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Six people were rescued and at least two people died after an eight-story apartment building in the Kartal district on Istanbul’s Asian side collapsed on Wednesday. Rescue teams are searching for others believed to be trapped under the rubble. People rescued by search teams were rushed to the hospitals to receive treatment. Parliament Speaker Binali […]

An Egyptian parliamentary committee on Tuesday approved proposed constitutional amendments which would allow President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to stay in power until 2034 and boost his control of the judiciary.  The approval is the first step needed to move forward with the constitutional changes, which are expected to be finally endorsed by parliament and then […]

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers his 2019 State of the Union address to Congress in Washington, D.C., Tuesday (local time). / AFP-Yonhap U.S. President Donald Trump said he will hold a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for two days from Feb. 27 in Vietnam to inject fresh momentum into their countries’ stalled […]

President Donald Trump stood in condemnation of both parties as mired in a swamp of self-dealing and dysfunction. | Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, as it unfolded, was a dizzying and even disorienting experience, a cascade of rhetorical passages that seemed to contradict each other every few moments. Appeals […]

Mohamoud Ahmed Nur, the Somali ambassador to Kenya. PHOTO | FRED OLUOCH | NMG The Somali ambassador to Kenya Mohamoud Ahmed Nur spoke to Fred Oluoch about regional security, Somalia politics and bilateral relations. There have been concerns, especially among the federal states, that no new territories have been reclaimed from Al Shabaab since President […]

FILE PHOTO ©  Russian Defense Ministry / Sputnik14In response to the US suspending the INF treaty, Russia is boosting its land-based missile development. Moscow wants hypersonic missiles of 500km+ range and a land-based version of the Kalibr cruise missile, ready by 2020. After killing INF US has ‘free hand’ to reassert ‘supremacy in the world’ with ‘new […]

AA PhotoAA Photo President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Tuesday that Turkey has closed its chapter with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for good. “Turkey’s ledger with the IMF is closed and will not open again,” Erdoğan said while addressing the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) group meeting. He emphasized that Turkey cut its […]

Photo: AFP Nine people were killed in a fire that ripped through a residential building in an upmarket Paris neighbourhood early Tuesday, the fire service said. Described as a “scene of incredible violence”, the blaze in the capital’s 16th arrondissement also left one person seriously injured and another 30 — including six firefighters — with minor injuries. […]

  Reuters / STEPHANE MAHE Underwater video footage has appeared showing one occupant visible in the wreckage of the plane carrying missing striker Emiliano Sala from France to Cardiff ahead of his £15 million club record move, investigators say. Air Live report that the footage shows one occupant from the plane’s crew, which consisted of […]

   Pope Francis attends a welcome ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Abu Dhabi.Image Credit: Reuters  ABU DHABI: Religious leaders from the Indian subcontinent have said that the Global Conference of Human Fraternity is a big success in bringing all religions together at a single platform and that it will relay “a good message” to […]