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US Vice President Mike Pence (Twitter)

April 5th, 2019 - 01:00 GMT

US: Germany’s Dependence on Russian Energy 'Unacceptable'

US Vice President Mike Pence has blasted as “unacceptable” Germany’s dependence on Russian energy and its failure to meet its military spending commitments as a key member of the NATO military alliance.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (R) poses for a photo with Jordan's King Abdullah II ahead of a working lunch at the State Department in Washington, DC on April 4, 2017. (AFP/Mandel Ngan)

April 5th, 2017 - 11:00 GMT

Jordan’s King Abdullah in US for high-level talks with Trump administration

Protesters march in New York's Times Square in solidarity with American Muslims and against the travel ban ordered by US President Donald Trump on February 19, 2017. (AFP/Timothy A. Clary)

February 20th, 2017 - 11:00 GMT

New Yorkers rally in solidarity with ‘I’m a Muslim too’ march

Turkey and Lebanon, which both border Syria, are pushing for 'safe zones' across their borders. (AFP/File)

February 5th, 2017 - 12:00 GMT

UN official says Syrian ‘safe zones’ will be waste of time

Iraq's Kurds have viewed themselves as staunch and indispensable US allies since 1991, when the Americans created a no-fly zone which provided the conditions for a semi-autonomous Kurdish region to evolve in northern Iraq. (AFP/File)

January 30th, 2017 - 03:10 GMT

Trump and the Kurds: An uneasy relationship marred by betrayal

US congress woman, Tulsi Gabbard. (AFP/File)

January 26th, 2017 - 07:00 GMT

US congresswoman meets with Assad

President-elect Donald Trump gives a thumbs up as he and his wife Melania are greeted by US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama as they arrive at the White House in Washington, DC January 20, 2017. (AFP/Jim Watson)

January 20th, 2017 - 04:06 GMT

Donald Trump sworn in as 45th US President

Outgoing US President Barack Obama waves goodbye at his final press conference at the White House on January 18, 2017.(AFP/Yuri Gripas)

January 19th, 2017 - 06:37 GMT

A guide to the US presidential inaugurations: Past and present

Palestinian farmer Abbas Yusef, 70, looks towards his olive trees. (AFP/File)

September 20th, 2016 - 11:45 GMT

Palestinian oral tradition as a defense against displacement

3 Americans have died while fighting for the YPG in Syria, including Jordan MacTaggart, pictured here (courtesy of YPG fighter)

September 18th, 2016 - 12:11 GMT

Meet the American YPG volunteer protesting outside of Biden’s house

US President Barack Obama (left) and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands during a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Antalya, on November 15, 2015. (AFP/Saul Loeb)

August 30th, 2016 - 08:00 GMT

Obama and Erdogan to meet over Syria crisis

Shahram Amiri was detained after being welcomed back to Tehran from the US in 2010. (AFP/File)

August 7th, 2016 - 02:00 GMT

Iran executes nuclear scientist who cooperated with US for treason

Nusra Front fighters back in the day before Thursday when they became Jabhat Fatah al-Sham (AFP/Fadi al-Halabi)

July 29th, 2016 - 02:49 GMT

Nusra Front splits from Al-Qaeda, but what exactly did Jolani say?