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Wall Street stocks endured a brutal session Monday, with the Dow seeing one of its steepest ever one-day point drops, as the heady bullishness of early 2018 gave way to extreme volatility. The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 4.6 percent to 24,345.75, having at one point plummeted nearly 1,600 points to hit a session low of 23,923.88. […]

Angered at perceived US efforts to replace its current leadership, PA says Jason Greenblatt’s efforts ‘have no chances of succeedin US Special Envoy Jason Greenblatt attends a press conference regarding the water agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority on July 13, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) A series of statements made by US Middle East envoy […]

The spokesman for the Arab Coalition in Yemen confirmed at a press conference in Riyadh on Monday that humanitarian aid is still entering Yemen through all entry ports, also revealing that Iran has supplied Houthi militias with weapons to target the international shipping in Bab al-Mandeb strait. Colonel Turki al-Malki said that Houthi militias target […]

Numerous Democratic senators, led by Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), warned President Donald Trump in a letter Monday, that he lacks “congressional” authority to launch a preemptive military strike against North Korea. The 18 senators, led by Martin Heinrich, stressed the risk of retaliation if the White House continued to pursue a strike. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images “Like […]

The Maldives Independent website is under attack and we believe the attack was designed to coincide with the state of emergency being declared. We will try to update the live blog but it may not be possible as the attacks are ongoing. For updates throughout the night please follow us on Twitter @IndependentMV.  10.17pm – The […]

A Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter crashed in a residential area in southwestern Japan on Monday afternoon, setting one empty home ablaze and possibly killing the two crew members aboard, local authorities said. This photo provided by Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force shows a AH-64D helicopter, the same model as the one that crashed on Monday.  Photo: JGSDF via […]

The only surviving suspect in the 2015 Paris attacks, Salah Abdeslam, refused to answer questions on Monday as he went on trial in Brussels over a bloody shootout with police that led to his capture. Belgian police officers stand guard prior to the opening of the trial of prime suspect in the November 2015 Paris […]

Another Iranian protestor, Khalid Kayseri, who served 20 days in detention in Kermanshah prison died after being tortured by the intelligence service there, Iranian human rights groups have reported. This brings the number of demonstrators who have died in Iranian prisons to 11 since the start of the uprising on December 28. The government claimed […]

Baghdad (Iraqinews.com) – The U.S. started to cut its military presence in Iraq following Baghdad’s declaration of victory of Islamic State in December, a U.S. paper quoted Western contractors at a U.S.-led coalition base in Iraq as saying on Monday. U.S. soldiers deployed in Iraq U.S. soldiers deployed in Iraq Dozens of American soldiers have […]

China has accused the United States of having a “Cold War mentality” after the latter announced its plans to diversify its nuclear arsenal by developing smaller bombs. The US nuclear report also included Russia, North Korea and Iran as potential threats. [Adam Berry/Getty Images/GALLO/GETTY] On Sunday, the Chinese foreign ministry said that the US should […]