Mark Lyall Grant

Mark Lyall Grant

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  Militants storm UN compound in Somalia; 20 killed

  Seven al-Qaida-linked militants on a suicide mission attacked the U.N. compound Wednesday with a truck bomb and then poured inside, killing at least ... 

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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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  Obama to step up military support of Syrian rebels

  President Barack Obama has authorized sending weapons to Syrian rebels for the first time, U.S. officials said Thursday, after the White House ... 

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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 ... 

• UN to vote Tuesday on treaty regulating arms trade

  The U.N. General Assembly is expected to vote Tuesday on what would be the first U.N. treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar international arms ... 

• 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, ...