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Iranian firefighters work to extinguish fire of the Plasco building in central Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. A high-rise building in Tehran engulfed by a fire collapsed on Thursday as scores of firefighters battled the blaze. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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A Libyan flag flies as fireworks explode during celebrations after Libyan forces allied with the U.N.-backed government finished clearing Ghiza Bahriya, the final district of the former ISIS stronghold of Sirte, Libya, on Dec. 6, 2016. Photo by Hani Amara/Reuters
U.S. Bombers Hit ISIS Camps in Libya
U.S. Air Force B-2 bombers carried out air strikes against a couple of ISIS camps outside of Sirte, Libya, on Wednesday night, seeking to neutralize extremists who had escaped the former ISIS stronghold of Sirte, U.S. defense officials said on Thursday. Two U.S....Caption:
United Nations special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura talks during a joint news conference with Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni in Rome, Italy December 7, 2015. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
UN Envoy to Attend Astana Peace Talks, Syria Aid Still Blocked
The United Nation’s peace envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, has been invited to peace talks convened by Russia, Turkey and Iran in the Kazakh capital Astana, his spokeswoman Yara Sharif said on Thursday. A U.N. statement said de Mistura himself would lead the U.N....Caption:
President Barack Obama speaks during his last press conference at the White House. REUTERS
Obama in Last Press Conference: ‘I Will Focus on Writing and Spending Time with Family’
Washington- Obama called on President-elect Donald Trump in Wednesday’s speech to continue trying to persuade Russia to reduce its nuclear stockpiles. He said in his last press conference at the White House as a president that he tried to negotiate further reducing...Caption:
Bedouins cry following the destruction of houses on January 18, 2017 in the Bedouin village (AFP)