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Turkey said Kurdish militants east of the Euphrates in Syria "will be buried in their ditches when the time comes", after President Donald Trump began what will be a total withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Ezt0dR

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena appointed a 30-member cabinet on Thursday, retaining control over the police while they investigate an alleged plot to kill him that triggered a row with the premier and led to a lengthy political crisis. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2T3wHN3

China's foreign ministry said on Thursday it "resolutely opposes" a new U.S. law on Tibet, saying Tibet is an internal affair and that Beijing allows no foreign interference. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2R9s0E3

China's foreign ministry said on Thursday that a Canadian national is undergoing "administrative punishment" for working illegally, after Canada's government said a third Canadian citizen had been detained in China. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2QIw4vo

Britain can still hold a second Brexit referendum, France's European Affairs Minister Nathalie Loiseau said on Thursday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2QHAnHD

Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte told an Italian newspaper on Thursday he was not ready to give up his job in favor of Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini after a European election in May. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2EEYdx0

North Korea's commitment to the "denuclearization of the Korean peninsula" also includes "completely eliminating the U.S. nuclear threat to Korea," North Korean state media said on Thursday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2rMGQSv

In his 74 years, Congolese historian Isidore Ndaywel has lived through independence from Belgium, two coups d'etat, multiple civil wars and three changes to the country's name. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2GJmxjt

When El Salvador's legislative assembly confirmed little-known Douglas Melendez as attorney general in 2016, many here thought it was business as usual in a country where high-level corruption has long gone unpunished. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2GGdLCq

Hundreds of South Koreans have sued the government for compensation over their forced labor at Japanese firms during World War Two, representatives said on Thursday, in a fresh twist to one of several historical disputes between the two sides. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2A93RDU

When India votes in a general election next year, it will be the world's largest democratic exercise, and the biggest ever test of the role of social media in an election. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2R1Xegr

South Korea wants to hold smaller joint military drills with the United States next year, the defense ministry said on Thursday, scaling back larger exercises as part of an effort to boost nuclear diplomacy with North Korea. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2SXUsGb

U.S. President Donald Trump overrode his top national security aides, blindsided U.S. ground commanders, and stunned lawmakers and allies with his order for U.S. troops to leave Syria, a decision that upends American policy in the Middle East. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2ExQVdB