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Netanyahu seeks UK support against 'militant Islam' Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought Britain's cooperation to "turn back the tide of militant Islam" as he met Prime Minister David Cameron in London.

11 September 2015

Kerry, Lavrov hold second Syria call, as US fears boost for Assad Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed the Syrian conflict with US Secretary of State John Kerry for the second time in four days.

10 September 2015

Turkey PM vows to 'wipe out PKK terrorists' after deadly attack Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu vowed to "wipe out" Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants from their mountain strongholds after 16 soldiers were killed in a rebel attack.

08 September 2015

Thousands of Palestinian structures under Israeli demolition orders: UN Some 13,000 Palestinian structures in the West Bank are currently under Israeli demolition orders, leaving residents and homes "in a state of chronic uncertainty and threat".

07 September 2015

Netanyahu says will not allow Israel to be 'submerged' by refugees Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would not allow Israel to be "submerged" by refugees after calls for the Jewish state to take in those fleeing Syria's war.

07 September 2015

Netanyahu ready for peace talks with Abbas 'now' Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday he was willing to engage in immediate and direct peace talks with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas.

02 September 2015

Ukraine president vows 'severe' punishment for instigators of deadly Kiev clashes Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said those behind deadly Kiev clashes that erupted after a vote on autonomy for separatist eastern regions deserved severe punishment.

01 September 2015

UN chief appalled by 'barbaric' attacks in Palmyra UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he was appalled by reports that Islamic State militants had demolished a temple in Syria's ancient Palmyra.

25 August 2015

Putin to be notable absence from Ukraine crisis talks in Berlin

22 August 2015

Turkey's risky offensive can weaken but won't destroy PKK: analysts Turkey's almost month-long campaign of air strikes against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the Turkish southeast and northern Iraq will weaken but cannot destroy the Kurdish militant group.

21 August 2015

Pro-IS video urges Turks to rise up against 'traitor' Erdogan A pro-Islamic State jihadist video has urged Turks to rise up against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, accusing him of being a traitor who has sided with the United States and Kurdish militants.

19 August 2015

UN chief 'alarmed' by upsurge in Ukraine fighting UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed serious alarm over the upsurge in fighting in Ukraine and called for urgent steps to de-escalate the violence.

18 August 2015

UN aid chief 'horrified' by attacks on civilians in Syria The UN's humanitarian chief fiercely condemned attacks against civilians in Syria at a press conference in Damascus on Monday.

17 August 2015

IS truck bomb kills at least 54 in Baghdad market A truck bombing claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least 54 people in a Shiite-majority area of Baghdad, the deadliest single attack in Iraq's capital in months.

14 August 2015

Iran's FM, Syria's Assad discuss fight against 'terror' Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, and called on regional countries to "fight terrorism and extremism".

13 August 2015

Ukraine bans dozens of 'fascist' Russian books Kiev's public relations war with Moscow scaled new heights as Ukraine released a list of prominent Russian reporters and authors whose books will be banned from sale.

13 August 2015

Lavrov slams 'unfounded claims' of Syria chemical weapons Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned against what he called unfounded claims that Syria has chemical weapons.

10 August 2015

Four OSCE vehicles set fire in Donetsk in 'arson attack' OSCE observers based in the separatist stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine said that four of their vehicles were destroyed in an apparent arson attack at their hotel.

10 August 2015

Obama sees slight opportunity for progress in Syria US President Barack Obama believes Bashar al-Assad's backers in Moscow and Tehran may see the writing is on the wall for the Syrian regime.

08 August 2015

Turkey's Erdogan ready for snap polls gamble Bruised by one of the worst setbacks of his political career, Turkey's pugnacious President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is ready to play the card of calling snap polls in a high-stakes gamble that could yet backfire.

07 August 2015

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