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A Heron drone. Photo: DPA  Germany has agreed a nine-year deal worth half a billion euros to lease Israeli military reconnaissance drones capable of carrying missiles, the aircraft’s manufacturers said on Thursday. European aerospace giant Airbus, which signed the €500 million agreement on behalf of the German defence ministry, will maintain and provide operational support […]

South Korean Major General Kim Do-gyun, right, who leads the country’s five-member military delegation, shakes hands with his North Korean counterpart Lieutenant General An Ik-san, during the military dialogue at Tongilgak, the northern side of the inter-Korean border village of Panmunjeom, Thursday. This is the first time the two Koreas had held the military talks […]

this file photo taken on June 8, 2018 US President Donald Trump speaks to the press before departing the White House for the G7 summit in Washington, DC. (AFP Photo) President Donald Trump challenged skeptical media coverage of his historic summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un on Wednesday, declaring that “Fake News” is the […]

South Korean T-50 jet fighters. File photo Baghdad (Iraqinews.com) – A new batch of the T-50 jet fighters arrived Wednesday in Iraq coming from South Korea to help in the fight against Islamic State (IS). In a brief statement, the Iraqi Air Force said, “a new six-jet batch of T-50 has arrived in Iraq.” Last […]

At a migrant assistance centre in Ventimiglia, northern Italy. Photo: Marco Bertorello/AFP How many foreigners live in Italy legally? How many arrive by boat? Are the numbers changing? Here’s a look at what the figures tell us about immigration to Italy. Italy’s refusal to offer safe harbour to a rescue ship carrying hundreds of migrants […]

Sudanese forces fighting alongside the Saudi-UAE coalition gathered near the outskirts of Hudaida [Najeeb Almahboobi/EPA] UN warns of devastating consequences for 250,000 Hudaida residents as coalition targets Houthi rebels in port city. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have launched an assault on Yemen’s port city of Hudaida, in the biggest battle of a […]

KCNA / Reuters Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un have reportedly exchanged mutual state visit invitations during a historic Singapore summit, where the North Korean leader emphasized the need to halt hostile and irritating actions against each other. “Kim Jong Un invited Trump to visit Pyongyang at a convenient time and Trump invited Kim Jong Un […]

After refusing to accept an NGO rescue ship with more than 600 people aboard, Italy has begun transferring its passengers to Italian boats to take them onwards to Spain. A total of 629 men, women and children have been aboard SOS Méditerranée’s ship the Aquarius since they were rescued at sea on Saturday night. After […]

Citizens watch a live broadcast of the North Korea-U.S. summit in Singapore, Tuesday. / Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul South Koreans of different age groups expressed mixed feelings about the prospect of peace on the Korean peninsula following the summit between the United States and North Korea. Many said they welcomed the U.S. and […]