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Croatia’s midfielder Luka Modric (L) poses with the Golden Ball, next to France’s forward Kylian Mbappe, who in turn carries the Best Young Player Award after the Russia 2018 World Cup final football match on July 15, 2018. (AFP Photo) Croatia captain Luka Modric won the Golden Ball award for the World Cup’s best player […]

Russian Matryoshka dolls depicting t Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump are seen on sale at flea market in Moscow / AFP The German foreign minister has joined a number of anxious Western politicians in offering advice to Donald Trump ahead of the US president’s summit with Vladimir Putin, warning him against making “unilateral deals” with […]

Croatia fans gather in Nikolskaya Street in the center of Moscow, Saturday. Croatia will face France in the final of the FIFA World Cup on July 15. EPA France is the established power with a young team full of speed and skill. Croatia has the veterans that have shown they can never be counted out. […]

People at the scene where a courtyard of a house was hit by a rocket in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, during an escallation in rocket fire in the Gaza envelope Israeli towns, on July 14, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90) Palestinians fire a salvo of rockets at the border town, Iron Dome intercepts several but […]

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with members of the Turkish press on his way back from Brussels, yesterday. President Erdoğan said a sustainable dialogue between NATO and Russia must be established to avoid further political and military risk and institute transparency in the relationship The NATO alliance should increase their dialogue channels with Russia to minimize […]

Saturday’s visit by Afwerki comes a week after Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed made a landmark visit to Eritrea’s capital, Asmara [Reuters] Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki has arrived in Addis Ababa for a three-day state visit, as part of an unprecedented softening of tensions between his country and Ethiopia. Saturday’s visit by Afwerki, his first in […]

Bundestag building in Berlin © Hannibal Hanschke / Reuters Donald Trump, who “only understands strength,” wants regime change in Germany, ex-Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said, calling for tit-for-tat actions on US soil, such as influencing elites and investing in young Americans. Germany should become more assertive in dealing with the US and show strength, as […]

President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May hold bilateral talks in Aylesbury, England, on Friday. | Jack Taylor/WPA Pool/Getty Images   The relationship between the U.S. and United Kingdom is “very, very strong,” President Donald Trump said Friday at a bilateral meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May, whose negotiation tactics he criticized […]

Daraa, SANA- Army units on Thursday entered Tafas city in Daraa western countryside amid a warm welcome by the locals after the city joined the reconciliation and militants handed over their arms. SANA reporter said that the flag of the Syrian Arab Republic was hoisted over the building of Tafas City Council, 13 km to […]

Oil cooperation between and Russia can be boosted to some $50 billion and Moscow has expressed readiness to make this investment, said Iranian Leader’s senior adviser Ali Akbar Velayati on Thursday. He made the remarks during a live interview with Iran’s state TV on Thursday noon. Referring to his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin […]