Mark Lyall Grant

Mark Lyall Grant

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  UN, US ask Filipinos not to leave Golan Heights

  The United Nations and Washington have separately asked the Philippines not to withdraw its more than 300 Filipino peacekeepers from the Golan ... 

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  Russia offers peacekeepers for Golan Heights

  President Vladimir Putin offered on Friday to send Russian troops to the Golan Heights to replace the Austrians who are withdrawing from the U.N. 

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  France, Britain confirm use of sarin gas in Syria

  France said Tuesday it has confirmed that the nerve gas sarin was used "multiple times and in a localized way" in Syria, including at least once by ... 

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  Putin: S-300 missiles not sent to Syria yet

  President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia hasn't yet fulfilled a contract to send sophisticated S-300 air defense missile systems to Syria to ... 

• Britain: Growing evidence of Syrian chemical use

  Britain's U.N. ambassador says his government is shocked by the growing evidence of the repeated use of chemical weapons by the Syrian government. 

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  British prime minister, prince, visit NYC studio

  British Prime Minister David Cameron and Prince Harry visited a design studio in New York City on Tuesday as part of a campaign to promote Britain as ... 

• UN OKs political nation-building Somalia mission

  The U.N. Security Council on Thursday approved a nation-building mission to Somalia to help the long-troubled African nation restore a functioning ... 

• Argentina, Britain spar over Falkland Islands

  Argentina's foreign minister demanded talks with Britain on the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands, but Britain again refused, pointing to the ... 

• UN adopts plan to combat violence against women

  Conservative Muslim and Roman Catholic countries and liberal Western nations approved a U.N. blueprint to combat violence against women and girls, ...