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The body of Vladimir Lenin lies in the Mausoleum. © Reuters The body of Vladimir Lenin should be left in the mausoleum on the Red Square as there are much more important problems for Russia to solve, the lawmakers said on the 95th anniversary since the death of the 1917 Revolution leader. Lenin died on […]

The protection of allied forces who fought and died battling the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, or ISIS) in Syria must be guaranteed, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in a phone conversation. Pompeo and Cavusoglu talked on Monday as the NATO allies try to reach an agreement over the fate of US-backed, Kurdish-led fighters, […]

A woman collects garbages from a dump yard near a tannery at Hazaribagh along the polluted Buriganga river in Dhaka June 5, 2014. (Reuters Photo) The world’s 26 richest people own the same wealth as the poorest half of humanity, Oxfam said Monday, urging governments to hike taxes on the wealthy to fight soaring inequality. […]

Missiles were seen flying over Damascus near the capital’s international airport on Monday [SANA via AP] The Israeli military carried out overnight attacks on Iranian targets in Syria, while Syrian state media reported the country’s air defences shot down “hostile targets”. Russia’s defence control centre was quoted by Interfax news agency as saying Syrian military air […]

The last five years has seen more than 20 attacks carried out by al-Shabab fighters that have left at least 300 people dead [Brian Inganga/AP Photo] Nyeri, Kenya – As the early morning fog gave way to bright sunshine, residents of Majengo in the town of Nyeri in central Kenya, stepped gingerly out of their homes. Most […]

Security forces at the scene of Saturday’s airstrike; images from the incident are too graphic.  NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 19- An air strike by the United States forces on Saturday left 52 Al-Shabaab militants dead, in the week the terror group claimed responsibility for the Nairobi attack. A statement from the US Africa Command said 52 […]

The U.S. has not kept its promise regarding Syria’s Manbij, Turkey will not allow the formation of a terror corridor south of its borders, Defense Minister Akar told U.S. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham. Turkey and the U.S. had agreed to work on the withdrawal of the PKK’s Syrian offshoot People’s Protection Forces (YPG) from Manbij, […]

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, center, and U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun, right, stand with North Korean envoy Kim Yong-chol prior to a meeting in Washington, DC, Jan. 18. AFP President Donald Trump will hold a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to try to broker a deal […]

Foreign Ministry  Russia said on Friday the new U.S. missile defense strategy would unleash a dangerous arms race in space and amounts to a relaunch of the Cold War-era “Star Wars” program. U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled a plan that envisages developing space-based sensors to detect incoming enemy missiles and exploring space-based weapons to […]

Haspel did not take part in last week’s briefing by Pompeo and Mattis [Reuters] CIA Director Gina Haspel will give a closed-door briefing to leaders of several US Senate committees this week on the killing of Saudi columnist Jamal Khashoggi, US media reported on Monday, citing unnamed sources. According to the Wall Street Journal, the briefing […]