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urkish troops held joint military exercises with Qatari troops on Monday, Qatari media reported, showcasing their strategic alliance two months into a boycott by Arab neighbors, which caused a region-wide crisis. The maneuvers are aimed at preparing Qatar’s armed forces to defend “vital economic, strategic and infrastructure facilities,” state-owned newspaper Al-Sharq reported. Montingent of Turkish […]

A hunt for possible accomplices to the terrifying abduction of a British model in Italy was underway Sunday after the alleged mastermind told police he planned to auction her off as a sex slave on the dark web. Italian police have confirmed they are looking for at least one other man following the arrest of British-resident […]

Chicago is suing to prevent the Trump administration from enforcing new policies that would withhold money from so-called sanctuary cities that deny U.S. immigration officials access to local jails. The lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court claims the federal policies force the city to choose between its constitutional rights and funding for law enforcement. […]

© Natalia Seliverstova / Sputnik    systems and the dollar as a settling currency, said Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov on Monday, as quoted The Russian government will intensify efforts to cut the country’s dependence on US paymentby RIA Novosti “We will, of course, speed up the work on import substitution, reduce dependence on US […]

Nervous Kenyans stockpiled food and water on Monday and police prepared first emergency aid kits as families headed to their ethnic heartlands on the eve of an election many fear could descend into violence. Opposition leader Raila Odinga, 72, who lost elections in 1997, 2007 and 2013, has already said President Uhuru Kenyatta, 55, can […]

Iraqi F-16 fighter jets. File photo. Iraqi F-16 fighter jets. File photo. Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) At least 170 Islamic State militants were killed in airstrikes launched by the Iraqi army jets in north of Salahuddin province, the Qatari QENA news agency reported. In a statement on Sunday, the Iraqi Defense Ministry said more than 170 IS […]

© KCNA / Glook Pressbal Lo  Pyongyang has criticized the new round of UN restrictions against it, promising to respond with “righteous action” and hinting that the US mainland cannot consider itself safe, North Korean state media reported. Sanctions approved by all 15 members of the UN Security Council on Saturday outraged North Korea, which […]

Israel has for the first time in its history stripped an Arab-Israeli of his citizenship. The move is in response to a car-ramming and stabbing attack that left four people injured two years ago. Human rights groups were quick to criticize the measure as setting a dangerous precedent. TrendsPalestinian statehood Alaa Raed Ahmad Zayoud’s Israeli […]

Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr visited the town of al-Mokha, west of Taiz province, for the first time since its liberation from Houthi milita. Last week, Yemen’s army regained control of the stragtigical Khalid Bin Al-Walid military camp east of al-Mukha from the Houthi militas. Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr visited […]

Photo: DPA Belgian officials admitted Saturday they knew in early June there was a potential problem over insecticide-contaminated eggs but kept it secret because of an ongoing fraud investigation. “We knew since early June there was potentially a problem with fipronil in the poultry sector,” Katrien Stragier, a spokeswoman for Belgium’s food safety agency (AFSCA), […]