Jordanian King Abdullah II on Friday warned that the fight against militants from Islamic State (IS) is a “third world war”, as US President Barack Obama promised a sizable aid increase to Jordan. Obama and the Jordanian King met at the White House on Friday, with Obama set to increase aid from $660 million to over $1 billion per year. …
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Obama condemns IS extremists after beheading of American journalist, vows to end extremist “cancer”
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday called for a combined effort to get rid of the “cancer” of extremists in Syria and Iraq, after militants from the Islamic State murdered 40-year-old American journalist James Foley. Obama also said that the entire world was shocked by the beheading of Foley, which IS videotaped and put on the internet. “There has to …
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday arrived in Cairo to push for efforts to bring about a ceasefire in neighbour Gaza. He will meet with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Cairo for talks with top Egyptian officials to end the conflict that has pervaded in Gaza for the past two weeks. Kerry is set to push for an …
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