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After Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi unexpectedly announced a political alliance with one of the Popular Mobilization Forces’ (PMF) militia leaders, Hadi al-Amiri, the US has raised concerns as the two sides were always seen as political enemies. Many of the militia under the umbrella of PMF are Iran-backed which increased fears of a growing […]

  North Korea did not hesitate to lash out at US President Donald Trump over his country’s “gross” human rights violations shortly after his first State of the Union speech in which he referred to the North’s leadership as being “depraved.” Pyongyang’s “white paper” on the human rights situation in the US during Trump’s first […]

The FBI warned Wednesday it has “grave concerns” over the accuracy of a secret Congressional memo that could depict the agency as deeply politicized, as President Donald Trump’s top aide signalled the White House would allow the document’s release Based on highly classified information, the four-page memo — written by Republican lawmaker Devin Nunes, the chairman of […]

Much has been made recently of a rising far-right and an influx of Middle Eastern immigrants fuelling a rise in anti-Semitism. But official figures don’t seem to back these claims up. Photo: DPA At a ceremony on Saturday to mark Holocaust Memorial Day, Angela Merkel said that “it is inconceivable and shameful that no Jewish […]

Donald Trump confirmed this week that he would keep the Guantanamo Bay detention facility open, a move experts say is unsurprising yet will likely mean that several dozen remaining detainees will not be able to leave the infamous prison. The prison on Guantanamo Bay has held about 780 detainees since it opened in 2002 [Lucas Jackson/Reuters] The prison […]

Russia’s ambassador to North Korea has warned that Pyongyang made significant progress in its missile program over the past year. Moscow is aware of North Korea’s capabilities and is closely watching it, according to the diplomat. FILE PHOTO © KCNA / Reuters While the first North Korean missiles obtained similar technologies that other countries had, […]

The United States has designated Ismail Haniya, the senior political leader of Hamas, as a “global terrorist”. The US State Department issued a press release on Wednesday saying that Haniya “has close links with Hamas’ military wing” and “has been a proponent of armed struggle including against civilians”. The US accused Hamas of being involved […]

AT-KABUL: The government-backed Local Police force in the northern province of Sar-e-Pul threatened to leave their outposts if they do not receive support from the central government. They say that the government was not providing them with foodstuff and fuel. Amanullah, commander of the local police in the Sayyad district, said they were ensuring security […]

French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview Wednesday that he would have a “real problem” with Turkey’s intervention against a Kurdish militia in Syria if it turned into an outright “invasion”. The US and France have repeatedly expressed concern over Turkey’s 12-day cross-border offensive. (File photo: Reuters) “If the operation became more than fighting […]

A member of Germany’s far-right and anti-Muslim Alternative for Germany party (AfD) who recently converted to Islam has said he did so in protest at what he sees as the “moral decline” of the Protestant church. A mosque in Germany. Photo: DPA Arthur Wagner, 48, until recently a leading party member in the state of Brandenburg, […]