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Syrian forces have captured the fortified area near Deir ez-Zor that was struck by Russian cruise missiles, which Moscow says killed over 200 jihadists. Troves of weapons, explosives and damaged armored vehicles were found on the site where the terrorists had holed up. As the Syrian troops were clearing out the area, they discovered a […]

In Ethiopia, IFAD’s Gilbert Houngbo, WFP’s David Beasley and FAO’s José Graziano da Silva watch as a woman makes a nutritious porridge at a health centre in Tigray region. Photo: FAO/IFAD/WFP/Petterik Wiggers. 5 September 2017 – More investment is needed in long-term projects to protect people in developing countries from droughts, the heads of the […]

Stock image of ISIS flag. Photo: AFP Spanish and Moroccan authorities have arrested six jihadists who were preparing “large-scale attacks”, Spain’s interior ministry said Wednesday. Spanish police and security authorities in Morocco “have dismantled a jihadist terrorist cell composed of six people”, a ministry statement said, indicating that five of them were arrested in Morocco and […]

  Russian President Vladimir Putin and his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in shake hands during a meeting at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia September 6, 2017. © Mikhail Klimentyev / Sputnik Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that the North Korean nuclear crisis cannot be resolved by sanctions alone. He called on the international community […]

This morning, the European Court of Justice dismissed a case launched by the governments of Hungary and Slovakia challenging the legality of the EU’s refugee resettlement quota plan. In a statement, the Court of Justice announced that The court dismisses the actions brought by Slovakia and Hungary against the provisional mechanism for the mandatory relocation of asylum […]

The world’s five major rising economies have expressed support for the 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries, urging all parties to live up to their commitments under the deal. In a joint statement issued during their latest summit in the Chinese city of Xiamen on Monday, the BRICS countries — […]

South Korean residents in Japan hold banners and raise clinched fists in front of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents during a rally against North Korea’s nuclear test, in Tokyo Tuesday. The banners read: “Give up nuclear weapons!”  Photo: AP TOKYO: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Vladivostok on Thursday, […]

A woman and children wave to migrants sitting on pick-up trucks as they leave for Libya n 2015. (AFP) Libyan security forces said on Tuesday that the bodies of 16 migrants had been found in the desert near the country’s border with Egypt. The bodies were found about 310 kilometers southwest of the coastal city […]

© Ruptl Syrian Arab Army soldiers joyously embraced their brothers in arms in the Deir ez-Zor area on Tuesday after the three-year Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) siege of the city was breached by government forces on the ground with Russia’s air support. Exclusive footage obtained by Ruptly shows units of the Syrian Arab Army […]

Pyongyang’s UN ambassador says its biggest nuclear weapons test yet was a ‘gift’ addressed to the United States. North Korea’s ambassador to the UN Han Tae-song attends the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva [Denis Balibouse/Reuters] North Korea has threatened to send “more gift packages” to the United States, days after testing the biggest nuclear weapon it has […]