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U.S. formally announces troop reduction in Iraq

The United States military on Wednesday announced that it would be reducing its presence in Iraq from 5,200 to 3,000 troops this month, formalizing a move that had been

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Washington meeting: Who actually won?

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U.S. Fed chief: Wearing masks could lead to economic gains

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell (L) and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin greet each other after testifying before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services on Oversight of

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Fed's Powell: rates to stay low for 'however long it takes'

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, wearing a face mask, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 30, 2020. /Reuters Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday said the U.S. jobs repor

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NATO: Turkey, Greece start talks to reduce risk of conflict

Despite a denial from Greece, the chief of NATO chief said Friday that Greece and Turkey have started technical discussions aimed at reducing the risk of conflict or ac

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U.S. threat to pull WADA funding could leave Americans out of Olympics

America's top athletes could be banned from the Olympics and other major international sporting events if the United States follows through on its threat to withdraw funding from the World Anti-Do

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U.S. troops withdraw from Iraq following Kadhimi's visit to Washington 

United States-led international coalition troops withdrew from Iraq's Taji military base on Sunday and handed it over to Iraqi security forces, Reuters witnesses, and t

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U.S. troops withdraw from Iraq following Kadhimi's visit to Washington

U.S. soldiers gather at a military base north of Mosul, Iraq, January 4, 2017. /Reuters United States-led international coalition troops withdrew from Iraq's Taji military base on Sunday and h

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U.S.-led coalition hands over military base near Baghdad to Iraqi forces

The U.S.-led international coalition forces, tasked with fighting the Islamic State (IS) militant group, on Sunday handed over a military base in Taji Camp in the nort

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UN atomic watchdog chief heading to Iran; seeks more access

The head of the U.N.’s atomic watchdog agency will head to Tehran next week to press Iranian authorities for access to sites where the country is thought to have stored

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Tour de France warns teams: two COVID-19 positives and you're out

Tour de France organizers have told teams they will boot them off the race if they return two cases showing symptoms or testing positive for COVID-19 in seven days, including both riders and staff

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Tour de France warns teams: two COVID-19 positives and you're out

Tour de France organizers have told teams they will boot them off the race if they return two cases showing symptoms or testing positive for COVID-19 in seven days, including both riders and staff

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Iraqi Paramilitary Groups Vow to Target US 'Interests' in Country if No Withdrawal Deal Signed

During a recent meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi US President Donald Trump suggested that most American servicemen will be "leaving [the country] sh

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Top Facebook executive in India files criminal complaint against a journalist for sharing news report

Ankhi Das, a top Facebook executive in India, has filed a criminal complaint against a journalist who she alleges attempted to defame her in a public Facebook post and made “sexually coloured remarks

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Is China-U.S. trade deal really at risk?

Editor's note:Tom Fowdy is a British political and international relations analyst and a graduate of Durham and Oxford universities. He writes on topics pertaining to China, the DPRK, Britain, and

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Is China-U.S. trade deal really at risk?

Editor's note:Tom Fowdy is a British political and international relations analyst and a graduate of Durham and Oxford universities. He writes on topics pertaining to China, the DPRK, Britain, and

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Palestinians concern about crack in Arab position towards their cause after UAE-Israel normalization

The agreement to normalize relations between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel raised Palestinian fears of a crack in the official Arab position towards their cause, experts said. Palestin