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NATO, Ukraine Discuss Western Defense Support, Response To Potential Russian Invasion

Aug 08, 2014 03:48 PM EDT

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen met with Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk on Thursday to discuss the possibility of the western alliance backing up Ukraine's defense strength amid fears of a Russian invasion into the region.

Australian Leaders Blast Russian Retaliatory Sanctions

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Aug 08, 2014 02:54 PM EDT

Australia hit back at Russia after the latter imposed a one-year food ban on a number of Western countries in retaliation against economic sanctions levied on Moscow by the United States and the European Union.

Obama Considers Immigration Policy Options Despite Possible Nationwide Backlash

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Aug 07, 2014 11:58 AM EDT

U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to act on immigration reform in the following weeks, but needs to tread carefully over growing concerns of Americans on the threat of illegal immigration poses to culture and economy, according to Reuters.

Japan’s Abe Offers Condolences To Xi Over China Quake

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Aug 04, 2014 05:57 PM EDT

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed condolences to China on Monday in the wake of the deadly earthquake that rocked its southwestern Yunnan province on Sunday that left at least 381 people dead.

Uighur women in downtown Urumqi, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, May 1, 2014.

Nearly 100 Dead From Deadly Xinjiang Attack

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Aug 04, 2014 02:55 PM EDT

Close to a hundred people were killed last week as local authorities and terrorists engaged in a deadly clash in China's Xinjiang region, the deadliest incident yet since the Urumqi riots five year ago.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at Mafraq Airbase in Jordan, July 18, 2013.

Israel Spies On Its Allies, Intercepted Kerry’s 2013 Peace Talks -Der Spiegel

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Aug 04, 2014 12:53 PM EDT

The Israeli government has spied on U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's peace negotiations in the Middle East last year, according to German magazine Der Spiegel.

A U.S. Air Force RC-135 electronic surveillance plane.

U.S. Plane Encroaches On Swedish Airspace To Avoid Russian Jet

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Aug 04, 2014 10:43 AM EDT

The U.S. military announced on Sunday that an American reconnaissance aircraft had flown into Swedish airspace last month as it sought to avert a possible confrontation with a Russian fighter jet.

Ebola - Dr. Kent Brantly (R) at ELWA Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia in this undated handout photograph courtesy of Samaritan's Purse.

Ebola Arrives In U.S. As First Patient Is Brought To Atlanta Hospital

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Aug 03, 2014 04:10 AM EDT

An American doctor infected with the deadly Ebola virus while working to save patients infected with the disease in Liberia has arrived in the U.S. on Saturday with the second American expected to arrive later this week.

Border Crisis, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) arrives for a Republican meeting at the Capitol, Washington, August 1, 2014.

GOP-Led House Passes Dead-On-Arrival Border Bill

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Aug 03, 2014 03:46 AM EDT

Republican House Representatives passed a bill late Friday that would effectively allow quicker deportation proceedings for migrant youths, winning over the GOP-led house with another legislation that could lead to the deportation of at least half a million immigrants who were granted temporary work permits under Obama's deferred action program.

Palestine - Israel airstrike in Rafah, southern Gaza

Israel: Hamas Will Pay ‘Intolerable Price,’ Israel Will Continue Fighting

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Aug 03, 2014 12:38 AM EDT

Israel vows Hamas will pay "an intolerable price" for persisting in its attacks and will continue to fight in the Gaza Strip even after its forces have completed its mission to demolish all cross-border tunnels used by militants to infiltrate its territory, said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday.

West African Leaders Discuss ‘Regionalized Strategy’ To Contain Ebola

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Aug 01, 2014 04:54 PM EDT

Leaders of the three most ravaged nations of the Ebola outbreak - Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone - are set to meet on Guinea's capital Conakry on Friday in a concerted effort to contain the spread of the virus.

China Disputes Canadian Hacking Charges, Demands ‘Credible’ Proof Of Allegations

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Aug 01, 2014 12:50 PM EDT

Chinese ambassador to Canada Luo Zhaohui lashed out at Canada and demanded proof of its alleged hacking after the latter claimed on Tuesday that Beijing had spied on its science research agency.

Border Crisis, children sleep at a detention facility in Brownsville, Texas.

Immigrant Children Infect Agents With Contagious Diseases – DHS

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Aug 01, 2014 11:15 AM EDT

A report by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) found that unaccompanied immigrant children with contagious diseases have exposed or infected U.S. agents to chicken pox, lice, scabies and tuberculosis.

McDonnell Trial Star Witness Denies Affair With Ex-Governor’s Wife

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Aug 01, 2014 09:05 AM EDT

A star witness in the corruption trial against former Virginia governor Robert McDonnell and his wife denied allegations of an affair with the latter during a hearing on Thursday.

Xinjiang police participate in a mock riot exercise.

Uighur Religious Leader Murdered By Xinjiang Separatists

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Aug 01, 2014 07:24 AM EDT

A state-appointed chief imam from China's largest mosque was killed by Muslim Uighurs on Wednesday in what is believed to have been premeditated murder, according to state-run media Tianshen.