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Obama, Tusk discuss Ukraine crisis

U.S. President Barack Obama is due to hold talks with European Council President Donald Tusk in Washington. The White House has said the two are to discuss the conflict in Ukraine on March 9, among other topics. Violence in eastern Ukraine has dropped sharply in the past two weeks after …

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Turkey pledges not to take part in armed clashes in Mosul

“Turkey won’t be a part of an armed clash in Iraq or Syria. We can supply aid to Mosul, but we won’t be involved in a direct clash,” Davutoğlu said in his remarks to reporters en route to New York. However, he added that if there were to be a …

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South Sudan peace talks extended beyond Thursday

Peace talks between South Sudan’s government and rebels will extend beyond a Thursday deadline set by mediators to allow them to finalise details on power sharing, mediators from the regional East African group IGAD said. The group had allowed to the end of Thursday to iron out any issues that …

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