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French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian welcomes Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Sunday. Photo: Ahmed Nureldine/AFP Saudi Arabia’s crown prince arrived in France on Sunday for the next leg of a global tour aimed at reshaping his kingdom’s austere image as he pursues his drive to reform the conservative petrostate. […]

FILE PHOTO: Syrian soldiers are seen in the rebel-held Douma district in the Eastern Ghouta countryside, Syria, on March 28, 2018. © Ammar Safarjalani / Global Look Press Reports of an alleged gas attack in the Syrian town of Douma are ‘fake news’ aimed at justifying potential strikes against Syria, Moscow said. It warned of […]

Runners compete during the half-marathon in Berlin on Sunday. Photo: Paul Zinken / dpa / AFP  Berlin authorities said they arrested six people on Sunday over an alleged plot to carry out a “violent crime” at the German capital’s half marathon which attracted 36,000 runners. A report by daily newspaper Die Welt which police did […]

Construction of the partially-built 700-kilometre border wall, locals say has helped prevent al-Shabab fighters from crossing into Kenya, has been suspended,  Kenya has suspended construction of a 700-kilometre border wall after confrontations between security officers and people from a nearby Somali town. Locals say the partially-built wall has helped prevent al-Shabab fighters from crossing into Kenya. Hundreds of […]

President Donald Trump asked on Twitter why the Department of Justice is not “giving the strongly requested documents (unredacted) to the HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE?” | Olivier Douliery/AFP/Getty Images   President Donald Trump accused the Justice Department on Saturday of “slow walking” its handling of Republican lawmakers’ demands for documents related to the FBI’s investigation of […]

Activists put up a placard asking for the release of jailed separatist leaders Jordi Sanchez and Jordi Cuixart and reading “Freedom to political prisoners” in Berlin on Saturday. Photo: JOHN MACDOUGAL Jailed Catalan pro-independence activist Jordi Sanchez was on Saturday proposed as the new regional president for a second time despite a failed first attempt. […]

A chemical attack in Douma, the last rebel-held stronghold near Syria’s capital, Damascus, has killed at least 70 people and affected hundreds, rescue workers have told Al Jazeera. The White Helmets, a group of rescuers operating in opposition-held areas in Syria, said on Saturday that most of the fatalities were women and children. “Seventy people suffocated to […]

The two victims were reportedly waiters at the Grosser Kiepenkerl restaurant. Photo: DPA German authorities have for now ruled out a connection to Islamist terrorism after a man rammed customers on a restaurant terrace, killing two people, but much remains unclear about the incident. Here is what we know so far: What happened? A small […]

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visits former US President George HW Bush in Texas. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Saudi ambassador to the United States Prince Khalid bin Salman visited former US President George H. W. Bush in Texas. On the occasion, the senior Bush tweeted expressing his delight at the “wonderful […]

PM Stefan Löfven thanks first responders after Saturday’s memorial service in Adolf Frederik Church. Photo: Claudio Bresciani/TT  Messages of love and togetherness filled Stockholm on Saturday as Swedes remembered the terrorist attack on Drottninggatan one year ago that killed five people and injured several others. Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, speaking at a memorial concert in […]