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Syrian rivals weigh UN plan for new constitution
Rival Syrian delegations on Wednesday weighed a UN proposal on developing a new constitution for the war-ravaged country, as a new round of peace talks entered a second day. The sixth round of UN-backed negotiations in Geneva is the latest drive to bring a political solution to the conflict which has claimed more than 320,000 lives since 2011. The talks opened with tensions high over a US charge that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government was using a prison crematorium to hide evidence of thousands of murdered detainees.
US 'refuses' to let Benjamin Netanyahu accompany Donald Trump to Western Wall
US President Donald Trump’s administration has reportedly refused to allow Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accompany him to to one of the holiest Jewish sites in the region during a visit next week. While Mr Trump is set to become the first serving US president to visit Jerusalem’s Western Wall, Mr Netanyahu will not be present, the White House said on Tuesday. The two leaders will meet for talks and dinner but the US president will visit the place of prayer accompanied by the Western Wall’s rabbi before going to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Holocaust Museum and the Israel museum, National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster told reporters.
5 Facts About The Antikythera Mechanism
The mechanism, discovered by Greek scientists, is now kept at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.
The Latest: US Supreme Court denies stay of execution
ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on the scheduled execution of a Georgia death row inmate (all times local):
Comey, Russia and a 'smoking gun': a roundup of Trump's current woes
Devastating news for Donald Trump continued to accumulate on Tuesday night. Devastating news for Donald Trump continued to accumulate on Tuesday night, as reports emerged of a memorandum indicating that Trump had pressured former FBI director James Comey to give up part of a multi-pronged investigation into alleged ties between Russian operatives and the Trump campaign. Democrats called the memo a “smoking gun” and said “history is watching” how Congress acts, while even Republicans expressed concern and called on the White House to explain the memo beyond its original broad denial.
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