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Russian President Vladimir Putin has compared anti-corruption protests that erupted throughout Russia over the weekend to Tunisia’s 2011 Arab Spring and Ukraine’s 2014 Euromaidan revolution. “I personally support the anti-corruption issue being at the center of public attention,” Putin said, before going on to criticize “political forces” which use the issue to promote themselves in […]

 China’s domestically developed AG600, the world’s largest amphibious aircraft, will make its maiden flight in late May from the southern city of Zhuhai, the official Xinhua news agency said on Thursday. China has stepped up research on advanced military equipment as it adopts a more muscular approach to territorial disputes in places such as the […]

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (left) and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi shake hands as they pose for a photo during the 28th Arab League summit at the Dead Sea on Wednesday DEAD SEA — Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz on Wednesday met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi on […]

PRESIDENT Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to Finland before he heads to Florida, the United States, for a China-US presidents’ meeting next week, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang announced Thursday. “At the invitation of President Sauli Niinisto of the Republic of Finland and President Donald Trump of the United States of America, President […]

A federal judge in Hawaii decided Wednesday to extend his order blocking President Donald Trump’s travel ban. U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson issued the longer-lasting hold on the ban just hours after hearing arguments. Hawaii says the policy discriminates against Muslims and hurts the state’s tourism-dependent economy. The implied message in the revised ban is […]

  Arab leaders and heads of delegations gather for a group photo at the opening of the Arab summit at the Dead Sea on Wednesday  The 28th Arab summit meeting held on Wednesday at the Dead Sea concluded with a message of peace, full support for Palestine and a call for pan-Arab solidarity in the […]

Tensions between Turkey and Germany continue to increase over alleged spying on suspected Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ) members in Germany by the Turkish intelligence services, who reportedly handed a list of the suspects to German authorities. Germany’s Federal Chief Prosecutor launched an investigation over allegations against the Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MİT) on Tuesday. The […]

Migrants overcrowd a wooden vessel during a rescue operation by the Spanish NGO Pro-Activa Open Arms in central Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan coast, on Wednesday (Reuters photo) About 146 migrants are feared missing after their boat capsized after leaving Libya, according to a Gambian youth who was rescued following the disaster, the UN refugee […]

On Wednesday, South Korean news outlets reported that a sixth nuclear test by North Korea is imminent, and could take place as early as next week. An unnamed source within the South Korean military told Korea Joongang Daily, “We have intelligence that North Korea may conduct its sixth nuclear test in the first week of April and are […]