, 2016 09:57 AM EST

France launches air strikes in Syria; Paris investigation widens

French warplanes pounded Islamic State positions in Syria on Sunday as police in Europe widened thei...

Nov 15, 2015 08:44 PM EST

Netanyahu Holocaust comment not backed by scholarly evidence?: U.S.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's comments on Wednesday linking a Muslim leader to the Hol...

Oct 22, 2015 03:40 AM EDT

Putin uses Assad visit to talk up Kremlin role as Syria broker

Vladimir Putin used a rare visit to Moscow by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to talk up the Kremli...

Oct 21, 2015 06:44 PM EDT

In rich Gulf Arab states, some feel shamed by refugee response

When Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, fellow Gulf states raced to shelter thousands of displaced Kuwaiti...

Sep 07, 2015 02:23 AM EDT

Austria plans to end measures allowing migrants from Hungary and move 'towards normality'

Austria said on Sunday it planned to end emergency measures that have allowed thousands of refugees ...

Sep 06, 2015 11:12 PM EDT

FBI says still not known if Tennessee shooting suspect was radicalized

The FBI still has not determined whether the suspect in the fatal shootings of five U.S. servicemen ...

Jul 22, 2015 07:08 PM EDT

Obama sends Iran deal to wary Congress, Israel urges rejection

President Barack Obama's administration sent a nuclear agreement with Tehran to Congress on Sunday a...

Jul 19, 2015 05:43 PM EDT

Syrian rebels capture army base in south: rebels, monitor

Rebel fighters captured a major base from the Syrian army in the south of the country on Tuesday, re...

Jun 09, 2015 09:50 AM EDT

South Korea fights to contain MERS outbreak, considers tough measures

South Korea struggled to contain an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) on Monday as...

Jun 01, 2015 09:05 AM EDT

Islamic State takes control of Syria's Palmyra in westward advance

Islamic State seized full control of the historic city of Palmyra in central Syria on Thursday, just...

May 21, 2015 09:13 AM EDT

U.S. military starts training Syrian fighters to combat Islamic State

The United States has begun a long-awaited program to train Syrian fighters to go into combat agains...

May 08, 2015 10:21 AM EDT

Arab states want U.N. to blacklist former Yemen president's son

Gulf Arab countries and Jordan want the United Nations Security Council to blacklist the son of Yeme...

Apr 08, 2015 06:25 AM EDT

Japan eyes MI6-style spy agency as it seeks to shed pacifist past

Japan is looking into creating an overseas intelligence agency possibly modeled on Britain's MI6 spy...

Mar 06, 2015 08:45 AM EST

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