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Kobane: MEPs call on Turkey to do more to help Syrian city under threat by IS

Turkey should do more to help Kurds fight off the IS threat in Kobane, many MEPs said in a debate on the besieged Syrian city on 22 October. They also condemned the violence by IS and said more should be done to tackle the terrorist group and help its...

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US Candidates Tap into Fears to Mobilize Voters

Recent opinion surveys reflect an undercurrent of unease among American voters ahead of the November 4 congressional, state and local elections. A Gallup poll says the Ebola virus and the threat posed by Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria are...

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US: Kurdish Forces Still Control Most of Kobani

The U.S. Defense Department said that while the situation in the Syrian border town of Kobani remains tenuous, Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State militants remain in control of most of the city. Coalition airstrikes are also supporting Kurdish...

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‘Clock is ticking’ for Gaza; pledges for aid, reconstruction must be honoured – Ban

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle...

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