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IS has lost nearly half the area it once claimed in Iraq: Pentagon

WASHINGTON , United States (AFP) -- The Islamic State group has continued losing control over territory across Iraq and Syria,…

Obama Hiroshima trip stirs debate on Truman’s fateful choice

by Andrew BEATTY WASHINGTON , United States (AFP) -- Barack Obama's visit to Hiroshima next week has reignited an emotive…

Kerry unavailable on date of Paris-Middle East peace talks

WASHINGTON , United States (AFP) -- US Secretary of State John Kerry is unavailable the day a Paris meeting to…

Trump warns of bad relationship with Cameron

LONDON , United Kingdom (AFP) -- Donald Trump warned Monday he may end up having a bad relationship with British…

Ban fishing to save world’s smallest porpoise: WWF

MEXICO CITY , Mexico (AFP) -- The World Wildlife Fund urged Mexican authorities on Monday to ban all fishing in…

US woman rushed to hospital with shark stuck to arm

MIAMI , United States (AFP) -- A woman in the US state of Florida was rushed to a hospital Sunday…

A determined Clinton woos wary voters: blue-collar whites

by Michael Mathes PADUCAH , United States (AFP) -- No Democratic presidential candidate has won Kentucky since 1980 except Hillary…

Incumbent favored to win in early Dominican presidential result

by Maria Isabel SANCHEZ SANTO DOMINGO , Dominican Republic (AFP) -- Dominican Republic incumbent leader Danilo Medina seemed destined for…

Obama slams Trump in speech: ‘Ignorance is not a virtue’

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US President Barack Obama on Sunday criticized the populist campaign of Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump,…

Canada wildfires in ‘bullseye’ of warming planet trends

by Kerry SHERIDAN MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- Experts say climate change is contributing to the wildfires raging across Canada,…

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