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Rex Tillerson and Sergey Lavrov held their first meeting since the US Senate voted to impose new sanctions on Russia, which responded with countermeasures. Lavrov said Moscow is ready for normalized relations if the US “pulls back from confrontation.” At a meeting on the sidelines of an ASEAN regional security summit in Manila, US Secretary […]

Senior ruling party official says situation under control at Paramacay military base as authorities arrest seven. Troops in Venezuela have put down an attack on an army base near the city of Valencia, officials have said, shortly after a video surfaced of uniformed men declaring a military rebellion there.   Venezuela has been rocked by months of […]

 Sudanese singer Alsarah performs with Kenyan band Afro-Simba at the International Solidarity Concert as part of the Mogadishu Music Festival, in 2013 Somalia is rarely described as on the musical vanguard but there was a time, before its turmoil, when the Horn of Africa nation bustled with an electrifying mix of the world’s sounds. A […]

Provinces, SANA- Army units, backed by the army air force, destroyed gatherings and positions of the ISIS terrorists in the surroundings of Deir Ezzor City. A military source told SANA that the army air force carried out concentrated strikes against gatherings and positions of the ISIS in Talet Alloush at the southern axis of the city, killing […]

US President Donald Trump discussed increasing cooperation in the ongoing crises in Syria and Iraq in a telephone call with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Friday. The two leaders also spoke about “countering Iranian malign influence,” according to a readout of the call provided by the White House. On the issue of Venezuela, Trump […]

US President Donald Trump © Carlos Barria / Reuters The White House has welcomed “Russia’s and China’s cooperation” with the US against North Korea after the UN Security Council unanimously approved a resolution that introduces new economic sanctions in response to Pyongyang’s latest ballistic missile tests. “The president appreciates China’s and Russia’s cooperation in securing […]

Eggs waiting to be tested in Germany. Photo: Guido Kirchner/DPA/AP/TT Eggs containing a toxic pesticide that have been pulled from supermarkets in the Netherlands and Germany also reached Sweden. Sweden’s National Food Agency (Livsmedelsverket, NFA) says that it cannot be certain how many of the eggs have already been sold to Swedish consumers, but stressed […]

President Donald Trump salutes after walking down the steps of Air Force One with his grandchildren, Arabella Kushner, center, and Joseph Kushner, right, after arriving at Morristown Municipal Airport to begin his summer vacation at his Bedminster golf club, Friday, Aug. 4, 2017, in Morristown, N.J. (Evan Vucci/Associated Press) BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — Taking a break […]

US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley © Mike Segar / Reuters The UN Security Council has unanimously agreed on a new set of restrictive measures against Pyongyang following the North Korea’s latest missile tests. Having reaffirmed the UN’s previous stance on the issue, the international body further sanctioned several of North Korea’s exports. […]

The mosque, which primarily serves people from the area’s large Somali community, occasionally receives threatening calls and emails. (via Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center Facebook page) Someone apparently threw a bomb through the window of a suburban Minneapolis mosque on Saturday as people were preparing for morning prayers, damaging the imam’s office but not injuring anyone, […]