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Two NATO jets which were intercepting Russian planes over neutral waters near Estonia briefly violated Finnish airspace, the alliance said. Two Spanish F-18 jets were scrambled on Tuesday from Estonia’s Amari Airbase to intercept Russian aircraft, identified as two MiG-31 jets and one Antonov AN-26 cargo plane, according to the military bloc. A Spanish Air […]

Christopher Wray inherits the job at a challenging time given Trump’s ousting of Comey, who was admired within the FBI. The US senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly confirmed Christopher Wray to lead the FBI, replacing James Comey, who was abruptly fired by US President Donald Trump amid the investigation into Russian meddling in last year’s presidential election. World […]

The United States does not seek a regime change in North Korea, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Tuesday, as tensions renewed over the country’s nuclear and missile programs. North Korea conducted its second test of an intercontinental ballistic missile last week, fueling concerns that the communist nation may be close to delivering a nuclear […]

Stefan Löfven and Emmanuel Macron in Paris. Photo: Michel Euler/AP French President Emmanuel Macron has praised the “Swedish model”, calling it a “true source of inspiration” following a meeting with Sweden’s Prime Minister Stefan Löfven in Paris. Speaking alongside Löfven after the meeting between the two at the Elysée Palace on Monday, Macron opened his […]

Chinese sailors stand on the deck of a Navy destroyer leaving Djibouti base for the Gulf of Aden © Global Look Press   China has formally launched its first overseas naval facility in Djibouti, an East African nation that is already hosting America’s only expeditionary Marine base in Africa. Five Chinese formations and Djibouti’s Three […]

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Dozens of worshippers were killed and wounded when one suicide bomber blew himself up and a second opened fire inside a mosque in the capital of western Herat province late on Tuesday. Herat police spokesman Farhad Jilani told Pajhwok Afghan News two suicide bombers targeted the Jawadia mosque of the Shiite minority in Bakrabad […]

Police outside the scene of the crime in Hamburg. Photo: DPA. The suspected radical Islamist arrested for a deadly knife attack in Hamburg last week could have been deported if it weren’t for a slip-up by authorities, Spiegel reported on Tuesday. The Palestinian suspect, named as Ahmad A., had entered a supermarket on a lively […]

Moscow, August 1./TASS/. hree out the five GTA gang members who overpowered armed guards, stole their weapons and opened fire in a Moscow region court have been killed, the two others ended up wounded and were taken to hospital, Russian Investigative Committee Spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko told TASS on Tuesday. According to Petrenko, the incident reportedly […]

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting with Defense Secretary James Mattis, second from left, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, third from left, and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao at the White House in Washington, D.C., Monday. / EPA-Yonhap Regime change in North Korea is not a feasible option to address Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile issues, […]

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Foreign Minister of Somalia Yusuf-Garaad Omar, who arrived here yesterday on a five-day visit, also held talks on regional issues pertaining to developments in Gulf region. (India in Kenya/Twitter) New Delhi: With many ships, including Indian ones, becoming victim of piracy in the Gulf of Aden, India and Somalia on […]