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Moscow, SANA- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the UN Security Council resolution no. 2401 which stipulates for the cessation of combat activities for at least 30 days does not include the terrorist organizations of [the_ad_placement id=”content”] Daesh (ISIS) and Jabhat al-Nusra and the groups associated with them, and therefore the operations of the […]

Washington sets preconditions in response to North Korea indicating it is willing to have diplomatic talks. The US response comes a day after high-ranking North Korean officials said the country would be willing to sit down for diplomatic talks [Patrick Semansky/Reuters] The United States is willing to talk to North Korea, but only if those […]

                      The WildCat robot, manufactured by U.S. robotics company Boston Dynamics, is the world’s fastest free-running robot with four legs, capable of running at 32 kilometers per hour. The development of the robot that can be used in the battlefield was funded by the Defense Advanced Research […]

Saudi women at Al- Janadria festival near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 17 February 2018. (EPA Photo) Saudi Arabia is set to allow women to apply for military service in several governorates including Riyadh, Mecca and Medina as part of its Vision 2030 plan. According to a statement by the country’s General Security division, military positions will […]

Baghdad (Iraqinews.com) – An Iraqi criminal court sentenced on Sunday 15 Turkish women to death on charges of joining the Islamic State (IS) group, judicial sources were quoted as saying.  All the 15 Turkish women have admitted belonging to the IS group, AFP quoted the sources as saying. The court sentenced another Turkish woman to […]

Dressed in military uniform, Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi inaugurated on Sunday the East of the Suez Canal Counter-Terrorism command, a statement by presidential spokesman Bassam Rady said. Sisi inaugurates the East of the Suez Canal Counter-Terrorism command (Photo: Egyptian presidency) Several top state and army officials attended the event, including Prime Minister Sherif Ismail, Minister […]

Pyongyang has accused Washington of bringing “clouds of war” to the region by imposing “the largest-ever” sanctions during the Olympic Games, but says it is still open to direct talks with the US. South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in talks with Kim Yo Jong, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister, and North Korea’s ceremonial head […]

Amira Adawe has a radio show, Beauty-Wellness Talk, which is a platform where the Somali community can talk openly about skin lightening without fear of being outed or stigmatized.Nancy Rosenbaum for NPR Amira Adawe has just arrived at a Somali-American community radio station in Minneapolis where she hosts a weekly call-in show called Beauty-Wellness Talk. After peeling off her […]

A February 25th photo taken in the Syrian rebel-held town of Douma, in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region. Photo: Hamza al-Ajweh/AFP The leaders of Germany and France urged Russia on Sunday to exert “maximum pressure” on Syria for an “immediate” implementation of a UN ceasefire in the war-ravaged country, Berlin said. German Chancellor Angela Merkel […]

The budget allocated for religious institutions in the coming year is set to increase by 10 percent, which will give them $550 million. (Al Arabiya) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani criticized the large budget allocated to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s ‘Islamization of Science’ project. Rouhani said during a speech on Saturday at the 31st round […]