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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 […]

Russian president criticises US diplomacy in the crisis, cautioning that tougher sanctions would be counterproductive.   Putin said Russia was prepared to discuss ‘some details’ around the North Korean issue [Reuters] Imposing tougher sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear missile programme would be counterproductive, and threats of military action could trigger “a global catastrophe”, Russian President Vladimir Putin has […]

President Moon Jae-in is toughening his policy toward North Korea as the Kim Jong-un regime intensifies its provocations. At the same time, U.S. President Donald Trump’s apparent complaints about what his aides call Moon’s “soft” stance are reducing his room to maneuver. Moon’s offers for dialogue have met with Pyongyang’s continuous missile launches and a […]

Explosive belt (Representational photo Tikrit (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi paramilitary forces killed three suicide bombers before carrying out an attack in Salahuddin province, a media official was quoted saying on Tuesday. Muhannad al-Ezzawi, media officer at al-Salam Corps said in a statement that the force, assisted by a number of civilians, killed three Islamic State suicide bombers […]

The Russian Defense Ministry reported on the recent casualties among Russian military in Syria amid the operation to free the city of Deir ez-Zor. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Two Russian contract servicemen have been killed in a mortar shelling by Daesh terrorists in the Syrian province of Deir ez-Zor, the Russian Defense Ministry said Monday. “Contract servicemen accompanied a car convoy […]