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US troops leaving Syria will go to western Iraq

WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (AP): US Defence Secretary Mark Esper says that under current plans all US troops leaving Syria will go to western Iraq and the military will continue to conduct operations against the Islamic State group to prevent its resurgence. Speaking to reporters traveling with him to the Middle...

HK protesters block roads, clash with cops

HONG KONG, Oct 20 (AP): Hong Kong protesters flooded the city's streets on Sunday in defiance of a ban by the authorities on their march, setting up roadblocks and tossing firebombs amid the firing of tear gas by police. Protest leaders carried a black banner at the front of the...

Widodo kicks off fresh term

JAKARTA, Oct 20 (AFP): Indonesia's President Joko Widodo will kick off a fresh term on Sunday, facing a wave of crises and with Jakarta under heavy security days after Islamist militants tried to assassinate his top security minister.More than 30,000 security personnel were deployed in the capital amid fears of...

EU calls for ceasefire in Afghanistan

KABUL, Oct 20 (AFP): European Union officials called Sunday for a ceasefire in Afghanistan, saying the breakdown in talks between the US and the Taliban presented an opportunity to push anew for a truce.US President Donald Trump last month declared talks with the insurgents "dead", citing a Taliban attack that...

Hondurans call for president to resign

TEGUCIGALPA, Oct 20 (AP): Opposition groups called Saturday for more protests to demand that Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez be removed from office after his younger brother was convicted of drug trafficking in a New York court. Thousands of Hondurans protested into the early hours of the morning after Juan...

News in Brief -(21-10-2019)

Turkish soldier dies amid shaky Syria ceasefire AKCAKALE, Oct 20: Turkey's defense ministry says one soldier has been killed amid sporadic clashes with Kurdish fighters in northern Syria, despite a US-brokered cease-fire. Sunday's ministry statement said that Syrian Kurdish fighters have violated the three-day-old cease-fire some 20 times. — AP...