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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Maori scholar Piri Sciascia press noses and foreheads together in a hongi, a traditional Maori welcome, during an official ceremony at Government House in Wellington yesterday. Li is on a four-day visit to New Zealand. — AFP CHINA and New Zealand ramped up their cooperation yesterday, saying they would open […]

South Korean prosecutors sought an arrest warrant on Monday for ousted president Park Geun-Hye, they said, days after questioning her over the corruption and abuse of power scandal that brought her down. Park, 65, had her removal from office confirmed by the country’s top court earlier this month, ending her executive immunity, and her prosecution […]

Members of the Islamic State while stoning a youth in Mosul. Mosul (IraqiNews.com) The Islamic State group has sentenced a youth to death by stoning in the city of Mosul, on charges of homosexuality. The terrorist group published photos on affiliated websites showing a number of IS Diwan al-Hisbah (accountability) members, while reading out death […]

Moscow has requested a special briefing of the UN Security Council in connection with the US actions in Mosul that left civilians dead, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday. Mosul airstrikes:US seeks to`shift blame`for civilian Casualilies  Sputnik cited a representative of the Iraqi Turkmen Front as confirming following media reports last week the death of 200 civilians due […]

The Turkish Red Crescent has mobilized its resources to help the people of Somalia, which is once again threatened with wide-spread hunger caused by civil war and drought As hundreds of thousands of Somalis have been struggling to survive in the face of famine and drought, the Turkish Red Crescent has mobilized to offer them […]

The Islamic State (IS) militants have reportedly taken nearly 200 children hostage in west Mosul in order to use them as human shields to resist the Iraqi forces’ advance on the IS-held areas in the city. The Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights reported that 197 children have been taken hostage by the IS militants near […]

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday has called German authorities “fascist” for tolerating swastika signs to be drawn on mosques in Germany while reminding trials on neo-Nazi groups targeting the Turkish community have been ongoing for years. Speaking at an opening ceremony in Istanbul’s Gaziosmanpaşa district, the President slammed a German government ban that prevents […]

A passenger jet capable of flying from London to New York in three hours and 15 minutes may be inching closer to reality. Boom Supersonic, an aircraft manufacture that aims to bring back supersonic flights to commercial aviation, has successfully raised $33 million in a Series A round which will now allow it to build […]

Hundreds of people were in the Cameo nightclub when the shooting broke out, causing many to flee the scene.  One person was killed and 14 others wounded early Sunday in a shooting at a packed nightclub in Cincinnati, Ohio, police reported. Police said earlier said there were at least two shooters, but in a subsequent […]