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Iraq troops close in on Baiji refinery, Dempsey in Baghdad

YoopyaNov 15, 2014July 25, 20230

(Reuters) – Iraqi security forces appeared close on Saturday to retaking the country’s biggest refinery which was besieged by Islamic State militants hours after the

China’s president defends refusal of visas for foreign correspondents

YoopyaNov 12, 2014July 12, 20230

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Wednesday that foreign journalists who have had trouble obtaining or renewing their Chinese visas might be the cause of their

Africa: What Ouagadougou’s Events Mean for Sub-Saharan Africa

YoopyaNov 12, 2014July 12, 20230

By Aly-Khan Satchu Africa Confidential magazine [@Africa_Conf] wrote that President ‘Beau’ Blaise departed with the help of French special forces [who] thoughtfully provided a helicopter

Burkina Faso talks agree on plan for return to civilian rule

YoopyaNov 10, 2014July 12, 20230

(Reuters) – Opposition parties, civil society groups and religious leaders adopted a plan on Sunday for a transitional authority to guide Burkina Faso to elections,

Spain’s Catalans vote to secede in symbolic ballot, but turnout low

YoopyaNov 10, 2014July 12, 20230

(Reuters) – Close to two million Catalans voted on Sunday in favor of seceding from Spain, the regional government said, in a symbolic referendum that

Iraqi officials say IS leader wounded in airstrike

YoopyaNov 10, 2014July 12, 20230

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials said Sunday that the head of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was wounded in an airstrike in western

Despite Tensions, China Gives Obama Warm Welcome

YoopyaNov 10, 2014July 12, 20230

President Barack Obama has a received a warm welcome in China, despite tensions on issues like trade, human rights, and China’s territorial claims in the

47 people killed in bombing outside Nigerian school; Boko Haram suspected

YoopyaNov 10, 2014July 15, 20230

Kano, Nigeria (CNN) — At least 47 people were killed and 79 were wounded Monday by a suicide bombing outside a school in northern Nigeria,

More than 600 US troops complained of chemical agent exposure in Iraq

YoopyaNov 7, 2014July 15, 20230

Pentagon acknowledges hundreds of American service members alerted military medical staff they had been exposed to chemical weapons while serving in Iraq. More than 600

U.S. opens channels with Iran over ISIS

YoopyaNov 7, 2014July 15, 20230

Washington (CNN) — President Barack Obama’s administration is trying to open channels of communication with Iran regarding the war on ISIS. Amid revelations that Obama