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The US, UK and France have launched strikes “on targets associated with the chemical weapons capabilities” in Syria, US President Donald Trump announced early on Saturday. The strikes come after a suspected chemical weapons attack in the former rebel stronghold of Douma last weekend.  Here are all the latest updates on the strikes:  Germany: Strikes were ‘necessary and appropriate’ […]

The retired French colonel Mr. Alain Corvez has stressed that nobody can win the nuclear war being prepared by unreasonable western leaders of today over false flags pretexts, regretting the bad diplomacy of France which accepted to be a valet of the Atlantic Alliance and a member of the US-led “evil axis”. He told the […]

Russia said in Friday’s UNSC meeting that its specialists found no traces of chemical weapons in Douma [Eduardo Munoz/Reuters] Russia said in Friday’s UNSC meeting that its specialists found no traces of chemical weapons in Douma [Eduardo Munoz/Reuters] The UN Security Council has held an emergency meeting called by Russia to discuss what it describes as a threat […]

The remains of an Iranian drone that was shot down by the Israeli Air Force after it penetrated Israeli airspace on February 10, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces) Thwarted attack was first direct Iranian targeting of Israel; drone was sent from T-4 base in Syria, where 7 Iranians were killed in alleged devastating Israeli airstrike this […]

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court   on Friday ruled that disqualification of lawmakers  under Article 62(1) (f) of the Constitution   disqualification is permanent. Nawaz Sharif and  Jahangir Khan Tareen were also disqualified under the same provision of the  constitution. A five-member larger bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar,  announced the reserved […]

As a part of Orphan Solidarity Days, a Turkish humanitarian agency went to Somalia, which suffers from famine and drought, to respond to the needs of the hundreds of orphans of the country Support for Somalia from the Turkish government and nongovernmental organizations continue without a respite. The latest humanitarian project was recently launched by […]

Budget director Mick Mulvaney is developing a proposal, expected to be released around May 1, to re-open the $1.3 trillion omnibus package. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Diplomatic Room of the White House on March 23 after signing the spending bill, vowing never to support another piece of legislation like that again. […]

Kollegah and Farid Bang. Photo: DPA The awarding of the most prestigious prize in German pop music to two rappers who made fun of Holocaust victims has been described by an influential Jewish organization as “a scandal.” At the annual Echo Awards on Thursday evening the rappers Kollegah and Farid Bang were awarded the best […]

FILE PHOTO: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin talks to U.S. President Donald Trump © Carlos Barria / Reuters The US and Russia can find a way out of the deadlock in Syria if they talk to each other, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova believes, but should Washington launch an attack, Moscow will stand by its […]

Photo: AFP  French rail workers were to begin another two-day rolling strike on Thursday evening which will hit services across the country. But President Emmanuel Macron has vowed he will not back down. French rail passengers will suffer a sixth day of strikes on Friday, the national rail operator SNCF has warned, urging people to […]