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Russia

Syrian opposition figure slams Russia for continued bombing

MUNICH (AP) — A top Syrian opposition figure criticized Russia on Sunday for continuing with its bombing in Syria, insisting that people in the country need to see action rather than words. The head of the Saudi-backed Syrian opposition's High Negotiations Committee, former Prime Minister Riad Hijab, also stopped

Barack Obama

Obama, Putin confer on Syrian, Ukraine conflicts

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Russian leader Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone Saturday about the Syrian war and the unresolved conflict in Ukraine. A White House statement said the conversation between the Russian and U.S. presidents occurred on Saturday and a Kremlin statement said it took place at

tension

N. Korea orders military takeover of inter-Korean factories

PAJU, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Thursday ordered a military takeover of a factory park that had been the last major symbol of cooperation with South Korea, saying Seoul's earlier suspension of operations at the jointly run facility as punishment for the North's recent rocket

Middle East

Ramadi liberated, but booby trapped

(CNSNews.com) — Iraqi Security Forces now have full control of the city of Ramadi and its outskirts, but "there's still thousands, if not tens of thousands, of booby traps, IEDs, (and) houses rigged to blow," Army Col. Steve Warren told reporters on Wednesday. "We'

terrorism

Saudi troop offer seen as risky bow to U.S. call for help fighting Islamic State

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia's offer to send troops to fight Islamic State in Syria is as much about the kingdom's growing determination to flex its military might as it is about answering U.S. calls for more help from its allies in the

terrorism

Hand-waving at evil

In the early morning hours of March 13, 1964, a woman named Kitty Genovese was raped and stabbed to death mere steps away from her apartment building in New York City. The case is famous because her cries for help were heard by many of her neighbors, who did little

terrorism

Paris attackers were among 90 who entered France, tipster says

PARIS (AP) — The Belgian who led the Nov. 13 attacks on Paris bragged that he slipped into France with a group of 90 extremists from Europe and the Middle East, according to testimony from the woman who tipped police to his location. In an interview aired Thursday by RMC television

Syria

Iran accused of coercing vulnerable Afghans to fight for Assad in Syria

(CNSNews.com) – Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is reportedly coercing undocumented Afghans living in Iran to fight in support of Syria's Assad regime, using a combination of financial incentives and coercive tactics including threat of deportation or imprisonment. Tehran, whose IRGC forces and Lebanese Hezbollah