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A fireball exploding during an Israeli airstrike on Khan Yunis, the southern Gaza Strip, July 20, 2018.AFP An Israeli army spokesperson has announced Israeli communities adjacent to the Gaza border could return to a normal “civilian routine” as calm seems to be restored after a deadly exchange with Gaza militants on Friday. “At the end […]

The United States on Friday welcomed the U.N. Security Council’s united support for the fully verified denuclearization of North Korea and pressed China and Russia to strictly enforce U.N. sanctions to get Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused North Korea of violating an array of tough sanctions […]

Buses line up at border as seen from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights [Gil Eliyahu/Reuters] Evacuation comes as UN calls for safe passage for estimated 140,000 civilians displaced by fighting in southwest Syria. Rebels in the southwest province of Quneitra in Syria have started leaving the area after giving up their fight against government forces near the frontier […]

A picture taken on July 20, 2018 shows explosions from Israeli bombardment in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. Israeli aircraft and tanks hit targets across the Gaza Strip on July 20 after shots were fired at troops on the border, the army said, with Hamas reporting several members of its military wing killed […]

Yonhap North Korea and Eritrea have the world’s highest rates of modern slavery, said a global survey on Thursday that highlighted how conflict and government repression are the main drivers of a crime estimated to affect more than 40 million people worldwide. The Central African nation of Burundi also has a high prevalence of slavery, […]

Time magazine illustrated its latest cover story, entitled “Summit Crisis,” with a morphed image of President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.  (TIME) Time magazine’s latest cover is sure to make some readers do a double-take, as it features a morphed image of President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The July issue was […]

  EPA Photo U.S. President Donald Trump has asked national security adviser John Bolton to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to Washington in the fall. That’s the latest update Thursday from White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders following Trump’s meeting with Putin earlier this week in Finland. Sanders says “those discussions are already underway” […]

   Kim Jong Un boarded recently-built vessel during field visit to Chongjin Shipyard  North Korean state media this week provided the first public images of a newly built naval vessel during Kim Jong Un’s Tuesday tour of the Chongjin Shipyard, two analysts confirmed to NK News on Thursday. Kim was touring the east coast city and […]

Russian Defense Ministry has released a new batch of videos of cutting-edge weapons, first unveiled by President Vladimir Putin back in March. The footage shows new tests, as well as gives a grasp of the development process. The impressive set of new weapons was unveiled by Putin during his annual speech before the Federation Council […]