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Nearly 200 people are missing and at least 73 people were killed since Guatemala’s Fuego volcano began erupting over the weekend, officials said Tuesday. © Johan Ordonez, AFP | Smoke billows from the eruption of the Fuego Volcano in the Escuintla Department of Guatemala on June 5. Seven communities in already devastated areas were evacuated […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin inspects warships during the Navy Day parade in St. Petersburg, Russia, July 30, 2017. © Alexei Nikolsky/Sputnik / Reuters Sanctions, however harsh they may be, will not force Russia to abandon its independent stance in the world, President Vladimir Putin said, adding that Russians will never accept trade-offs at the expense […]

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un disembarks from his aircraft, a modified IL-62M from the Soviet era, during his recent trip to Dalian for a summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Kim is expected to use the same aircraft on his trip to Singapore for the June 12 summit with U.S. President Donald Trump. / Yonhap […]

© Andreas Solaro, AFP | Italy’s new PM Giuseppe Conte, flanked by his two powerfuldeputies Luigi Di Maio (left) and Matteo Salvini (right).  The leader of Italy’s new “anti-system” government vowed Tuesday to challenge austerity, redistribute migrants in the EU and review the bloc’s sanctions against Russia, in his first policy speech to lawmakers since […]

“Let me remind you of something, we don’t live in a monarchy, ” Democratic Rep. Ted Deutch said. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images  A recently published letter from President Donald Trump’s attorneys claiming that the president could not have obstructed the federal investigation into ties between his campaign and Russia is deeply flawed, 14 prominent law […]

Damascus, SANA – President Bashar al-Assad on Monday issued two decrees on raising the salaries of military personnel and the pensions of retired military personnel. Legislative decree no. 8 for 2018 stipulates for raising the salaries of military personnel by 30% of the total salary after adding compensation to the fixed sum, with the raise […]

Photo: DPA German car parts supplier Continental on Tuesday said it was banning the use of WhatsApp and Snapchat on work-issued mobile phones “with immediate effect” because of data protection concerns. The company said such social media apps had “deficiencies” that made it difficult to comply with tough new EU data protection legislation, especially their insistence on […]

  Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, file photo. © Sergei Karpukhin / Reuters It’s simply “impossible” to isolate “such strategic countries like Russia” as economic interests are sure to “prevail over political pressure,” spokesman for the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, insists. “The real international blockade of countries like Russia, core in international relations and political diplomacy, […]

Preparations for a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader KimJong Un are going well, and the two are tentatively scheduled to meet at 9 a.m. Singapore time on June 12 (10 a.m. Korea time), the White House said on Monday. The announcement of the timing for the first meeting between the […]