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‘Now is not the time to give up’ on two-state solution, UN Middle East envoy tells Security Council 20 June – Achieving a negotiated two-state outcome is the only way to lay the foundations for enduring peace that is based on Israeli security needs and the Palestinian right to sovereignty and statehood, the United Nations […]

Saudi Arabia has declared Prince Mohammed bin Salman as the kingdom’s crown prince while Prince Mohammed bin Nayef has been relieved from his position after a royal decree was issued by King Salman bin Abdulaziz early on Wednesday morning. The Saudi Press Agency confirmed that 31 out of 34 members of Saudi Arabia’s Allegiance Council […]

Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Mosul city council decided Tuesday to deport the families of Islamic State fighters and to relocate them to special camps in order to rehabilitate them mentally. In a statement, the council said it will no longer allow receiving migrant Islamic State fighters families arriving from other provinces. The existing families are to be […]

Troops shoot dead a man suspected of causing a small explosion at train station, in what police call ‘terrorist attack’ Belgian police say a man suspected of setting off a small explosion at the central train station in the capital, Brussels, has died after being shot by soldiers Belgian troops take up position close to the […]

Grievances towards Qatar are still not listed, which prompts ‘more doubts’ about reasons behind Gulf rift, US says. The US state department says it is “mystified” that Gulf states have not released details about their grievances towards Qatar more than two weeks after they imposed a blockade on the country Qatar has denied all accusations […]

Moscow said a US spy plane flying toward the Russian border made a “provocative turn” toward a fighter jet, which had been scrambled for an interception mission. Earlier, the US military claimed the Russian jet had approached the US plane in an unsafe way. The Russian Defense Ministry has confirmed that a Baltic Fleet Su-27 […]

RUIJIN Hospital doctors say they may have the answer to one of the world’s leading obsessions — losing weight. Doctors at the hospital’s endocrinology department have found that a bacterium can reduce the amount of fat in the body, in turn leading to weight loss. They plan to promote the development of weight loss medicine […]

A man who shouted “Allahu Akbar” in a Lausanne metro station last Friday was suffering from paranoia at the time, according to the prosecutor who has charged him with ‘threats causing public alarm’. The 30-year-old Swiss resident, of west African origin, was arrested after he shouted the phrase – meaning ‘God is greatest’ – at […]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday she was prepared to “consider” new French President Emmanuel Macron’s proposals for a shake-up of the eurozone. Speaking to business leaders in Berlin, Merkel acknowledged that the “economic cohesion of the eurozone member states leaves something to be desired”. Angela Merkel. Photo: DPA Merkel, who is running for a […]

A U.S. F-15 fighter jet shot down an Iranian-made drone over southern Syria on Tuesday, a U.S. defense official said, marking the second time in a week that the U.S. military has taken a pro-Syrian government aircraft out of the sky. The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the incident had yet to be […]