Russia Wants Closer Look From Above the U.S. - NYT

Russia Wants Closer Look From Above the U.S.

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Adm. Cecil D. Haney, commander of the United States Strategic Command, during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in Washington last year.

Saudi Arabia puts Shi'ites on trial for spying for Iran

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RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has put 32 people on trial, including 30 members of its own Shi'ite Muslim minority, accused of spying for Iran, several local newspapers and television reported on Monday.









  

Afghan troops pull out of second Helmand district

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LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan government forces have pulled out of a second district in Helmand, officials said on Monday, leaving the Taliban in control of most of the northern part of the province after troops withdrew from Musa Qala district last week.
  

Iran holds talks with Russia over missile defense upgrade

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DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran negotiated with Russia at the weekend over buying an upgraded version of the S-300 surface-to-air missile defense system, which it requires to meet its military needs, a foreign ministry spokesman in Tehran was quoted as saying.









  

Turkish army says 14 PKK militants killed in southeast Turkey

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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's military said on Monday it had killed 14 Kurdish militants during its offensive against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the southeast of the country.
  

EU says Ukraine at 'critical juncture', must stick to reforms

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Ukraine's renewed political crisis has left the country at a "critical juncture" but Kiev must stick to necessary reforms, the European Union said on Monday after Kiev's ruling coalition last week lost its majority in the parliament.
  
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Germany, France press for peace plan action ahead of Ukraine visit

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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany and France on Monday called for the implementation of the Minsk peace plan for Ukraine, urging both Moscow and Kiev to set aside differences and push forward with reforms.
  

Saudi Arabia says war games will boost military ties with Muslim allies

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RIYADH (Reuters) - The Middle East's largest ever war games are now underway and will boost military cooperation between the 20 Muslim nations taking part, host country Saudi Arabia said on Monday, as it seeks to check the growing influence of arch rival Iran.
  

On the border, Austria takes migrant fingerprints, then discards them

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SPIELFELD, Austria/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - On the Austrian-Slovenia border, one of the last stops on the migrant route to Germany, a policeman explains that after his 12-hour shift taking new arrivals' fingerprints, most are lost minutes after they are taken.
  

People-smuggling gangs net 6 billion euros in migrant traffic to Europe: Europol

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THE HAGUE (Reuters) - People-smuggling gangs netted up to 6 billion euros ($6.6 billion) last year, most of it from the traffic of migrants into Europe, the European Union's police agency Europol said in a report issued on Monday.
  

Islamic State attacks government supply line into Aleppo

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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamic State attacked the Syrian government's main supply route from Damascus to the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Monday, a day after the group targeted Damascus and Homs in some of the bloodiest car bomb attacks of the war.
  

Iranian media outlets add to bounty for killing Britain's Rushdie

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ANKARA (Reuters) - Iranian state-run media outlets have added $600,000 to a bounty for the killing of British author Salman Rushdie imposed in 1989 over the publishing of his book "The Satanic Verses".
  
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U.N. agency bans lithium-ion batteries on passenger aircraft

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MONTREAL (Reuters) - The U.N. aviation agency on Monday prohibited shipments of lithium-ion batteries as cargo on passenger aircraft, following concerns by pilots and plane makers that they are a fire risk.
  

Islamic State attack shuts Syrian govt supply route for second day

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BEIRUT (Reuters) - An important Syrian government supply route to Aleppo was shut for a second day on Tuesday because of an Islamic State attack, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
  

Syrian government accepts halt to 'combat operations'

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DAMASCUS (Reuters) - The Syrian government said on Tuesday it accepted a halt to "combat operations" in line with a U.S.-Russian plan and said it would coordinate with Russia to decide which groups and areas would be included.









  

Turkish PM says Syrian Kurdish militia taking orders from PKK

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ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Tuesday the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia was taking orders from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group waging an insurgency for Kurdish autonomy in Turkey's southeast.
  

Estonia jails three men over spying for Russian security services

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TALLINN (Reuters) - Three men have been jailed for spying for Russia, Estonia's state prosecutor's office said on Tuesday, an unusual case targeting low-level smugglers that comes amid heightened concern over muscular Russian foreign policy in eastern Europe.
  

Comey: FBI owes it to victims to try to gain access to phone

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The FBI owes it to the victims of the San Bernardino terror attack to do what it can to gain access to the locked cellphone used by one of the gunmen, FBI Director James Comey said Sunday night....
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Russia wants to fly over US with advanced digital camera

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Russia will ask permission on Monday to start flying surveillance planes equipped with high-powered digital cameras amid warnings from U.S. intelligence and military officials that such overflights help Moscow collect intelligence on the United States....

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