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Reuters Photo British police investigated the receipt of a racist letter in a suspicious package to a Muslim lawmaker on Tuesday, one day after two other Muslim lawmakers said they received similar packages. An assistant to opposition Labour lawmaker Rupa Huq told dpa by telephone that her office in the House of Commons, parliament’s elected […]

The Maltings shopping centre in Salisbury, southern England, on March 13, 2018. © Geoff Caddick / AFP Moscow will not respond to the British request about a clandestine Soviet chemical weapon allegedly used in an ex-double agent’s poisoning until a sample of the agent is provided, the Russian foreign minister said. On Monday, British Prime Minister […]

Migrants sit outside a former reception centre in Rome. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFP In a derelict car park a stone’s throw from the centre of Rome live dozens of mostly African migrants, who sleep in tents while dreaming of escaping to northern Europe. The March 4th general election saw parties promising mass expulsions of illegal immigrants make […]

The government plans to explore the possibility of a summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as it considers adopting a new way of dealing with Pyongyang, government sources said Tuesday. The decision came after Abe and other officials were briefed by Suh Hoon, one of the South Korean […]

US President Donald Trump has unceremoniously ousted Secretary of State Rex Tillerson from his post, replacing him with CIA Director Mike Pompeo. The move was announced on Trump’s Twitter account on Tuesday. Donald J. Trump  ✔@realDonaldTrump  Mike Pompeo, Director of the CIA, will become our new Secretary of State. He will do a fantastic job! […]

A damaged vehicle of the convoy of Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah was removed after the explosion [Mohammed Salem/Reuters] Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah unharmed, several others injured, after explosion hits convoy at Beit Hanoun crossing. An explosion has struck the convoy of Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah upon his entrance into the Gaza Strip, lightly injuring […]

Austrian police car drives outside of the Iran ambassador’s residence in Vienna, on March 12th 2018. Photo: AFP The Austrian of Egyptian origin who was shot dead over the weekend after attacking a soldier with a knife outside the Iranian ambassador’s residence in Vienna had Islamist sympathies, authorities said Tuesday. Preliminary indications suggest that the […]

Tu-22M3 long-range strategic bomber. © Ministry of defence of the Russian Federation / Sputnik Moscow is ready to respond if lives of the Russian servicemen are endangered, including by strikes on Damascus, head of Russia’s General Staff Valery Gerasimov said. “There are many Russian advisers, representatives of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides and […]

Qualcomm has already showcased 1Gbps mobile internet speeds using a 5G chip  Qualcomm US President Donald Trump has blocked a planned takeover of chipmaker Qualcomm by Singapore-based rival Broadcom on grounds of national security. His order cited “credible evidence” that the proposed $140bn (£100bn) deal “threatens to impair the national security of the US”. There were […]

Despite a United Nations Security Council demand to institute a 30-day ceasefire across Syria, airstrikes, shelling and ground offensives have intensified in Eastern Ghouta, Secretary-General António Guterres reported Monday, warning that the conflict is entering its eighth year with the “grimmest” reality on the ground. A country known for its ancient civilization and with a […]