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Iraqi militia says new drone attack kills 2

Two unidentified drones killed two Iraqi members of an Iran-backed paramilitary force on Sunday, the group said in a statement, saying the attack took place in Iraq near the border with Syria. The statement issued by the force known as the Popular Mob…

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AP Interview: Sudan PM seeks end to country’s pariah status

Sudan’s new prime minister said in an interview Sunday that ending his country’s international pariah status and drastically cutting military spending are prerequisites for rescuing a faltering economy. Abdalla Hamdok, a respected former official with…

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Donald Trump Upstaged at G7 By Foreign Minister of … Iran

Jeff J Mitchell/ReutersIt looked like President Donald Trump was set up for a diplomatic ambush at the Group of Seven summit on Sunday when Iran’s foreign minister suddenly flew into town.The arrival of the smooth-talking Javad Zarif at the elegant Fre…

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First Ladies Raise Glasses on Morning Out in French Countryside

(Bloomberg) — While their husbands sparred over Iran and the global economy in Biarritz, the first ladies of the U.S. and France were all smiles as they sampled local sangria in a Basque countryside town 30 kilometers to the southeast.Residents of the…

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Drone war takes flight, raising stakes in Iran, US tensions

From the vast deserts of Saudi Arabia to the crowded neighborhoods of Beirut, a drone war has taken flight across the wider Middle East, raising the stakes in the ongoing tensions between the U.S. and Iran. Since the U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nucl…

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G-7 summit: Trump strikes 'billion-dollar' trade deal with Japan

G-7 summit: Trump strikes 'billion-dollar' trade deal with JapanTwo of the world’s countries with the largest GDP have agreed to a trade deal they plan to confirm at the U.N. General Assembly in September.

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Belgian parade goes ahead despite racism objections

A Belgian street festival featuring a character called “Savage” played by a white person in blackface makeup has gone ahead amid objections from anti-racism activists. The character moved through the streets of the town of Ath, southwest of Brussels, …

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As Brexit looms, will US craft trade deal with Britain?

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and President Trump are efforting a post-Brexit free trade deal, but the U.K. leader warned they could not rush negotiations at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France this weekend.

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Trump ‘not happy’ after N. Korea’s Kim oversees latest rocket test

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test-firing of a high-tech rocket system, state media reported Sunday, prompting criticism from US President Donald Trump, who said he was “not happy” with the latest launch. Pyongyang fired what appeared…

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Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif arrives in Biarritz in surprise visit to G7 leaders summit

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif arrives in Biarritz in surprise visit to G7 leaders summitIran’s foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived on Sunday in Biarritz, southwestern France, where leaders of the G7 group of nations are meeting, an Iranian official said. Flight tracking website flightradar24.com showed an Iranian government jet landed at Biarritz’s airport, which has been closed for the duration of the summit from Saturday to Monday. Iranian state television cited the foreign ministry as saying Zarif would not hold talks with U.S. President Donald Trump’s summit delegation. Asked to comment on reports that Zarif had landed in Biarritz, Trump said: “No comment”. The office of French President Emmanuel Macron, who is hosting the G7 summit, declined to comment as did the French foreign ministry. European leaders have struggled to calm a deepening confrontation between Iran and the United States since Trump pulled his country out of Iran’s internationally brokered 2015 nuclear deal and reimposed sanctions on the Iranian economy. Earlier on Sunday at the G7 summit, Trump appeared to brush aside French efforts to mediate with Iran, saying that while he was happy for Paris to reach out to Tehran to defuse tensions he would carry on with his own initiatives. France said G7 leaders had agreed that Macron should hold talks and pass on messages to Iran. However, Trump, who has pushed a maximum pressure policy on Iran, distanced himself from the proposal, saying he had not even discussed it.

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U.S. and Japan strike trade deal ‘in principle’

Trump and Abe announced the agreement at the G-7 summit in France, with hopes for a formal signing in September alongside U.N. General Assembly meetings.

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