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U.S. Army General Scott Miller speaks during a change of command ceremony in Resolute Support headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan September 2, 2018. (Reuters Photo) The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, General Scott Miller escaped unhurt after a burst of gunfire in the governor’s compound in Kandahar province on Thursday but the powerful police chief General […]

Nearly two years into his presidency, Donald Trump has yet to visit troops deployed to Iraq, Syria or Afghanistan, unlike his predecessor, Barack Obama. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo   President Donald Trump should visit U.S. troops in war zones to get a firsthand view of military operations and show gratitude to the thousands of American […]

© Sergei Malgavko/TASS KERCH, October 18. /TASS/. The student of the Polytechnic College in the Crimean city of Kerch who carried out a mass shooting and explosion attack there was into making homemade bombs and bragged about it, Valery Kiselev, a spokesman for Russia’s National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC), told Russia’s Channel 1 television on Thursday. “We […]

Turkish Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül called on the public to ignore any leaked information in the case of Khashoggi. (File photo: AFP)  Turkish Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül called on the public to ignore any leaked information in the case of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Several news outlets have released reports quoting anonymous official sources who […]

Italian investment companies will remain active in Iran despite unilateral US sanctions, said the head of Trade Promotion Section of the Italian Embassy in Iran. “We have received a great number of requests from the Italian companies to invest in Iran and the embassy tries to facilitate them,” said Augusto Di Giacinto in a meeting […]

Eyewitnesses have told RT there was intensive gunfire around the time of a bomb explosion at Kerch college, with the gunman running around the building and killing students. “There was a blast, all the glass shattered. And then armed people started running around, opening doors and shooting at everyone,” a college teacher told the investigators, according […]

President Moon Jae-in and first lady Kim Jung-sook are welcomed by Stefano Zaniniafter, vice chief of diplomatic protocol at Italy’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, after arriving at Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Tuesday. Moon will have a summit with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and visit the Vatican for a meeting with Pope Francis. […]

Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi entered Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul on October 2 to obtain a document certifying he divorced his ex-wife so he could remarry. He has not been seen since. Turkish sources have told media outlets they believe the Saudi writer and critic was killed inside the consulate in what they describe as “premeditated murder”. Saudi officials […]

It was the first time Iran had officially announced it was using combat drones outside of its borders, the conservative Tasnim news agency said. (File photo: AFP) Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have carried out 700 drone strikes against forces of ISIS in Syria, its aerospace chief told conservative news agency Fars on Tuesday. “Our bomber drones […]

The House of People’s Representatives (HPR) unanimously approved a draft law that restructured the power and duties of executive organs. The House also approved a new cabinet proposed by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD). 50 percent of cabinet members are women. Minister of Peace, Muferiat Kamil Minister of National Defense, Aisha Mohammed (Eng.) Minister of […]