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French president ‘never meant to offend’ Italy with criticism over migrants

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French president ‘never meant to offend’ Italy with criticism over migrants

French President Emmanuel Macron with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. Photo: Ian Langsdon/Pool/AFP French President Emmanuel Macron attempted to resolve tensions with Italy on Thursday, saying he never meant to cause offense by criticising its rejection of a migrant ship in remarks that sparked fury in Rome. Macron had ignited the worst Franco-Italian diplomatic spat […]

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Erdoğan says offered Putin to jointly produce S-500

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Erdoğan says offered Putin to jointly produce S-500

File Phot Turkey is interested in joint production of S-500 missile defense systems with Russia, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Wednesday. In an interview with broadcaster 24 TV, Erdoğan said he already made an offer on joint production to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Criticizing Turkey’s NATO allies over their unwillingness to sell arms to […]

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UN General Assembly condemns Israel for ‘excessive use of force’ on Gaza border

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UN General Assembly condemns Israel for ‘excessive use of force’ on Gaza border

© Amir Cohen / Reuters The UN General Assembly has adopted a nonbinding resolution condemning Israel’s use of ‘excessive force’ against Palestinian protesters in Gaza. A US amendment to condemn Hamas did not get enough support. The resolution condemns Israel for “excessive use of force” against Palestinian demonstrators on the Israeli-Gaza border and calls for the “protection of […]

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German military to get its first ever combat-capable drones

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German military to get its first ever combat-capable drones

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 […]

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Inter-Korean military talks resume after 10-year hiatus By Lee Min-hyung, Joint Press Corps

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Inter-Korean military talks resume after 10-year hiatus By Lee Min-hyung, Joint Press Corps

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 […]

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Don’t have sex with foreign men’: Russian lawmaker’s World Cup advice

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Senior Russian lawmaker Tamara Pletnyova, a member of the Communist Party, has advised local women not to have sex with foreign men during the Russia 2018 World Cup. “Will there be the girls that will meet (with men) and become pregnant? Maybe yes, maybe no, I hope. These children suffer and have suffered, even since […]

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Trump says US media is America’s ‘biggest enemy’ after summit

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Trump says US media is America’s ‘biggest enemy’ after summit

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 […]

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Iraq receives new batch of T-50 jet fighters from South Korea

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Iraq receives new batch of T-50 jet fighters from South Korea

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 […]

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Immigration to Italy: a look at the numbers

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Immigration to Italy: a look at the numbers

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 […]

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Saudi Arabia, UAE, launch attack on Yemen’s port city of Hudaida

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Saudi Arabia, UAE, launch attack on Yemen’s port city of Hudaida

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 […]

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