NFL extends deal to play games at Wembley through 2020
LONDON (AP) — The NFL has extended its agreement with Wembley Stadium for another five years, meaning it will play at least two regular-season games a year at the London venue through 2020.
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US cannot prevent every act of terrorism: Hillary Clinton
The United States will never be able to prevent every terror attack, former secretary of state and White House hopeful Hillary Clinton told a high-profile investigation into the 2012 Benghazi attacks Thursday. The Democratic presidential frontrunner was making a highly-anticipated public appearance before the House committee probing the attacks that left four Americans dead including ambassador Christopher Stevens. “Chris Stevens understood that diplomats must operate in many places where our
Assad flies to Moscow to thank Putin for Syria air strikes
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad flew to Moscow on Tuesday evening to thank Russia’s Vladimir Putin personally for his military support, in a surprise visit that underlined how Russia has become a major player in the Middle East. It was Assad’s first foreign visit since the start of the Syrian crisis in 2011, and came three weeks after Russia launched a campaign of air strikes
Iran's Khamenei conditionally approves nuclear deal with powers
By Parisa Hafezi ANKARA (Reuters) – Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday approved the Iranian government’s nuclear deal with world powers but said Tehran should not give up core elements of its atomic program until allegations of past military dimensions had been settled. In a letter to President Hassan Rouhani, whose pragmatist approach opened the door to nuclear diplomacy with the West, Khamenei ordered the July 14 agreement to
U.S. to raise Iran missile test at United Nations on Wednesday
The United States plans to raise Iran’s recent missile test in the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday, U.N. diplomats said, after Washington declared that the launch had violated a U.N. ban on ballistic missile tests by Tehran. Iran said this month it had tested a new precision-guided ballistic missile.
Third Russian air strike on Syrian rebel group kills leader
Russian air strikes in Syria’s Latakia province killed a rebel commander and four other fighters from a group armed by President Bashar al-Assad’s foreign enemies, a spokesman for the group said on Tuesday. The attack on Monday evening marked the third time Russian war planes have targeted the First Coastal Division group since Moscow began its air strikes in support of President Bashar al-Assad on Sept. 30, the group’s spokesman
Canada's Trudeau topples PM Harper in shock election win
By Randall Palmer and Rod Nickel MONTREAL/CALGARY (Reuters) – Canada’s Liberal leader Justin Trudeau rode a late surge to a stunning majority election victory on Monday, toppling Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservatives with a promise of change and returning a touch of glamor, youth and charisma to Ottawa. Harper conceded defeat and the Conservative party announced his resignation, ending a nine-year run in power and the 56-year-old’s brand of fiscal
Exclusive: Watchdog to probe alleged mustard gas use by Islamic State
By Anthony Deutsch THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Islamic State militants “most probably” used the banned chemical weapon mustard gas against Kurdish forces in Iraq and international inspectors have been asked to investigate, diplomatic sources told Reuters. A team of inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) will go to Iraq next week to help determine if the blistering agent sulfur mustard was used in the battlefield,
Slovenia deploys army at border as thousands of migrants seek to transit
By Marja Novak and Maja Zuvela LJUBLJANA/KLJUC BRDOVECKI, Croatia (Reuters) – Slovenia deployed the army to guard its border as thousands of migrants streamed into the tiny country from the south, and said it may resort to “physical barriers” like neighboring Hungary if the number of arrivals continued to grow. About 19,500 migrants have entered Slovenia since Friday, the Interior Ministry said, when Hungary sealed its southern border, creating bottlenecks
Exclusive: Dissident commanders meet to choose rival Afghan Taliban leader
By Jibran Ahmad PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Weeks after the Afghan Taliban’s biggest battlefield success since 2001, dissident commanders unhappy with their new leader Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour are meeting to choose a rival, they told Reuters on Tuesday. A leadership battle within the Taliban could create space for militants loyal to Islamic State to expand their foothold in the region, and could discourage Mansour from resuming Pakistan-backed peace talks