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In this April 20, 2015 file photo, Saudi soldiers fire artillery toward three armed vehicles approaching the Saudi border with Yemen in Jazan, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo) Despite criticism of Saudi Arabia’s participation in the conflict in Yemen, the German government has approved arms exports worth 254 million euros ($295 million) to the kingdom since […]

A photo of President Macron posing in the French overseas territory of Saint Martin with a former convict giving the middle finger has sparked outrage among politicians and online. But what’s the story behind this photo of the leader which many have labelled ’embarrassing’? It’s a shot the French president, whose ratings are at an […]

SULAWESI, Indonesia – Just as millions of people in the world’s biggest Muslim majority country were about to offer their evening prayers on the holiest day of the week, a powerful tremor shook the ground beneath their feet. On Friday evening, a powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake rocked the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, with the U.S. […]

The death toll in the magnitude-7.4 earthquake, followed by a tsunami, which struck Palu and Donggala in Central Sulawesi on Friday (28/09), had risen to 832 by Sunday afternoon, while at least 540 people were injured and hospitalized. (Antara Photo/Rolex Malaha) Jakarta. The death toll in the magnitude-7.4 earthquake, followed by a tsunami, which struck Palu […]

A relative of Mohammed al-Houm, 14, who was killed during a protest along the Israel-Gaza border fence, mourns during his funeral in the Bureij refugee camp, in central Gaza on Sept. 29, 2018. (AFP Photo) Turkey on Sunday “strongly” condemned Israel’s “excessive and disproportionate” use of force against innocent civilians in Gaza Strip. “We strongly […]

  The death toll from an earthquake that prompted a tsunami on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi has risen to 832, the national disaster mitigation agency has said, adding it assessed the affected area to be bigger than initially thought. Many people were reported trapped in the rubble of buildings brought down in the magnitude […]

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini at a press conference with his Tunisian counterpart in the capital Tunis on Thursday. PHOTO: FETHI BELAID / AFP           Italy’s powerful deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini said Saturday “I do not care” if the European Commission rejects a budget plan that would worsen Rome’s already mammoth […]

Security officers walk on a road leading to the US Embassy compound ahead the official opening in Jerusalem, Sunday, May 13, 2018. (AP Photo) Palestinian foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki said Saturday the Palestinians have petitioned the U.N.’s top court, alleging that the U.S. inauguration of an embassy in Jerusalem was illegal. The Palestinians have filed […]

Residents take fuel from an oil truck at a gas station in Palu on Sunday. (Antara/Muhammad Adimaja) President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo asked quake survivors to be patient as they wait for aid to be distributed upon arriving in the capital of Central Sulawesi, Palu, which was hit hard by an earthquake and tsunami.   Jokowi said […]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov UNITED NATIONS, September 29. /TASS/. US President Donald Trump has been invited to visit Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday. “President [of Russia Vladimir] Putin has received an invitation from President Trump [to visit the United States]. President Trump has received an invitation to visit Russia as […]