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The Shia duo are predicted to have won 29 seats in the 128-seat parliament [Aziz Taher/Reuters] Hezbollah and its political allies are the biggest winners in Lebanon’s first general election in nine years, an analysis of the preliminary results show. Hezbollah and Amal – dubbed the “Shia duo” by local news media – are predicted to […]

© Sergey Bobylev / Sputnik When Putin first became president in 2000, he inherited a basket case. Since then, he has restored much of Russia’s former greatness. Now he faces his toughest challenge: ensuring those gains are consolidated after his departure. Since his first presidential election victory, there have been three Putin epochs. And to […]

Matteo Salvini of the League with his coalition partners at the presidential palace after Italy’s latest round of unsuccessful talks. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFP Italy could go back to the polls in two months’ time after yet another round of talks failed to produce a working government. The Five Star Movement (M5S), Italy’s single biggest party, […]

Lebanese PM and candidate for the parliamentary election Saad Al-Hariri gestures after he casts his vote in BeImage Credit: REUTERS/Jamal Saidi Beirut: The Iran-backed Shiite group Hezbollah and its political allies looked set to win more than half the seats in Lebanon’s first parliamentary election in nine years, according to preliminary results cited by politicians […]

© Copyright :REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger While the Donald Trump administration has been threatening to pull the US out of the Iran nuclear deal, other countries involved in drawing up the 2015 accord have been pulling out all the diplomatic stops to keep Washington on board. Under the deal, Iran agreed to curb its nuclear programme in […]

MEyewitnesses said fighter jets bombed Sanaa several times around midday [Khaled Abdullah/Reuters] Air raids have targeted the presidential office in Yemen’s rebel-held capital Sanaa, killing at least six people and wounding 30 others, according to medical sources. Witnesses said fighter jets bombed Sanaa several times at midday on Monday, with rebel-controlled Al-Masirah television blaming the […]

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a meeting with Chinese State Councillor Wang Yi on May 4.  Photo: KCNA/via REUTERS BEIJING :Japan must change its tune and adopt a new approach toward North Korea if it really wants to join the diplomatic fray in affecting rapidly evolving developments on the Korean Peninsula, the Rodong Sinmun said […]

MAfrican Union soldiers from Burundi stand to attention in Mogadishu on July 11, 2017. Amisom has 22,000 soldiers with Kenya contributing 3,664 soldiers. PHOTO | MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB | AFP The Kenyan government has warned that the activities of foreign powers seeking to undermine the government in Mogadishu are a threat to regional security. In what […]

Singapore has emerged as the most likely venue for the planned summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, according to multiple diplomatic sources, Monday. The sources said the historic summit will likely take place between June 9 and 15, after Trump attends the G-7 Summit slated for June 8 to […]

A worker hangs a road sign directing to the U.S. embassy, in the area of the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem, May 7, 2018. (Reuters) At least three US Embassy road signs went up in Jerusalem on Monday ahead of next week’s opening of the mission in accordance with President Donald Trump’s recognition of the city […]