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Protesters gather as far-right Sweden Democrats party leader Jimmie Akesson gives a speech in Malmo [Johan Nilsson/TT News Agency/Reuters] The current government, formed as a coalition between the centre-left Social Democrats and Green Party after the 2014 elections, could be unseated owing to the growing popularity of the Sweden Democrats and right-wing Moderate Party. Headed […]

North Korean authorities on Thursday distributed a document to journalists arriving in the North Korean capital, which described what is – and isn’t – expected of the press in their coverage of the upcoming September 9 celebrations and surrounding events. The document, titled “Regulations for the activities by foreign journalists in the territory of the […]

Presidents Hassan Rouhani, Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin © Umit Bektas / Reuters The leaders of Russia, Iran and Turkey will hold talks in Tehran to discuss how to move forward in Syria. Damascus is gearing up for a major military operation as the US threatens it with intervention. Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani will host […]

Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha called for international society to deliver strong support for lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula in a meeting with foreign diplomats here Friday. At a luncheon meeting with the diplomats, she underlined the need for them to make concerted efforts for complete denuclearization of the peninsula. “We are facing challenges and […]

  Two of France’s biggest rap stars were both responsible for a brawl between their entourages that forced a partial shutdown of a Paris airport, each driven both by a fear of losing face, a French court heard on Thursday. The fracas between bitter rivals Booba and Kaaris in a duty-free shop inside the departure hall […]

Right-wing candidate, Jair Bolsonaro, was stabbed during a campaign rally in Minas Gerais on Wednesday, photo internet reproduction. “Unfortunately, it was more serious than we had expected,” said Flavio Bolsonaro, the candidate’s son through his Twitter account. “The perforation reached part of the liver, the lung and the intestine loop. He lost a lot of […]

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has reacted strongly to Washington’s announcement that President Donald Trump is going to chair the upcoming UN Security Council and use the opportunity against Iran. “There’s only one UNSC resolution on Iran. .@realDonaldTrump is violating it & bullying others to do same. Now he plans to abuse […]

The United Nations Security Council chamber in New York © Patrick Gruban / Wikipedia  Russia has denied allegations that its military intelligence officers were behind the Skripal poisoning in Britain and suggested that the UK government timed its accusations to a potential upcoming false flag attack in Syria. On Thursday, the UK gave an update […]

Emergency personnel and police respond to a reported active shooter situation near Fountain Square, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo) A gunman opened fire Thursday morning in a building in the heart of Cincinnati in an attack that left him and three other people dead, police said. The shooting sent people scrambling across […]

An Israeli soldier rides an armored vehicle in the Golan Heights on August 7, 2018. (Reuters) US ambassador to Israel David Friedman expects the annexed Golan Heights to remain under Israeli control “forever”, according to an excerpt released Thursday of an interview he gave to an Israeli newspaper. Israel seized most of the Golan Heights […]