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WASHINGTON—Brushing off U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats once more, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government returned to the North American Free Trade Agreement bargaining table on Tuesday with only praise for the preliminary deal the U.S. and Mexico made without Canada. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Mexico’s “significant concessions” on automotive manufacturing and labour would benefit Canadian […]

The Vostok-2018 war exercise will take place in central and eastern Russia next month [File: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters] Russia will hold its biggest war games in nearly four decades next month, a massive military exercise that will also involve the Chinese and Mongolian armies. The September 11-15 manoeuvres will involve almost 300,000 troops, more than 1,000 […]

President Donald Trump speaks during a dinner for evangelical leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House, Monday, Aug. 27, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo) U.S. President Donald Trump warned Christian leaders that if Republicans lose control of Congress in the midterm elections, Democrats will institute change “quickly and violently,” The New York […]

Prince Khalid Bin Sultan Al-Faisal toured the exhibition area where he was introduced to the latest model of cars. (Saudi Gazette) Prince Khalid Bin Sultan Al-Faisal, president of the Saudi Federation of Motor Sports and Motorcycles, called on Saudi women to invest in the great transformation witnessed by the Saudi society today. He made his […]

© Global Look Press/ Jan Woitas Some 20 people, including two police officers, have been injured in fresh unrest between far-right protesters and leftists in the Germany city of Chemnitz. It follows Sunday’s mayhem sparked by the fatal stabbing of a German man. Police announced new data on the wounded at a news conference on […]

Martinus Rönnerman of Permobil shows off one of the company’s high-tech wheelchairs. Photo: Erik Simander/TT China’s aging population has created a growing market for Swedish healthcare products. Swedish exports of medical and pharmaceutical products have almost doubled in four years, with China becoming an increasingly important market for Swedish healthcare companies. Swedish exports of medical […]

In this file photo taken on August 3, 2018 U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a press conference on the sidelinesof the 51st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Ministerial Meeting (AMM) in Singapore. AFP U.S. President Donald Trump called off a visit to North Korea by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo after […]

Iraqi security forces arrest a suspected member of the Islamic State group Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) – A security official has said that 20 Islamic State members, including five women, were arrested Monday in southern Mosul city. “Security forces managed to arrest 20 Islamic State militants in Hajj Ali village in Qayyarah district, 60 km south of […]

The moves were emblematic of President Donald Trump’s strained relationship with the late Sen. John McCain, a former GOP standard-bearer who identified as a Republican maverick long before the president arrived on the scene. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo President Donald Trump on Monday grabbed a piece of the spotlight back from the late Sen. John […]

A woman cries near her house after it was destroyed by a Saudi air strike [File: Mohamed al-Sayaghi/Reuters] The United Nations has accused the Saudi-UAE military alliance of committing possible war crimes in Yemen, adding there was “little evidence of any attempt … to minimise civilian casualties.” In a damning report on Tuesday, the UN said air attacks […]