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Protesters Rally in New York for Balkan War Rape Victims
Several dozen people joined the protest entitled 'Rally for Her Justice', organised by the Albanian American Woman's Organisation with backing from US Bosnian and Croat groups, on Tuesday near the Serbian consulate in New York.
The organisers said they were calling on the Serbian authorities "to punish and prosecute the war criminals that may still be living in their country".
US Ambassador summoned over House's resolution on sanctions, events of 1915
The U.S. Ambassador to Ankara David Satterfield has been summoned to the Foreign Ministry for a resolution passed by the US House of Representatives on the events of 1915, said diplomatic sources, who stressed it "lacks any historical and legal basis," and for the implementation of sanctions in connection with "Operation Peace Spring."
US House recognizes Armenian genocide, backs Turkey sanctions
The US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to recognize the mass killings of Armenians a century ago as a genocide, a symbolic but historic vote instantly denounced by Turkey.
Donald Trump: This Is not an Impeachment it Is a COUP!
US President Donald Trump has called the ongoing impeachment proceedings against Congress an attempt for a coup, France reported.
Turkey chafes at US pressure over Russian defenses
Turkey said on Tuesday a US House of Representatives' resolution condemning Ankara's purchase of Russian defense systems and urging potential sanctions was unacceptably threatening.
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US defense policy bill could strip Turkey of F-35 partnership
The US Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday unveiled a draft $750 billion defense policy bill that would authorize more Lockheed Martin F-35 jets for the United States and effectively end Turkey's partnership in the program if Ankara pursues a plan to buy a Russian missile defense system.
Kosovo War Rape Victim Urges US Congress to Seek Justice
Vasfije Krasniqi Goodman, the first woman in Kosovo to speak publicly about being a wartime rape victim, testified at a US House of Representatives' foreign affairs committee hearing in Washington DC on Tuesday that the US should push for justice for victims of war crimes.
US official: Pentagon eyes F-35 sales to Greece, Romania and Poland
The United States is considering expanding sales of Lockheed Martin Corp-made F-35 fighter jets to five new nations including Romania, Greece and Poland as European allies bulk up their defenses in the face of a strengthening Russia, a Pentagon official told Congress on Thursday.
Tsvetan Tsvetanov with Working Meetings in Washington
On the second day of the annual conference of the American-Israeli Committee for Public Relations, which includes the chairman of the GERB Parliamentary Group and Deputy Chairman Tsvetan Tsvetanov, yesterday, US Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, congressmen and senators.
Five Americans of Greek descent elected to House
Five American politicians of Greek descent were elected to the US House of Representatives in the midterm elections on Tuesday, while a veteran with knowledge of Greek and Cypriot affairs, was reelected in New Jersey.
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