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Russia complains to U.S. over exclusion from Syria chemical probe
Russia has told the United States it regrets Washington's opposition to letting its inspectors take part in an investigation into a chemical weapons attack in Syria earlier this month, the foreign ministry said on Friday.
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U.S. defense secretary says Syria dispersed warplanes, retains chemical weapons
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Friday that Syria had dispersed its warplanes in recent days and that it retained chemical weapons, an issue he said would have to be taken up diplomatically.
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EU's Tusk says Polish intelligence probe part of 'smear campaign'
European Council President Donald Tusk testified for eight hours on Wednesday in a Polish intelligence probe by Warsaw's right-wing government that he described as a smear campaign to discredit him.
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U.S. says Iran complies with nuke deal but orders review on lifting sanctions
The Trump administration said on Tuesday it was launching an inter-agency review of whether the lifting of sanctions against Iran was in the United States' national security interests, while acknowledging that Tehran was complying with a deal to rein in its nuclear program.
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Turkey's election board rejects appeals to annul referendum
Turkey's electoral authority on Wednesday rejected appeals to annul a referendum granting President Tayyip Erdogan wide new powers, but the main opposition CHP party said it would maintain its legal challenge to the result.
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China to gather friends for biggest summit of year on New Silk Road
China will gather its friends and allies together for its biggest diplomatic event of the year in May, a summit on its New Silk Road plan, with most Asian leaders due to attend but only one from a G7 nation, the Italian prime minister.
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Burying 'Trumpomania,' Kremlin TV says Trump scarier than North Korean leader
As Russian hopes of swift detente under President Donald Trump have fizzled, state media, which hailed his election win, have made a U-turn. On Sunday, they said he was scarier than North Korea's Kim Jong-Un.
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By Benyamin Poghosyan, PhD, Executive Director, Political Science Association of Armenia