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Migrants disembark from the ship, escorted by police. Photo: Alessandro Fucarini/AFP Dozens of migrants were permitted to disembark from an Italian coast guard ship in Sicily late on Thursday, after they were held at the port over suspicions that some had been involved in a reported mutiny. Police and coastguards escorted some of the migrants […]

North Korea and the United States are apparently building up mutual trust as they proceed with follow-up dialogue to a denuclearization agreement reached between their leaders in Singapore last month. Doubts remain strong about the North’s commitment to complete denuclearization. There also have been news reports about a possible rift in ongoing negotiations since the […]

Trump’s comments were published as he attended a state dinner hosted by May [Hannah Mckkay/Reuters] US President Donald Trump directly criticised UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s “soft Brexit” strategy, saying it could “kill” chances of a US-UK trade deal in a wide-ranging interview published on the first day of his British tour. Speaking to the UK tabloid […]

Former PM Binali Yıldırım casts his vote for the parliament speaker election alongsideAK Party deputies in the second round of voting. (AA Photo) Turkish lawmakers on Thursday elected Turkey’s last Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım to be the first speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly under new government system. The voting process began at 2.28 […]

North Korean negotiators failed to show up for scheduled talks with the U.S. at Panmunjeom, Thursday, on repatriating the remains of U.S. soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War, indicating a possible rift between the two countries in ongoing denuclearization talks. The two sides were supposed to meet at 9 a.m. in the border village, […]

Croatian fans cheer while watching the semifinal match between Croatia and England at the 2018 soccer World Cup, in Zagreb, Croatia, Wednesday, July 11, 2018. (AP Photo) Jubilant Croatian fans honked their car horns and let off fireworks after their national football team beat England 2-1 in extra time Wednesday to clinch a place in […]

Three Syrian army positions in Quneitra province were hit overnight [Eddie Gerald/Getty Images] Israel has attacked Syrian military positions after an unmanned drone entered its airspace near the occupied Golan Heights on Thursday. The Israeli military acknowledged in a statement that three Syrian army positions in Quneitra province were targeted overnight, saying it was in retaliation […]

Soure:Dan Kitwood/Getty Images News/Getty Images The president is set to visit the United Kingdom for the first time since his inauguration in 2017. For a head of state obsessed with image and being the best, will Donald Trump visit Buckingham Palace on his trip, the building most associated with the British monarchy? It doesn’t look like it. […]

US President Donald Trump has told NATO countries to increase their defence spending to four percent of their gross domestic product, higher than the group’s goal of two percent, a White House official said on Wednesday. The official said the president’s remarks were not a formal proposal but came as he was urging leaders of the 29-member military alliance to […]

FILE Photo The German foreign minister lashed out at the U.S. President Donald Trump’s criticism over Russia’s sale of liquefied natural gas to Berlin, saying “we are not captives” of Russia or the U.S.” Heiko Maas’ remarks on his Twitter account came after Trump said at the NATO summit in Brussels on Wednesday that Germany […]