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President Donald Trump appeared to be referring to a video that Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), a frequent ally, posted on Twitter on Wednesday that supposedly depicted migrants in Honduras “giving cash” to migrants in the Central American country as they set of for the U.S. | Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images MISSOULA, Mont. — President Donald Trump […]

  On Thursday in the House of Commons, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland called Khashoggi’s disappearance deeply troubling as she was pressed by opposition MPs to explain why the government is honouring a multibillion-dollar arms contract with a Saudi regime accused of human rights violations and war crimes.  (ADRIAN WYLD / THE CANADIAN PRESS) Last year, then-natural resources […]

AA Photo Turkey has not shared any audio recordings with anyone, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Friday, after reports claimed Ankara had passed on a recording of the killing of a dissident Saudi journalist to the United States. Çavuşoğlu, who was on a visit to Albania, told reporters that Turkey has evidence and information […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota Democratic candidate for Congress who is poised to become the first Somali-American elected to the U.S. House has denounced claims that she married her brother and committed immigration fraud as “disgusting lies,” and says allegations of campaign finance violations are politically motivated. Ilhan Omar, who is running in Minnesota’s liberal […]

By Jung Da-min Colorful Korean traditional clothes are being exhibited at the 16th National Exhibition of Korean Dress in Pyongyang, North Korea’s state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Thursday. Opened with due ceremony at the Central Youth Hall Wednesday, the exhibition presents more than 700 Korean traditional dresses of various styles and more than […]

U.S. Army General Scott Miller speaks during a change of command ceremony in Resolute Support headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan September 2, 2018. (Reuters Photo) The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, General Scott Miller escaped unhurt after a burst of gunfire in the governor’s compound in Kandahar province on Thursday but the powerful police chief General […]

Nearly two years into his presidency, Donald Trump has yet to visit troops deployed to Iraq, Syria or Afghanistan, unlike his predecessor, Barack Obama. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo   President Donald Trump should visit U.S. troops in war zones to get a firsthand view of military operations and show gratitude to the thousands of American […]

© Sergei Malgavko/TASS KERCH, October 18. /TASS/. The student of the Polytechnic College in the Crimean city of Kerch who carried out a mass shooting and explosion attack there was into making homemade bombs and bragged about it, Valery Kiselev, a spokesman for Russia’s National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC), told Russia’s Channel 1 television on Thursday. “We […]

Turkish Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül called on the public to ignore any leaked information in the case of Khashoggi. (File photo: AFP)  Turkish Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül called on the public to ignore any leaked information in the case of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Several news outlets have released reports quoting anonymous official sources who […]

Italian investment companies will remain active in Iran despite unilateral US sanctions, said the head of Trade Promotion Section of the Italian Embassy in Iran. “We have received a great number of requests from the Italian companies to invest in Iran and the embassy tries to facilitate them,” said Augusto Di Giacinto in a meeting […]