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The US embassy in Stockholm. Photo: Fredrik Sandberg/TT  A man was arrested in Stockholm on Sunday after bangers were thrown at the US embassy during a protest by neo-Nazi group the Nordic Resistance Movement (NMR). Swedish anti-racism foundation Expo reported that a member of the embassy’s staff was injured when bangers were thrown over the fence into […]

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to create a new framework to discuss trade issues between Japan and the United States during their second-day talks in Palm Beach, Fla., on Wednesday. However, the two leaders appeared to be divided over the way to intensify bilateral investment and […]

  RIYADH: Organizers of Saudi Arabia’s first jazz festival were thrilled to see an estimated 3,000-plus visitors, including huge numbers of families, turn up . Bands from the US, the UK and Lebanon performed alongside local bands at the Groovz jazz festival at the Golf Club at the Intercontinental Hotel. It was organized by Time Entertainment […]

(CNN)A federal jury found three men guilty of conspiring to bomb a Kansas apartment complex to target Somali refugees. The three men had plotted to blow up the complex that also contained a mosque, where the immigrants lived and worshiped, according to the Department of Justice. Patrick Eugene Stein, 49, of Kansas, Curtis Allen, 50, of […]

US president says he would ‘respectfully leave’ if the summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un would turn out unproductive. Trump says he will walk out if North Korea talks ‘not fruitful’today Southwest begins probe into fatal engine explosiontoday CIA chief Pompeo held secret meeting with Kim Jong-untoday Trudeau under fire as Trans Mountain pipeline […]

President Moon Jae-in speaks during a meeting with media CEOs at Cheong Wa Dae, Thursday. / Yonhap President backs peace treaty with North Korea President Moon Jae-in said Thursday he was optimistic about signing a denuclearization deal with North Korea and establishing peace by formally ending the Korean War. He said it may not be […]

The suspected chemical attack in Douma was met with air strikes by the US, France and the UK [File: AFP] Russia’s UN ambassador says determining responsibility for chemical attack is futile since West already assigned blame. Russia has rejected France’s proposal at a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting that called for the launch of an independent investigation […]

A handout picture taken and released by the Presidential Press Service on April 18, 2018, shows President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (R) meeting with MHP Chairman Devlet Bahçeli (L) during their meeting at the Presidential Complex in Ankara (AFP Photo) President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday announced that Turkey will have snap parliamentary and presidential elections […]

Scene after knife and arson attack at school in Russia’s Bashkortostan Republic © ufa1.ru The teenager who attacked a school teacher and his classmates in a city in Russia’s Urals was reportedly inspired by the Columbine High School massacre. The teen was planning to slaughter his schoolmates and then commit suicide. READ MORE: 4 injured in knife […]

Egyptian Army soldiers fire artilleries during a launch of a major assault against militants in Sinai. (Reuters) Egypt’s military said Wednesday it had killed a militant leader in the Sinai Peninsula, where ISIS group is carrying out an insurgency. During an operation in mountainous areas, Egyptian forces “killed Nasser Abu Zaqul, the central Sinai commander […]