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US ambassador to UN says Russia tearing down global order

Russia is engaging in aggressive and destabilizing actions that are threatening the rules-based international order, Samantha Power said Tuesday in her last major speech as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. In a blistering and detailed critique of Russia's foreign and military policies,...

Syrians elect first civilian council to run Idlib city

Syrians in northwestern Idlib cast their ballots on Tuesday for members of the first civilian council to run their city, two years after it was overrun by rebels and extremists. Government forces were expelled from Idlib city in March 2015 by the Army of Conquest, led by the Fateh al-Sham...

Egypt keen to save Saudi ties after islands ruling

Cairo will do all it can to preserve crucial ties with Saudi Arabia, experts say, after an Egyptian court ruled against government plans to transfer control of two islands to Riyadh. Strains between the two Sunni Arab allies have grown in recent months, in particular over Cairo's...

Turkey Kurd leader risks up to 142 years in jail

 Turkish prosecutors are demanding up to 142 years in prison for pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-leader Selahattin Demirtas on charges of links to Kurdish militants, state media said on Tuesday. The charismatic Demirtas was detained in November along with another nine HDP...