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House of People’s Representatives The House of People’s Representatives today unanimously voted on a motion to scrap three political groups from terrorists list. The motion for the removal of Patriots Ginbot 7, Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) materialized due to the willingness of the political organizations to participate in the […]

FILE PHOTO © Ebrahim Norouzi / Reuters The US military declared it “stands ready” to keep waterways open in the Persian Gulf, after the Iranian President warned of “consequences” if Washington tried to reduce Tehran’s oil exports. Captain Bill Urban, a spokesman for US Central Command (Centcom), said on Wednesday that the US Navy and its regional […]

At least a quarter of a million people have been displaced in southern Syria since June 19 [File: Alaa Al-Faqir/Reuters] As Syrian government forces step up offensive, families in the eastern side of Deraa head to ‘unequipped’ border areas. Thousands of Syrians from a string of rebel-held towns in the eastern side of Deraa have […]

Scene of this morning’s explosions in Tultepec. Some emergency personnel who arrived after the first blast were killed by the second Two gunpowder explosions in the fireworks manufacturing community of Tultepec, México state, have killed 19 people. State security officials said at least 40 people were injured. The first blast occurred at a fireworks workshop […]

Sweden needs more IT professionals to meet demand. Photo: Vidar Ruud/NTB Scanpix Sweden needs more IT professionals to meet demand. Photo: Vidar Ruud/NTB Scanpix Sweden faces a deficit of 70,000 digital professionals by 2022 if a number of measures including promoting migration of skilled workers are not taken, a report predicts. “The biggest obstacle in […]

Rescuers are still deciding how to extract 12 boys and their football coach from a cave in Thailand as forecasts for fresh rain have turned the operation into a “race against the water”. A Thai official on Thursday said he had asked for 13 diving kits to be prepared while navy SEAL divers were assessing […]

Angela Merkel and Donald Trump. Photo: DPA German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday warned US President Donald Trump against unleashing an all-out trade war after he threatened to impose steep tariffs on cars from the European Union. Both sides were already locked in a “trade conflict” since Trump’s decision to slap punitive tariffs on steel […]

In this July 3, 2018, image taken from video provided by the Royal Thai Navy Facebook Page, Thai boys smile as Thai Navy Seal medics help injured children inside a cave in Mae Sai, northern Thailand. (Royal Thai Navy Facebook Page via AP)M MAE SAI, Chiang Rai: Rescue teams in northern Thailand were giving crash […]

Food and medical help has reached the 12 boys and their football coach who were found weakened but safe deep inside a flooded cave in northern Thailandnine days after they went missing.  A Thai Navy SEAL commander on Tuesday said the boys and their coach were accompanied by seven SEAL members, and that all those stuck in […]