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The bipartisan group of former intelligence officials described President Donald Trump’s decision as an “inappropriate and deeply regrettable” message to others about the consequences of airing political views in public. | Andrew Harnik/AP Photo A dozen former top intelligence officials, representing previous Republican and Democratic administrations, issued a letter late Thursday supporting former CIA Director […]

A Chinese H-6K bomber patrols the islands and reefs in the South China Sea. Photo / AP Chinese bombers are likely training for strikes against US and allied targets in the Pacific, according to a new Pentagon report that also details how Beijing is transforming its ground forces to “fight and win.”     The […]

Kurdayetî / Facebook A Yazidi teenager enslaved by Islamic State who sought asylum in Germany has moved back to Iraq after being confronted by her former ISIS captor, who had registered as a refugee in Stuttgart. Ashwaq Ta’lo said that she was stopped by Abu Humam – a Syrian ISIS guard who had purchased her […]

US President Donald Trump speaks during a joint press conference with Russia’s President after a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, on July 16, 2018. – The US and Russian leaders opened an historic summit in Helsinki, with Donald Trump promising an “extraordinary relationship” and Vladimir Putin saying it was high time to thrash […]

Minnesota State Representative and Somali-born Muslim Ilhan Omar [Facebook] Minnesota State Representative and Somali-born Muslim Ilhan Omar has won the Democratic Party’s primary election for the state’s 5th District to become the second Arab Muslim candidate to join the US Congress in November. Omar has no Republican challenger in Minnesota and has a big chance […]

Last week Donald Trump sent a warning to Ottawa: “Their Tariffs and Trade Barriers are far too high. Will tax cars if we can’t make a deal!”  (CAROLYN KASTER / ASSOCIATED PRESS)   But just in case they are applied, Bains said Ottawa is considering “every conceivable option.” “We’re taking nothing off the table at this stage,” Bains […]

300 US marines arriving at Værnes in 2017. Photo: Ned Alley/NTB Scanpix    The United States has confirmed plans to more double the number of troops based in Norway, a move Russia has already criticised as “clearly unfriendly”.The Norwegian Defence Ministry on Wednesday said that the US had recently informed them that they would push […]

Turkish steel producers, hindered by the U.S. with additional taxes, have turned to the Far East. Having reached $1.3 billion in steel and aluminum exports to the U.S. last year, they now aim to secure the same figure in new markets. Turkish steel producers have taken action after the U.S. decided to impose heavy tariffs […]

Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, left, with minister Annika Strandhäll and Morgan Johansson. Photo: Erik Simander/TT A 42-year-old man will face trial in Sweden on suspicion of having sent threatening letters to Swedish ministers. The man, from western Sweden, is suspected of having sent letters containing verbal threats and powder – which turned out to be […]

It was not clear how many students were at the centre at the time of the attack [Rahmat Gul/AP] Wednesday’s attack in the Shia neighbourhood of Dasht-e-Barchi left dozens more injured, Waheed Majrooh, a spokesman for Afghanistan‘s ministry of public health, told Al Jazeera.   The health ministry previously announced the death toll as 48. It was revised to […]