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US plans ‘global’ drills to counter Russia & other complex threats – top US military official

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US plans ‘global’ drills to counter Russia & other complex threats – top US military official

© David Mdzinarishvili / Reuters The US military is shifting towards a “more global” exercise program in preparation to deter what they term a “more assertive Russia” as well as countering other complex threats, a senior officer commanding the US forces in Europe has said. TrendsRussia-NATO relations “What we’re eventually going toward is a globally […]

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Air France expands North Korea no-fly zone after missile test

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Air France expands North Korea no-fly zone after missile test

© Kim Won-Jin, AFP | North Korean state TV shows footage of the intercontinental ballistic missile launched on The French airline has said it is expanding its “non-flyover area around North Korea” while denying that passengers were at risk last week when one of its jets flew past the location where a North Korean missile […]

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Iran says won’t be silent on US breach of nuclear deal

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Iran says won’t be silent on US breach of nuclear deal

  Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi (Photo by IRNA) Iran has condemned fresh sanctions imposed by the US on the Islamic Republic, stressing that Tehran will not stand silent in the face of Washington’s violation of the 2015 multilateral nuclear agreement. On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump signed into law the bill that targets Iran with […]

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Yemeni Special Forces launch assault on Al Qaeda in Shabwa

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Yemeni Special Forces launch assault on Al Qaeda in Shabwa

Smoke billows during controlled explotion by a Yemeni Military demining unit The Coalition had, through the UAE forces, been training and preparing the Yemeni special force from the different tribes in Shabwa. Yemeni Special Forces, backed by the armed forces from the UAE and USA, launched a major operation on Thursday against Al Qaeda in […]

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Washington slides into ‘primitive Cold War clichés’, Moscow says

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Washington slides into ‘primitive Cold War clichés’, Moscow says

© Natalia Seliverstova / Sputnik   The Russian foreign ministry says the US is “sliding deeper” into a Cold War paradigm that is “totally detached from reality,” while warning Washington to “stop demonizing Russia and it foreign policy.” “On August 2, the US Vice President [Mike] Pence once again made a series of anti-Russian statements […]

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Notorious mother of IS militants killed in house collapse in Tal Afar

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Notorious mother of IS militants killed in house collapse in Tal Afar

Female Islamic State members (representational photo). Female Islamic State members (representational photo). Tal Afar (IraqiNews.com) A notorious mother of three Islamic State militants died Thursday when her house partially collapsed west of Nineveh, a local source was quoted saying. Alsumaria News quoted the source saying that “Um Daesh” (mother of the Islamic State) died under […]

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Germany’s Chancellor Candidate Martin Schulz Says Trump ‘Far Worse’ Than Expected

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Germany’s Chancellor Candidate Martin Schulz Says Trump ‘Far Worse’ Than Expected

Chancellor candidate Martin Schulz Martin Schulz, the rival who wants to unseat Angela Merkel as chancellor in September, made headlines before the election with his criticism of Donald Trump. In an interview with DER SPIEGEL he now describes the U.S. president as a “risk to the whole world” and expresses shock over his “merciless nepotism.” The […]

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Trump ‘pressed Mexico to stop talk of wall payments’

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Trump ‘pressed Mexico to stop talk of wall payments’

US President Donald Trump urged the Mexican president to stop publicly saying he would not pay for a proposed border wall, according to transcripts. Mr Trump admonished Enrique Pena Nieto for publicly denouncing the wall during a 27 January phone call, transcripts obtained by the Washington Post show. “You cannot say that to the press,” […]

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Military brought Pakistan on track, civilians derailed it: Pervez Musharraf

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Military brought Pakistan on track, civilians derailed it: Pervez Musharraf

Photo:Former Pkaistani dictator General Pervez Musharraf. (Source: Reuters) Pervez Musharraf, who toppled the civilian government of Nawaz Sharif in 1999 in a military coup, also has also been charged with involvement in the murder of two-time prime minister Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan’s former dictator Pervez Musharraf, who faces treason charges, has defended the country’s previous […]

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Somalia economy projected to grow at of 5-7% over medium term(World Bank)

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Somalia economy projected to grow at of 5-7% over medium term(World Bank)

Somalia economy projected to grow at of 5-7% over medium termSomalia’s economy is projected to grow at a steady, nominal annual rate of 5% to 7% over the medium-term, according to the second Somalia Economic Update to be published by the World Bank Group. “Mobilizing Domestic Revenue to Rebuild” assesses the prospects for domestic revenue mobilization […]

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