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A relative of Mohammed al-Houm, 14, who was killed during a protest along the Israel-Gaza border fence, mourns during his funeral in the Bureij refugee camp, in central Gaza on Sept. 29, 2018. (AFP Photo) Turkey on Sunday “strongly” condemned Israel’s “excessive and disproportionate” use of force against innocent civilians in Gaza Strip. “We strongly […]

  The death toll from an earthquake that prompted a tsunami on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi has risen to 832, the national disaster mitigation agency has said, adding it assessed the affected area to be bigger than initially thought. Many people were reported trapped in the rubble of buildings brought down in the magnitude […]

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini at a press conference with his Tunisian counterpart in the capital Tunis on Thursday. PHOTO: FETHI BELAID / AFP           Italy’s powerful deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini said Saturday “I do not care” if the European Commission rejects a budget plan that would worsen Rome’s already mammoth […]

Security officers walk on a road leading to the US Embassy compound ahead the official opening in Jerusalem, Sunday, May 13, 2018. (AP Photo) Palestinian foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki said Saturday the Palestinians have petitioned the U.N.’s top court, alleging that the U.S. inauguration of an embassy in Jerusalem was illegal. The Palestinians have filed […]

Residents take fuel from an oil truck at a gas station in Palu on Sunday. (Antara/Muhammad Adimaja) President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo asked quake survivors to be patient as they wait for aid to be distributed upon arriving in the capital of Central Sulawesi, Palu, which was hit hard by an earthquake and tsunami.   Jokowi said […]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov UNITED NATIONS, September 29. /TASS/. US President Donald Trump has been invited to visit Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday. “President [of Russia Vladimir] Putin has received an invitation from President Trump [to visit the United States]. President Trump has received an invitation to visit Russia as […]

AA Photo President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday at a working breakfast to discuss bilateral and international issues. Erdoğan was accompanied by Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, and Technology and Industry Minister Mustafa Varank. It was Erdoğan and Merkel’s second meeting during the president’s […]

Saudi Crown Prince Prince Mohammad bin Salman with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan during his recent to Saudi Arabia. (SPA) Saudi Arabia has signed grant agreements with Pakistan to finance three road infrastructure and energy projects under the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a news report has revealed. According to the Dawn newspaper report, the agreements were […]

Victims receive treatments in front of a hospital in Palu, Central Sulawesi, on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018, amid threats of aftershocks. (Antara/BNPB Sutopo Purwo Nugroho) The central government and local authorities have scrambled to lead disaster relief efforts to assist the victims of a powerful earthquake that struck Central Sulawesi at 6:02 p.m. local time on Friday. Coordinating […]

It is as true today as it has been throughout history: China and Japan have as many reasons to be friends as to be enemies. And that is why, in the decades since they established diplomatic ties in 1972, their relationship has seen as many highs as it has lows. The enactment of the Treaty of […]