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Mikhail Klimentyev / Sputkni Russia welcomes Donald Trump’s desire to engage with Moscow regarding an arms race and other global challenges, but the US leader’s deeds must match his words, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. “We have repeatedly stated that we positively assess President Donald Trump’s desire to establish normal dialogue between our countries,” Lavrov told Italy’s […]

Ultra Orthodox Jews dance around a large bonfire in the neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem, Israel (EPA Photo) About 30 people were injured following a bonfire explosion during Lag BaOmer Jewish celebrations in London, the British daily Express reported on Thursday. The explosion in Stamford Hill may have been caused by a mobile phone, […]

AFP French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday laughed off the global sniggers he prompted after describing the wife of Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull as “delicious”. The faux pas — “delicieux” in French can also mean “delightful” — caused  widespread mirth, with one Sydney tabloid mocking up a nearly full-page photo  of Macron with the cartoon head […]

Representational photo. Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The United Nations on Wednesday expressed condemnation of an armed attack launched by Islamic State militants at a northern Baghdad area, urging Iraqis to remain alert for sleeper militant cells. U.N. representative in Iraq. Jan Kubis, “strongly condemns the terrorist shootings at Tarmiya north of Baghdad, in which a number of […]

A handout photo made available by the Savannah Professional Firefighters Association on 02 May 2018 shows an apparent military aircraft crash outside of Savannah, in Port Wentworth, Georgia. (EPA Photo) An Air National Guard C-130 cargo plane on a training mission crashed Wednesday along a road near a Georgia airport, killing at least five National […]

The refugee accommodation in Ellwangen. Photo: DPA A police operation took place in Baden-Württemberg after about 200 migrants used force to prevent the deportation of a Congolese man on Tuesday. The 23-year-old man was to be deported from where he was staying, a refugee accommodation in the small town of Ellwangen. But the police decided […]

After the National Assembly voted 56-45 not to elect him prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan made his way to Yerevan’s Republic Square where tens of thousands of his supporters were following the confirmation hearing live, on large outdoor screens. To a thundering applause, Pashinyan called on the people to ramp up their civil disobedience by blocking all roads, […]

When Robert Mueller was appointed last May, he assumed control of a pre-existing Justice Department probe into Russian election interference. | Win McNamee/Getty Images President Donald Trump might be able to get rid of special counsel Robert Mueller — but he can’t kill off the Russia probe. Trump aides and associates have long warned him […]

UN Photo/Ilyas AhmedThe town of Belet Weyne in the Hiraan region of Somalia as seen from the air submerged in flood waters from the Shabelle river on 30 April 2018. Belet Weyne is currently experiencing its worst flooding ever and over 150,000 people have been displaced. United Nations agencies in Somalia have stepped up their […]