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US troops in Afghanistan. Photo: DPA The German government said on Tuesday that US President Donald Trump’s decision to send additional troops to Afghanistan was “the right thing to do.” “It is the right thing to do and we have been requesting for some time that the end of operations there be based on realities […]

Adm. Harry Harris talks during a press conference at Osan Air Base in South Korea. (Yonhap) The top US military commander in the Asia-Pacific region said Tuesday that the diplomatic approach is the “stronger and more powerful” means to resolve the standoff with North Korea, adding such efforts should be backed by credible military capability. […]

India, UK and NATO express support for US president’s policy, but Pakistan, China and Russia offer little enthusiasm. Donald Trump has committed the US to an open-ended conflict in Afghanistan [Reuters] Politicians from across the world have reacted to US President Donald Trump’s new strategy for the war in Afghanistan. MORE TO THIS STORY Trump vows US […]

  FILE PHOTO: A soldier salutes from atop vehicle carrying a missile past a stand with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during the parade, in Pyongyang. © Damir Sagolj / Reuters A North Korean envoy to a UN disarmament forum has refused to negotiate its nuclear program, accusing the US and South Korea of […]

Slain Al-Shabaab operative Sheikh Ali Mohamed Hussein alias Ali Jabal  The Somali militant group Al-Shabaab has confirmed the killing of its senior operative Sheikh Ali Mohamed Hussein alias Ali Jabal, in a US air strike. The group confirmed the death in a message of condolence and congratulation to Muslims, through its media outlets. “This is […]

Sigmar Gabriel with wife Anke. Photo: DPA German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel has accused supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of threatening his wife amid a festering diplomatic crisis. He said that Erdogan’s strident style “had apparently led some to feel motivated to try to threaten and harass my wife,” in comments broadcast Tuesday […]

The rule allowed Muslim men to divorce their wives simply by uttering the word ‘talaq’ three times. MMany Muslim women in India had called for an end to the ‘triple talaq’ instant divorce law [Amit Dave/Reuters India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked the use of a Muslim divorce law until the government frames new legislation, […]

Images of the suspect released by the police on Monday. Photo: Mossos Police have shot dead a suspect who they believe could be the driver of the van in Las Ramblas attack. Police confirm that they have shot dead a suspect in Subirats, a village nestled in vineyards 50km west of Barcelona and that it […]

The U.S. Air Force’s U-2 ultra-high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft participates in training at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, Monday, as part of South Korea and the United States’ annual Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise that will run until Aug. 31. / Yonhap Key US commanders to send joint message to Pyongyang Tuesday The South Korea-U.S. […]

Abouyaaqoub is one of 12 suspects last Thursday’s attack on Las Ramblas, Barcelona’s most famous boulevard, in which a van plowed into holidaymakers, killing at least 14 people The main suspect in the Barcelona van attack that killed 13 people last week, 22-year-old Younes Abouyaaqoub, was arrested on Monday in Sant Sadurni de Noya, west […]