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- Trump admin still does NOT recognize Armenian genocide despite Senate resolution – State Dept
The White House has not changed its position on the Armenian Genocide despite the Senate resolution on the Ottoman Empire killings, the State Department said. President Donald Trump will keep using terms like “mass atrocities.”Dec 17, 2019 14:32USA News - Not getting any better: Ankara summons US ambassador over Senate’s Armenian genocide resolution, passed despite Trump oppositionTurkey’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the US ambassador to Ankara, in protest at the US Congress’ passing of a resolution recognizing the Armenian genocide. The ministry accused American lawmakers of politicizing history.Dec 13, 2019 13:28World News
- ‘Revenge & political pressure’: US House recognizes Armenian genocide and threatens Turkey with new sanctionsAnkara has accused Washington of “exploiting history” for political means after the US House overwhelmingly passed a set of bills acknowledging the 1915 Armenian genocide and calling for fresh sanctions against its NATO ally.Oct 30, 2019 00:14World News
- Awkward! Netanyahu roasts Erdogan for denying Armenian genocide… which Israel doesn’t recognizeBenjamin Netanyahu’s latest denouncement of Recep Tayyip Erdogan for denying the Armenian genocide would have sounded more sincere if he hadn’t personally blocked an attempt to recognize it as such last year.Sep 26, 2019 09:25World News
- City gone in 30 seconds: How deadly earthquake devastated Soviet Armenia three decades ago (PHOTOS)The city of Spitak was levelled in just 30 seconds as a powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake unleashed massive destruction across northeast Armenia 30 years ago. The disaster killed at least 25,000 people.Dec 7, 2018 12:47World News
- Plane RIPS MAN APART on runway while taking off at Moscow airportA man has been run over and killed by a plane at a Russian airport, while gruesome footage of the incident emerged online. It is unknown how the man managed to slip past tight security and get onto the tarmac undetected.Nov 21, 2018 09:16Russia News
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