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New York - United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon on Monday condemned recent clashes between members of the former Seleka rebellion in the Central African Republic, urging armed groups to immediately end th

PanARMENIAN.Net - Eric Clapton has announced four live dates in the U.S. for next year, NME said.

The legendary guitarist has hinted at retiring from music altogether in recent years, with the 71-yea

PanARMENIAN.Net - In a formidable sweep, and perhaps a sign of things to come this awards season, "Moonlight" won best feature at the 26th annual Gotham Independent Awards on Monday, November 28, Vari

PanARMENIAN.Net - After two-plus weeks of nail-bitingly close play, the World Chess Championship came down to its 12th and final regulation game on Monday, November 28, with the two talented young gra

Washington - President Barack Obama will not attend Fidel Castro's funeral, the White House said on Monday, demurring on the question of who would lead the US delegation.

"The president will not be t

PanARMENIAN.Net - The United States, along with the European Union, the UK, and Germany, will provide financial support to the new voting processes in Armenia, the U.S. embassy said in a statement Mon

PanARMENIAN.Net - Game of Thrones star Michiel Huisman will star opposite Lily James in The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, The Hollywood Reporter reveals.

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The Syrian army has seized several key districts from rebel forces in eastern Aleppo. Russian experts believe that the Syrian government and the countries supporting them (Russia and Iran) are trying

Reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway and his Russian challenger Sergey Karjakin finished their 12th game of the World Chess Championship Match in New York on Nov. 28 with a draw.

Their ov

New York - US president-elect Donald Trump has warned in a tweet that anyone who burns an American flag should face unspecified "consequences", such as jail or even a loss of citizenship.

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Cairo - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has said that he believes it will be easier to deal with US President-elect Donald Trump than with other American leaders who "talk" about democracy, human ri

New York - Donald Trump's hunt for a secretary of state is veering into dramatic terrain, with the president-elect summoning Mitt Romney back for a second look as a top aide leads a public pressure ca

On Monday, the U.S.-led coalition mounted a dozen airstrikes in Syria. Only two were in Raqqa province and those sorties destroyed three oil well heads, two oil pump jacks, two oil refinement equipmen

Heady stuff for a man who was defeated in his 2015 bid for a seat in the British Parliament and who is no longer at the helm of Britain's right-wing UK Independence Party.

Farage is scorned by Britai

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump filled two more key positions in his new administration Tuesday, while still weighing who to name as secretary of state, the country's top diplomat.

Trump tapped Geo

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Washington - Civil rights groups have called for president-elect Donald Trump to forcefully and publicly denounce racism and bigotry, pointing to more than 860 bias-related incidents recorded in the 1

WASHINGTON, U.S. - Donald Trump is set to be the next president of the United States and all eyes are on how the relationship between the world's two superpowers will play out, since a trade co

TENNESSEE, U.S. - Wildfire in Tennessee's Great Smoky Mountains National Park has forced thousands of residents to evacuate the area, as more than 100 buildings were affected by the flames

MOSUL, Iraq - After six weeks of operations to destroy Islamic State in northern Iraq’s Mosul, the assault seems to have slowed down.

The Iraqi forces and coalition forces ha

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