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President Donald Trump stated: “It’s a disgrace what’s happening in our country. But other than that, I wish everybody a very Merry Christmas.” | Zach Gibson/Getty Images President Donald Trump used a Christmas morning gathering in the Oval Office to reiterate the reasons he insists funding is needed for a border wall, even if it […]

©  Ruptly Hundreds of Syrians took to the streets of Aleppo to celebrate Christmas, as the peaceful life continues to get back on track in the ancient city, two years after its liberation. Christmas in the Syrian city of Aleppo is a very special holiday indeed – and that’s not since it housed the largest Christian […]

Afghan policemen arrive at the site of an attack in Kabul [Omar Sobhani/Reuters] Armed men detonated a car bomb before storming a Kabul government building in an ongoing attack, officials and witnesses said, in the latest violence to rock the Afghan capital. A number of armed attackers entered the building where the Ministry of Public […]

Condition of Carita, Pandeglang, Banten Province, after being hit by tsunami on late Saturday (Dec 22, 2018). ANTARA FOTO/Asep Fathulrahman/hp. Jakarta (ANTARA News) – The death toll from the Sunda Strait tsunami that hit the provinces of Banten and Lampung reached 281 on Monday morning. A total of 1,016 people were injured, 57 are still […]

With diplomatic talks over denuclearization hitting a deadlock, North Korea made its unwavering stance clear It said that it has no intentions to unilaterally denuclearize unless the U.S. removes its nuclear threat first North Korea is also demanding that the U.S. withdraw or significantly reduce its troops stationed in South Korea PYONGYANG, North Korea – […]

“222 people are dead, 843 people are injured and 28 people are missing,” Indonesia’s national disaster agency spokesperson Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said. “This number is predicted to increase because not all victims have been successfully evacuated, not all health centres have reported victims and not all locations have got complete data.” The tsunami hit both sides of Indonesia‘s […]

AP Photo The Daesh terror group is largely defeated, and countries like Turkey can easily take care of the remaining terrorists, the U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted Friday. The president said that the U.S. initially intended to stay in Syria for only three months, but didn’t leave after seven years. “When I became President, ISIS […]

Ludovic Marin, AFP | Idriss Déby and Emmanuel Macron at the Francophonie summit in Armenia, October 11, 2018. French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting Chad this weekend, where he will meet his counterpart Idriss Deby to discuss the crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR), amid widespread concerns about increasing Russian influence in the country. […]

The US government is again hurtling towards shutdown after Donald Trump called for the “nuclear option” in a barrage of tweets. The President said the closure of vital agencies would “last for a very long time”, warning: “Shutdown today if Democrats do not vote for Border Security!” Trump stokes fears of govt shutdown Mr Trump […]

The US Department of Justice on Thursday accused two Chinese nationals of carrying out a wide-ranging hacking campaign in association with Chinese national security authorities for more than a decade, allegedly infiltrating more than 45 technology companies and US government agencies to steal intellectual property and other data. The indictment alleges that members of the […]