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Lutgen challenges De Croo to take the debate on trade with Saudi Arabia to European level.© Belga  The debate around Belgian arms sales to Saudi Arabia, started on Sunday by the federal Minister for Development Cooperation, Alexander De Croo, should not only be confined to this aspect. It should be taken to European level, including […]

Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday rejected British PM Theresa May’s call for negotiations on the UK’s exit from the European Union to run in parallel with talks on defining their future relationship. “The negotiations must first clarify how we will disentangle our interlinked relationship… and only when this question is dealt with, can we, hopefully […]

A law enforcement official tells NBC News that Capitol Police in Washington D.C. fired at the driver of a vehicle that hit a police car about 9:30 this morning near the U.S. Botanical Gardens at the foot of Capitol Hill. Police Respond to Incident Near U.S. Capitol 1:21 Earlier Wednesday morning, police noticed a woman […]

Opposition fighters stand near a convoy of vehicles carrying United Nations food and medical aid on the outskirts of the rebel-beseiged town of Kafraya in Syria’s Idlib province as they head to deliver aid to Fua and Kafraya. (AFP Photo Four Syrian towns that have been under crippling siege for more than two years are […]

Arab leaders are convening near the Jordanian Dead Sea for the 28th annual summit of the Arab League, as the region faces distressing turmoil and political challenges. Sixteen heads of states out of the 22-member confederation of Arab countries are expected to attend Wednesday’s meeting, including Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, president of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud […]

Tabaqa DAM, Syria — Clashes raged around a key northern Syrian town on Tuesday after the Daesh terror group launched a counter-attack to fend off a US-backed advance near the extremists’ stronghold Raqqa. Backed by air power from the international coalition bombing Daesh, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are laying the groundwork for an assault […]

The Russian Defence Ministry will take retaliatory measures in response to deployment of the US missile defence. These measures are forced and directed at prevention of the power balance disruption and minimization of damage to Russia’s security. ‘After the US withdrew from a treaty on missile defence, the Russian representatives have explained several times how […]

Representatives from Arab League states prepare resolutions for an Arab heads of state annual meeting on Wednesday, at the Dead Sea, Jordan on March 27, 2017. AP The draft was approved by Arab foreign ministers at an eve-of-summit meeting in the Jordan.  A draft statement to be put to an Arab summit Wednesday opposes plans […]

Provinces, SANA – Army and Armed Forces units established control over a number of mountains in Palmyra area in the eastern countryside of Homs province after eliminating the last ISIS gatherings in the area, according to a military source. The source said that army units carried out intensive operations targeting gatherings and fortifications for ISIS, establishing […]