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A total of 6,990 candidates from 87 parties are competing against one another in Saturday’s polls [AFP] Vote expected to be a referendum on PM Haider al-Abadi’s tenure and his pledge to be more inclusive of Sunni Iraqis have voted in the first parliamentary election since the country declared victory over the Islamic State of Iraq and […]

   North Korea announced Saturday it is taking “technical measures” to dismantle its northern nuclear test site, moving closer to honoring an offer made by its leader Kim Jong-un during the inter-Korean summit last month. The North’s foreign ministry issued a press release, carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), detailing the country’s […]

  VIDEO: The Police Commissioner would not confirm the identity of the shooter (ABC News) Three “longarm” firearms licensed to Peter Miles, who was found dead — along with six others — in a suspected murder-suicide near Margaret River, have been recovered at the crime scene, police said. West Australian Police Commissioner Chris Dawson would not confirm […]

Representational photo Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Iraqi military has announced arresting five Islamic State leaders and killing 40 others in a major operation in Syria, saying those militants took part in attacks against Anbar and Mosul. A statement on Friday by the Security Media Center said “a major operation was carried out upon commands from the […]

The U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, escorts South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha to a joint press conference at the State Department in Washington, DC, May 11. / EPA-Yonhap Moves to denuclearize North Korea are expected to proceed speedily this time, due to a determination by the leaders of the two Koreas and […]

Najib said he was resigning to take responsibility for the electoral defeat that ended his coalition’s 60-year grip on power [The Associated Press] Malaysian ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak has resigned as president of his UMNO party, and as chairman of the ruling coalition, with immediate effect, shortly after he was issued a travel ban. “We […]

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a rally with supporters at North Side middle school in Elkhart, Indiana, U.S., May 10, 2018 (Photo: Reuters) President Donald Trump will address around 800 US and Israeli dignitaries at the ceremonial opening of the American embassy in Jerusalem by video on Monday, a senior official said. It was not […]

Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei rebuked Trump’s threats against the Islamic Establishment and the Iranian nation, saying Tehran’s nuclear program was merely an excuse for the US. Ayatollah Khamenei reacted to Donald Trump’s announcement Tue. night that the US would pull out of the 2015 nuclear deal and reinstate sanctions over Washington’s dissatisfaction at […]

France’s economy minister Bruno Le Maire urged European nations Friday to defend themselves against US sanctions targeting foreign companies that trade with Iran, as the rift between Washington and its allies deepens. © Atta Kenare, AFP | Visitors look at a Renault Captur automobile during the International Car Exhibition in Shahr-e-Aftab south of the Iranian […]

Ko Young-beom, 81, right, sits with his wife Sim Young-sunon the sofa for a family photo shoot, along with a picture of the 2007 reunion with his siblings in North Korea. Separated from his family by the 1950-53 Korean War, Ko Young-beom, 81, calls Ongjin County in North Korea’s western South Hwanghae Province his hometown. […]