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  Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Hwasong-14 is pictured during its second test-fire © KCNA / Reuters Russia is ready to develop ties with N. Korea within UN restrictions, but the missile and nuclear tests impinge on trade and economic relations, the Russian Far East Development Minister said upon meeting the N. Korean delegation.  Our Korean […]

Damages on the French overseas island of Saint-Martin, after high winds from Hurricane Irma hit the island. AFP PHOTO / RINSY XIENG / RCI.FM At least eight people were killed and another 21 wounded as Hurricane Irma swept across the Caribbean island of St Martin, emergency workers on the French-run side of the island said […]

Prime Minister Khaire and his deputy photographed during the extra ordinary cabinet meeting on Wednesday morning. Photo Credit: OPM MOGADISHU, Somalia (Horn Observer) Somali cabinet decided on Wednesday in an emergency meeting that the ONLF rebel leader extradited to Ethiopia was a terrorist and member of a terrorist organization. The meeting which was chaired by […]

WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump on Tuesday was expected to rescind a program shielding from deportation some immigrants who came to the United States illegally as children, throwing their fate to Congress, which would have six months to find a fix. Sources familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity to outline […]

Karakurt project vessel. Source: zdship.ru Russia’s Defence Ministry does not have the budget of the Pentagon, but the Russian defence department is very good at showing ingenuity. This is how the Karakurt appeared – a small and very dangerous ship, an heir to Soviet armoured boats and German underwater “wolves.” According to Wikipedia, the karakurt […]

Two people have been arrested after police found components that can be used to make bombs in an apartment in a Paris suburb. Two men have been arrested after police found components that can be used to make explosives  in an apartment in a Paris suburb which media reports describe as a “bomb factory.”  Security […]

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 […]