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ISTANBUL -- The United States and Turkey on Thursday reached an agreement on a five-day truce and the establishment of a safe zone in northern Syria, where the Turkish forces had been fighting against the Kurdish militia, following talks between the two sides in the Turkish capital of Ankara.

"Turkey's military operation will pause for 120 hours," U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said at a press conference following a closed-door meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (Turkey-Syria-Truce)

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TEHRAN -- Iranian President's Chief of Staff Mahmoud Vaezi said on Thursday that his country is ready to take the next step to reduce its commitments to the 2015 nuclear agreement.

"If Europe does not fulfill its commitments (to help Iran take benefit from the deal), Iran will take the fouth step in due time," Vaezi was quoted by official IRNA news agency as saying. (Iran-Nuke Deal-Commitments)

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UNITED NATIONS -- The UN General Assembly on Thursday elected 14 states into the Human Rights Council to succeed outgoing members.

Through secret ballot, Libya, Mauritania, Nambia, Sudan (for Africa); Indonesia, Japan, the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Korea (for Asia-Pacific); Armenia, Poland (for Eastern Europe); Brazil, Venezuela (for Latin America and the Caribbean); Germany, the Netherlands (for Western Europe and other states), were elected for a three-year term starting Jan. 1, 2020. (UN-Rights-Council)

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DUBLIN -- The new Brexit deal that has been reached between the European Union (EU) and the British government is widely welcomed by the Irish side, reported local media on Thursday.

Ireland's national radio and TV broadcaster RTE quoted Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar who is currently in Brussels for the EU summit as saying that the deal reached earlier on Thursday protects the wishes of the people of Northern Ireland and also avoids a hard border between Ireland and Britain's Northern Ireland. (Britain-EU-New Brexit Deal) Enditem

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