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Reuters Photo U.S. President Donald Trump says his chief diplomat is “wasting his time” trying to negotiate with North Korea about its nuclear and missile programs. Trump tweets this advice to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson: “Save your energy, Rex, we’ll do what has to be done!” The president isn’t elaborating, but he told the […]

Representational photo. Deir Ezzor (Syria News) Local sources informed, on Saturday, that the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) managed to recapture Jafra oil field, northeast of the city of Deir Ezzor, from the Islamic State group, Qasioun News reported. The sources revealed that the Syrian Democratic Forces were able to capture Jafra oil field, northeast of […]

AA Photo President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Sunday that he will travel to Iran on October 4 to discuss the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) referendum and Astana talks with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Speaking at the Turkish Parliament’s legislative year reception, the Turkish president said the roadmap that […]

File image of a woman wearing a niqab on a street in Rabat, Morocco. Photo: AFP New restrictions come into force in Austria on Sunday banning the wearing of the full Islamic veil and other items concealing the face in public places and buildings. Exemptions “under certain conditions” include items like clown disguises “at cultural events”, […]

Officers patrol Marseille’s main train station after a knife attack. Photo: Bertrand Langlois/AFP A suspected Islamist knifeman killed at least two people at the main train station in the French Mediterranean port city of Marseille on Sunday before being shot and killed by soldiers patrolling there, local officials and police said. “Two victims have been […]

Spanish police clear the entrance of a polling station in Barcelona. Photo: AFP Clashes broke out at polling stations across the northeastern region as police attempted to seize ballot boxes and prevent the ‘illegal’ vote on independence. Voting is going ahead across Catalonia today Riot police charged crowds of people at polling stations in Barcelona […]

Germany is the 15th European nation to legalise gay marriage. Photo: Tobias Schwarz/AFP Germany celebrates its first gay marriages on Sunday as same-sex unions become legal after decades of struggle, but campaigners say the battle for equal rights isn’t over yet. Wedding bells will ring out in Berlin, Hamburg, Hanover and other German cities where […]

Photo: Björn Larsson Rosvall/TT A neo-Nazi Nordic Resistance Movement (NMR) demonstration in central Gothenburg has ended, two hours after police permission for the march expired. The neo-Nazi group was forced to bring its march through Gothenburg to a premature end but has reportedly threatened new demonstrations – possibly without police permission. A huge effort by […]

Iranian and Iraqi central government forces are to hold joint military exercises near their borders, Iran’s state television reported on Saturday, as part of Tehran’s effort to support Baghdad after the Kurdish independence referendum on Monday. In this photo taken Friday, Sept. 29, 2017, a Turkish army tank moves, in Silopi, near the Habur border […]

FILE PHOTO © Reuters South Korean banks and utility companies are drawing up plans to construct shielding and potentially move operations overseas to protect against North Korea as further provocation from Pyongyang is expected on October 10. South Korean banks and vital infrastructure facilities, including nuclear power plants and government ministries, have reportedly been hacked by Pyongyang […]