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  Rashida Tlaib became the first Muslim congresswoman, alongside Ilhan Omar [Paul Sancya/AP Photo] This year’s US midterm elections have already made history, with a record number of women, Native Americans, and Muslim candidates running for office. Commenting on the Democrats taking the House, CNN’s Van Jones pointed to the diversity of candidates that won seats in this […]

More than 31 million people voted early in the US midterm elections [Lucy Nicholson/Reuters] US voters go to the polls on Tuesday, to take part in midterm elections that will help define the remaining two years of President Donald Trump’s first term in office. All 435 seats in the House of Representatives are up for […]

In its new campaign to offset an ongoing personnel crisis, the Swedish Police emphasized the importance of having police officers with a “mixed background.” On November 7, the Swedish police will hold an information meeting in Rinkeby, one of Sweden’s most notorious ghettos, as part of a recruitment campaign to get more immigrants to become police officers. It is important that […]

In 2014, ISIL took large chunks of territory from the Iraqi government, including the country’s second largest city of Mosul [AP Photo] More than 200 graves containing the corpses of thousands of victims have been discovered in areas formerly controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS), a […]

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu speaks in a joint press conference with his Japanese counterpart Taro Kono in Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 05, 2018. (AA Photo) Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Tuesday criticized the U.S. resumption of sanctions on Iran as unilateral, not wise and dangerous, calling for a dialogue and engagement instead. Çavuşoğlu, in Tokyo […]

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani announced on Monday that leaders of four major countries sought to broker talks between him and U.S. President Donald Trump during the UN General Assembly session in New York in September. Rouhani did not mention the name of the leaders of the four countries. “There is no need for a […]

  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) and US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announce sanctions against Iran during a news conference at the Foreign Press Center in Washington, DC, Nov. 05, 2018. (EPA Photo) One of the key buyers of Iranian oil, Turkey, along with seven other nations, has managed to get a temporary […]

 Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel arrived in Pyongyang on Sunday for the first state visit by a Cuban leader to North Korea in over thirty years, joining the country’s leader Kim Jong Un in condemning the “imperialists’ policy of aggression,” DPRK state media reported on Monday. Kim greeted Díaz-Canel at Pyongyang International Airport with a ceremonial welcome, which […]

MIn this photo released by official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a meeting with Finance Ministry officials in Tehran, Iran on November 5, 2018.   | Photo Credit: AP The U.S. on Monday imposed “the toughest ever” sanctions on a defiant Iran aimed at altering the Iranian regime’s […]

Republicans are profoundly worried that President Donald Trump’s obsession with all things immigration will exacerbate their losses. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo House Speaker Paul Ryan got President Donald Trump on the phone Sunday for one final plea on behalf of anxious Republicans: Please, please talk up the booming economy in the final hours before Election […]