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German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas attends a meeting in Warsaw, Poland, on Friday. Photo: DPA Germany’s new foreign minister Heiko Maas has said Russia will remain a difficult partner for Europe following Vladimir Putin’s re-election – and questioned the fairness of the vote. Maas added that Russia will be needed to help resolve international tensions. […]

President Moon Jae-in speaks with Japanese Prime Minister on the phone on March 16 to discuss the latest developments with North Korea. Japan is stepping up efforts to join talks with North Korea after stressing the importance of sanctions over dialogue for Pyongyang’s denuclearization. Some diplomatic sources say Tokyo’s abrupt shift in its North Korea […]

British teacher Andria Zafirakou of Alperton Community School, UK, makes a victorious gesture after winning thImage Credit: Ahmed Ramzan / Gulf News Dubai: A UK teacher has won the Global Teacher Prize, worth $1 million (Dh3.67 million), on Sunday night in Dubai.Andria Zafirakou was selected from among 10 international finalists who had flown in for […]

Erbil International Airport Erbil (Iraqinews.com) – A Saudi plane landed Monday at the Erbil International Airport (EIA) to be the first flight to arrive at the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region since Baghdad lifted an air embargo it imposed on Kurdish airports last week. According to Kurdistan 24, the plane took off from Saudi Arabia and landed […]

Damascus, SANA- President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday toured the front lines in Eastern Ghouta and met a number of Syrian Arab Army heroes positioned in a number of sites, congratulating them on the victories they achieve to end the suffering of Ghouta families and rescue them from the terrorists who were besieging them as human […]

Acting Russian President Vladimir Putin is winning the presidential election in the country in a landslide victory. The election of the Russian President ended at 9:00 p.m. The top three includes Vladimir Putin, Pavel Grudinin of the Communist Party and Vladimir Zhirinovsky of the Liberal and Democratic Party. The results of other candidates are extremely […]

Egypt’s Court of Cassation issued on Sunday a final acquittal for Mubarak-era culture minister Farouk Hosni, who was tried for profiteering while serving as minister. The court rejected on Sunday an appeal by the prosecution against an acquittal order by a criminal court in January 2013. In 2013, Hosni was found not guilty of making […]

CIA Director John Brennan testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington (AP File Photo) Former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Brennan slammed U.S. President Donald Trump, telling him that he will not be able to “destroy America.” Frustrated with Trump’s actions, Brennan accused the U.S. president of corruption following the firing of Andrew McCabe, who […]

© Alexei Druzhinin / Sputnik Incumbent Russian leader Vladimir Putin is set to secure a resounding victory in the Russian presidential election, according to partial results made public by the electoral commission. With 25 percent of the votes counted, mostly in eastern part of the country, Vladimir Putin leads with 73 percent of the vote, […]

M© Stringer, AFP | Smoke billows on the horizon near the Syrian city of Afrin on March 15, 2018. Turkish-led rebel forces seized control of Syria’s northern city of Afrin on Sunday, according to AFP, as part of an offensive to push Kurdish fighters out of the area. Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebel forces backed […]