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Macron says EU need to go it alone. AFP French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that he would put forward new proposals for the European Union to boost its security, saying the bloc must stop relying on American might. “Europe can no longer rely on the United States for its security. It is up to us […]

The Diciotti in port after a previous mission in July. Photo: Alessandro Fucarini/AFP Four of the 140 people brought to Sicily on the Italian coastguard ship Diciotti were detained on suspicion of involvement in human trafficking, as the rest of those onboard were finally allowed to disembark. The migrants, most of whom are believed to […]

More than 700,000 Rohingya people have fled Myanmar since August 2017 [Sorin Furcoi/Al Jazeera] Myanmar’s senior military officials must be prosecuted for genocide and war crimes against the Rohingya and other ethnic minorities, a UN fact-finding mission has urged. The mission, which was established by the UN Human Rights Council in March 2017, found that Myanmar’s armed forces […]

Sweden Democrat leader Jimmie Åkesson greets supporters at a rally in Sundsvall. Photo: Mats Andersson / TT Barring a major upset, Sweden’s far-right is on course for a record result in September 9 legislative elections, capitalising on the mood of voters who feel they are being left behind in favour of hundreds of thousands of […]

Migrants on board the Diciotti coastguard ship last week. Photo: Giovanni Isolino / AFP Nearly 140 migrants who had been stranded on a boat at a port in Sicily were allowed to disembark early on Sunday after Ireland and Albania agreed to take some of them in. The boat docked at Catania port on Monday […]

FILE PHOTO. A hit from a Shmel-series anti-personnel flamethrower. © Vitaliy Ankov / Sputnik   Russia’s Uran-9 battle bot, which was successfully tested on the Syrian battlefield, has been considerably beefed up, new photos reveal. The formidable vehicle has now been fitted with 12 anti-personnel flamethrowers. The upgraded Uran-9 Unmanned Ground Combat Vehicle has been […]

HARARE, August 26 – Emmerson Mnangagwa took the oath as Zimbabwe’s president in front of a stadium crowd on Sunday after a divisive election, as U.S. observers of that vote questioned the country’s democratic credentials. The Constitutional Court confirmed Mnangagwa as president in a ruling released on Friday, dismissing a challenge by the man he […]

Sen. John McCain at the Republic Media building in downtown Phoenix on Aug. 3, 2017 Tom Tingle/The Republic John McCain, who endured more than five years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam before becoming the 2008 Republican presidential nominee and serving Arizona for more than 30 years on Capitol Hill, died Saturday at age […]

The hostages were taken during attacks on villages in Sweida, during which dozens of people were killed [SANA/AP] SIL has taken a group of at least 27 people hostage in the sparsely populated Sweida desert in southern Syria, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW). Among those kidnapped, who are mostly of members of the minority Druze community, […]

© Getty Images If Washington continues to implement “unreasonable measures” against China, Beijing will hit back and “resolutely” respond, its Finance Minister said amid an escalating trade war between the two powers. “China doesn’t wish to engage in a trade war, but we will resolutely respond to the unreasonable measures taken by the United States,” Liu […]