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A photo released by the North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the state news agency of North Korea, shows a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea held on under the guidance of Kim Jong-un, chairman of the WPK and chairman of the State Affairs Commission of […]

Shihri lived with his parents and 11 siblings about an hour away from the checkpoint that he attacked. (Supplied) The Saudi ministry of interior said on Thursday that an armed man was killed and two others arrested after four security personnel were killed, and four others wounded in Asir. The security spokesman of the Saudi […]

A hotline connecting President Moon Jae-in to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been installed, Cheong Wa Dae said Friday, one week ahead of their historic April 27 summit. It said the direct communication line was set up between Moon’s office and Kim’s office at the State Affairs Commission. Kim serves as the commission chairman. […]

Photo: AFP A woman was denied French nationality after refusing to shake hands with officials during the official citizenship ceremony, it has been reported this week. The Algerian woman was attending the official ceremony in Isere south east France after her successfully applying for citizenship via her marriage to a French national. But she “expressly […]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends a joint media conference with Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok (unseen) following their talks in Moscow, April 13, 2018. (EPA Photo) US. military strikes on Syria last week removed any moral obligation Russia had to withhold S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems from its ally Bashar Assad, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey […]

© Francois Lenoir / Reuters Three hundred parliamentarians from Britain, France and Germany have called on the US Congress not to let President Trump abandon the Iran deal, warning it would undermine the very concept of diplomacy and any future negotiations. The letter, written by British MP Richard Bacon and his German and French counterparts, […]

The coffins of 26 young women found dead in the Mediterranean and brought to Italy for burial in November 2017. Photo: Eliano Imperato/AFP Four European Mediterranean countries are launching an initiative in June to identify thousands of missing migrants who died or went missing during the perilous sea crossing to the continent. Italy, Greece, Malta […]

U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump host Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie Abe for dinner at Trump’s private Mar-a-Lago club at his resort in Florida on Wednesday. | AP As Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ended a high-profile two-day meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort […]

S-400 battery is being deployed in Russia on Jan 13, 2018. © Aleksey Malgavko / Sputnik Ankara’s decision to buy S-400 air defense systems from Russia exposes Turkey to possible US sanctions and may bar it from getting F-35 jets, a State Department official said, adding that Turkey should “align with the West.” The warning […]

Iraqi F-16 fighter jets. File photo.  Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Iraq has announced launching airstrikes against Islamic State locations in Syria.  In a statement on Thursday, the media office of Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said, “our air force carried out deadly airstrikes against Islamic State locations in Syria from the Iraqi borders side.” The strikes, according to […]