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Paris (CNN)A man who tried to seize a soldier’s gun at Paris Orly Airport was involved in a carjacking and another shooting at a traffic stop, French authorities said Saturday.   Security forces opened fire, killing the man during the morning attack at the airport. The attacker was known to police and intelligence services, and […]

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Friday that all options even including military choice remain on the table in dealing with North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats, adding that the so-called strategic patience with Pyongyang has ended. / Yonhap U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Friday that all options even including military choice […]

  Russia will start building multi-purpose nuclear-powered submarines of the fifth generation in 2020. Companies of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) are ready to start the work in 2020, when 885 Yasen project is completed. For the time being, engineers are designing the look of future submarines. The performance of the subs remains a secret. […]

President Donald Trump needs to build bridges in the Arab world. Andrew Harrer / Bloomberg News As American president Donald Trump and Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei trade barbs, a nervous Arab world is caught in the middle. Last week, Iran’s supreme leader made headlines thanking Mr Trump for “revealing the true face of America”. While […]

Angela Merkel’s first in-person meeting on Friday with US President Donald Trump is one of the most anticipated visits the new American leader has had – and perhaps one of the Chancellor’s most crucial. The meeting had been set to take place on Tuesday, but was postponed due to a blizzard on the East Coast […]

Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen: The White House Has Given us assurances that Canadian Permanent Residents Are Exempt From U.S. Travel Ban The federal government moved to clear up confusion that surrounded a U.S. travel ban on citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries by announcing that Canadian citizens and permanent residents with roots in those countries […]

Government says gem will be sold with a ‘transparent’ bidding process to the benefit of the community and country. A picture of the 706-carat diamond discovered in Sierra Leone [Saidu Bah/AFP] A pastor in Sierra Leone has unearthed a 706-carat diamond, according to the government, in one of the largest precious stone finds ever made […]

A victim of the attack is carried ashore in Yemen. Eighty refugees were rescued. Photograph: Abduljabbar Zeyad/Reuters Thirty-one Somali refugees were reportedly killed off the coast of Yemen late on Thursday when a helicopter attacked the boat they were travelling in, a coastguard in the Houthi-controlled Hudaydah area has said. Mohamed al-Alay said the refugees, […]

Tehran’s interim Friday prayer leader says the US bans imposed against Iran following the conclusion of the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and the world powers prove Washington is not trustworthy. “This experience is enough and let’s not repeat the same experience, because the US proved that it is our enemy and our diplomats say […]

Donald’s Corp quickly deleted a tweet sent from the company’s handle slamming President Donald Trump on Thursday and said its official Twitter account had been compromised. The tweet, which was copied and shared widely before being deleted, came a day after the Twitter accounts of a number of major news organizations, chief executives, government agencies […]