U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday endorsed Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's plans to mend Baghdad's relations with Sunnis and Kurds, and said Iraq's new government was "the heart and backbone" of the fight against Islamic State. Kerry, on a tour of the Middle East to build ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Struggling Syrian rebels that President Barack Obama once derided as "former doctors, farmers, pharmacists and so forth" now form a key pillar of the U.S. leader's strategy to beat back the militant insurgency known as Islamic State. For over three years, Obama has kept ...
BAGHDAD (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday that neither the United States nor the rest of the world will stand by and watch the Islamic State militant group spread its evil./ Kerry was in Baghdad to meet with Iraq's new leaders and pledge U.S. support for eliminating the ...
Iran stands aside as Iraq's new leader names some Sunnis and Kurds to high posts/ Unity government in Iraq would aid efforts toward a regional coalition against Islamic State/ Iran is deeply suspicious of the renewed U.S. presence in Iraq/ Iran is tacitly supporting Iraqi officials' efforts to ...
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Baghdad on Wednesday as he began a tour of the Middle East to build military, political and financial support to defeat Islamic State militants controlling parts of Iraq and Syria. Kerry on Monday had hailed the formation of a new, more inclusive, ...
ABU DHABI (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged President Bashar al-Assad to seek a political solution to Syria's war, saying this would help international efforts against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq, al-Hayat newspaper reported on Wednesday./ In an interview with ...
US Secretary of State John Kerry is set to arrive in the Gulf on Wednesday to help build a broad coalition against jihadists in Iraq and Syria that has already won support from Arab nations./ Regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia is to host talks on Thursday between Kerry and ministers from 10 Arab ...
Expect strong words from President Obama on confronting evil and bringing Islamic State militants to justice. But where are the capable allies and plug-and-play moderate rebels?/ It's not hard to read the tea leaves ahead of President Barack Obama's big speech on the self-styled Islamic State. ...
BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - Before the United States can beat Islamic State in Syria, it will have to win the confidence of mainstream Sunni rebels who blame Washington for leaving them outgunned by the Islamists and further than ever from toppling President Bashar al-Assad. U.S. President Barack ...
US Secretary of State John Kerry headed to the Middle East Tuesday bidding for a broad coalition against Islamic State jihadists, buoyed by the "milestone" of a new Iraqi government./ Kerry's visit comes on the eve of a keenly awaited speech by President Barack Obama in which he has promised to ...
AFP - US Secretary of State John Kerry is set to arrive in the Gulf on Wednesday to help build a broad coalition against jihadists in Iraq and Syria that has already won support from Arab nations. Regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia is to host talks on Thursday between Kerry and ministers from 10 ...
The United Nations Security Council has voted to support a US-proposed Israel-Gaza ceasefire plan. It sets out conditions for a "full and complete ceasefire", the release of hostages held by Hamas, the return of dead hostages' remains and the exchange of Palestinian prisoners. Fourteen of the 15 ...
Taillights trace the path of a motor vehicle at the Naughton Power Plant, Jan. 13, 2022, in Kemmerer, Wyo. Bill Gates and his energy company are starting construction at their Wyoming site adjacent to the coal plant for a next-generation nuclear power plant he believes will “revolutionize” how ...
The dramatic rescue of four Israeli hostages in Gaza amid efforts to try to get Israel and Hamas to agree to a ceasefire has raised questions over the impact it could have on reaching a deal, as mediated talks show no sign of a breakthrough. As images of the freed and smiling three men and one ...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy poses at the French National Assembly before his address to lawmakers, Friday, June 7, 2024 in Paris. Switzerland’s president says 90 countries and organizations, half from Europe, have registered to take part in a Ukraine peace summit on June 15 and 16, ...
Umm Hudaifa, the first wife of the late IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is now in prison in Iraq/ In a rare interview from prison, a widow of the Islamic State group’s leader has shared her account of their life. Umm Hudaifa was the first wife of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and was married to him while ...
) – One person was killed in a crash along a busy Lower Valley corridor on Sunday afternoon, June 9, police said. The crash happened shortly before 1 p.m. at Americas South at Zaragoza, fire dispatch said. El Paso Police said one person was killed in the crash./ Fire dispatch said two people ...
Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz has quit the emergency government in a sign of deepening divisions over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's post-conflict plans for Gaza. Speaking during a news conference in Tel Aviv on Sunday where he announced his resignation, Mr Gantz said the ...
right National Rally (Rassemblement National - RN) party members react after the polls closed during the European Parliament elections, in Paris/ PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron rolled the dice on his political future on Sunday, calling snap legislative elections for later this ...
Almog Meir Jan embraces a family member after his rescue from Gaza/ The father of an Israeli hostage rescued during a military operation in Gaza died a day before he could be reunited with his son, a relative has said. Almog Meir Jan, 22, was held in Gaza for eight months after being kidnapped ...
A driver caught traveling on Georgia 400 at 143 mph was arrested last week. On June 4, around 10:12 p.m. officers were monitoring traffic on GA 400./ According to Sandy Springs officials, officers spotted a 2023 Cadillac CT5-V traveling 143 mph in a 65 mph zone./ The driver, whose age and ...