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Trump thanks Iran over prisoner swap

President Donald Trump had rare positive words for Iran over the weekend, thanking the U.S. foe for a “very fair” negotiation to successfully pull off a prisoner swap that saw an American released from Iranian detention amid soaring tensions. The exchange, which took place in neutral...

‘Turkey-Libya maritime pact no threat to other states’

Turkey's recent maritime agreement with Libya is neither a threat nor a breach of the rights or the law of other countries, said Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar on Sunday, speaking at the Land Forces Command in the capital Ankara.  Signed on Nov. 27, the pact laying out both...