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A Russian soldier near the Nasib border crossing with Jordan in Deraa. © Omar Sanadiki / Reuters The Russian Ministry of Defense slammed Washington after the latter leaked a confidential proposal from Moscow on ways to expand cooperation on Syria and humanitarian issues regarding the war-torn country. The Russian offer, passed on through a confidential […]

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met briefly with his North Korean counterpart Ri Yong-ho [AP] North Korea has accused the United States of undermining the process of denuclearisation and for showing “alarming” impatience on the issue, after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stressed the need to maintain full sanctions pressure on Pyongyang. At the ASEAN Regional […]

To what extent does food determine your identity and help you reconnect with your roots? That is what is being explored through a UK-based supper club in Bristol called “Arawelo Eats.” It’s summer and the sun is slowly setting over the hilly green space near Fozia Ismail’s house in Bristol. Her husband Andy opens the […]

Get short URL FILE PHOTO Israeli soldiers onboard the Israeli vessel Saar 4,5 Class Corvette “INS Hanit” / AFP Benjamin Netanyahu has lashed out at Israeli arch-regional foe Iran, vowing that any attempt by Tehran to block the key waterway off Yemen’s coast would be met by force from the “international coalition” and Israel in […]

File Photo Turkey “strongly protests” the U.S. decision to sanction two of its ministers and calls on the country to reverse its “wrong decision,” the foreign ministry said Wednesday in a statement. “The decision targeting two ministers does not comply with state solemnity and cannot be explained by the concepts of law and justice,” the […]

Harare, Zimbabwe – The government of Zimbabwe has warned protesters against violence after three people died in the capital Harare in post-election clashes as the country awaits the results from Monday’s presidential election. Soldiers on Wednesday opened fire to disperse stone-throwing opposition supporters who accused the ruling ZANU-PF party of rigging the elections, witnesses told Al Jazeera. Opposition […]

THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance yesterday claimed to have won Monday’s presidential race and accused the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) of plotting to rig the polls by taking long to officially announce the results. This came as the ruling Zanu PF party took an early lead in parliamentary elections, having bagged 36 of the contested […]

© Anton Novoderezhkin/TASS MOSCOW, August 1. /TASS/. A Russian scientist from the Central Research Institute of Machine-Building, Viktor Kudryavtsev, who was detained last month in Russia on high treason charges, was allegedly involved in sharing top-secret data with a NATO member state, his lawyer Yevgeny Smirnov told TASS citing investigation case materials. Last Wednesday, investigators pressed […]

President Erdogan said his government won’t back down and may ‘go its own way’ if the US imposes sanctions [Kevin Lamarque/ Reuters File Photo] The White House is announcing that the Treasury Department is imposing sanctions on two Turkish officials over a detained American pastor who is being tried on espionage and terror-related charges. White […]

Russian warships sail along the Neva River during the Navy Day parade in St Petersburg, July 29, 2018 © Anton Vaganov / Reuters Over 40 warships and more than 4,000 sailors made up a spectacular Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg, attended by Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Putin. Similar fleet reviews also took place in major port […]