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A United States aircraft carrier strike group begins patrols in the South China Sea amid growing tension with Beijing over control of the disputed waterway.
Topics: territorial-disputes, defence-and-national-security, world-politics, foreign-affairs, united-states, china, asia, pacific
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President Donald Trump has urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to curb settlement activity, but avoided any explicit endorsement of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a longstanding bedrock of US Middle East policy.
Topics: world-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, territorial-disputes, united-states, israel, palestinian-territory-occupied
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| UpdatedDonald Trump drops US insistence on a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a longstanding bedrock of Middle East policy, even as he urges Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to curb settlement construction.
Topics: world-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, donald-trump, territorial-disputes, united-states
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The Red Cross provides assistance to hundreds of families displaced by tribal fighting in Papua New Guinea's volatile highlands region.
Topics: relief-and-aid-organisations, territorial-disputes, indigenous-other-peoples, papua-new-guinea
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There "cannot be conflict" between China and the US over the South China Sea, China's Foreign Minister warns during a press conference with his Australian counterpart Julie Bishop.
Topics: foreign-affairs, territorial-disputes, world-politics, government-and-politics, defence-and-national-security, bishop-julie, australia, china, united-states, asia
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Israel's parliament passes a law allowing about 4,000 settler homes to remain on privately owned Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank, but the measure could be struck down by the Supreme Court contravenes rulings on property rights.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, territorial-disputes, government-and-politics, world-politics, israel, palestinian-territory-occupied
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US President Donald Trump has warned Israel that constructing new settlements "may not be helpful" to Middle East peace efforts.
Topics: territorial-disputes, israel, palestinian-territory-occupied
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| UpdatedIsrael's parliament is widely expected to vote into law a bill retroactively legalising about 4,000 settler homes built on privately-owned Palestinian land, a measure the Attorney-General says is unconstitutional.
Topics: territorial-disputes, world-politics, israel, palestinian-territory-occupied
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| UpdatedChina uses a US television network interview to send its strongest message yet to Donald Trump that it will not back down on its claims in the South China Sea.
Topics: world-politics, foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, territorial-disputes, business-economics-and-finance, trade, china, asia, united-states
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The Papua New Guinea and Bougainville Governments move a step closer to a referendum on the autonomous region's independence by creating a commission to oversee the vote.
Topics: world-politics, territorial-disputes, states-and-territories, papua-new-guinea, pacific
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| UpdatedWhen permits were granted for 560 units to be built in three areas of East Jerusalem, it was taken by many as yet another intrusion by Israelis into what is regarded as Palestinian land — further evidence the supposed goal of the "two-state solution" is drifting from fading hope towards fiction.
Topics: world-politics, territorial-disputes, israel, palestinian-territory-occupied, united-states
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| UpdatedHundreds of new homes for Israeli settlers in East Jerusalem are approved, with an Israeli official saying the city's council has been "waiting" for US President Donald Trump to take office.
Topics: world-politics, territorial-disputes, palestinian-territory-occupied, israel, united-states
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The Turnbull Government's position on the Middle East peace process is labelled as "groundless" by a senior Palestinian official, after Australia criticised a UN Security Council resolution condemning Israeli West Bank settlements.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, territorial-disputes, australia, israel, palestinian-territory-occupied
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| UpdatedIf US President-elect Donald Trump goes through with plans to move Washington's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, it will hurt the peace process, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, territorial-disputes, religion-and-beliefs, israel, palestinian-territory-occupied, holy-see-vatican-city-state, united-states
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Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders meet in Switzerland for last-chance talks to reunify Cyprus more than 40 years after it was split in two.
Topics: territorial-disputes, world-politics, cyprus
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Taiwan scrambles jets and navy ships as a group of Chinese warships led by China's sole aircraft carrier sails north through the Taiwan Strait, the latest sign of heightened tensions between Beijing and the self-ruled Taiwan.
Topics: territorial-disputes, world-politics, china, taiwan
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More than 40 people were killed when a car bomb exploded in the rebel-held Syrian town of Azaz in the northern province of Aleppo.
Topics: terrorism, territorial-disputes, syrian-arab-republic
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Syrian rebel groups say they have decided will not discuss their possible participation in Syrian peace negotiations due to what they say are ceasefire "violations" by the army and Iran-backed militias.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, territorial-disputes, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, terrorism, syrian-arab-republic, iran-islamic-republic-of, russian-federation
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| UpdatedWe look at why the decision to condemn new settlements in Palestinian territory has caused a diplomatic row.
Topics: government-and-politics, foreign-affairs, territorial-disputes, world-politics, united-states, palestinian-territory-occupied, israel
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Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will reassess all ties with the United Nations, including funding of UN institutions, after the Security Council demanded an end to settlements on occupied Palestinian territory.
Topics: foreign-affairs, territorial-disputes, unrest-conflict-and-war, israel, palestinian-territory-occupied
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| UpdatedThe Obama administration allows the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlements, defying pressure from US President-elect Donald Trump as well as Israel and several US senators who urged Washington to use its veto.
Topics: territorial-disputes, world-politics, palestinian-territory-occupied, israel
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| UpdatedEgypt postpones a UN Security Council vote on a resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlement building, as diplomats said Cairo had acted under pressure from Israel and to avoid alienating US President-elect Donald Trump.
Topics: territorial-disputes, world-politics, us-elections, palestinian-territory-occupied, israel
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| UpdatedChina returns a US underwater drone taken by a Chinese naval vessel in the disputed South China Sea last week, after what China's Defence Ministry said were "friendly" talks between the two countries.
Topics: world-politics, defence-and-national-security, territorial-disputes, china, united-states
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| UpdatedChina says it will return an American underwater drone taken by a Chinese naval vessel in the South China Sea, but adds the US did not help by "hyping up" the issue.
Topics: territorial-disputes, navy, world-politics, china, asia
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China has gained "effective control" over the South China Sea and is using "psychological warfare" in its quest for territorial expansion, according to a new study which urges the United States and allies to do more to push back.
Topics: territorial-disputes, foreign-affairs, world-politics, government-and-politics, china, united-states, australia