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The North Korean athletes at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics have finished their scheduled events, while political issues are getting more attention than their athleticism during their visit to South Korea. North Korea’s cheerleading squad roots for competitors during the PyeongChang Winter Olympics figure skating pair short program at the Gangneung Ice Arena, Feb. 14. / […]

BEIRUT, LEBANON (8:35 P.M.) – Moments ago, the Syrian government forces fired several artillery shells towards the Turkish troops responsible for attacking the humanitarian convoy in Afrin tonight. According to a military source in Aleppo, the pro-government National Defense Forces (NDF), in coordination with the Kurdish YPG, fired the artillery shells at the Turkish troops; […]

Saudi Arabia canceled the “the house of obedience” article in the marriage law which grants a husband the right to force his wife to return to their home against her will. Saudi Arabia canceled the “the house of obedience” article in marriage law. (Shutterstock) As per the amendment in the law,  the wife will no […]

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Iraqi Foreign Ministry has announced extraditing four women and 27 children, who belonged to Islamic State, to Russia, AlSumaria News reported. Children in training camp belonging to ISIS. Archival photo. In remarks to media channels, the ministry spokesperson, Ahmed Mahjoub, said, “Iraq has extradited to Russia 27 children and four women who […]

Hundreds of asylum seekers marched on Wednesday from the Holot detention facility to Saharonim Prison in southern Israel on Thursday in protest of the government’s deportation policy and imprisonment of asylum seekers earlier this week. Asylum seekers protest during a march from Holot detention, February 22, 2018Meged Gozani Carrying signs saying “Stop The Deportation,” “We Are Not […]

   Their family fled Somalia for safety in the UK… but these three boys were stabbed to death on Britain’s streets Fowsiya Abdi’s son was hacked to death with a samurai sword in north London Just five months ago the mother lost another son in a similar attack in the capital The family had fled their […]

Lebanese authorities were tracking four men accused of plotting to bring down a passenger plane in Sydney for more than a year, Lebanon’s Interior Minister has confirmed. PHOTO: A New South Wales policeman stands guard at the back of of a property in Surry Hills in Sydney. (AAP: David Moir) Nohad Machnouk told reporters in Beirut that […]

US President Donald Trump suggested arming teachers to deter future mass shootings as he held an emotional meeting Wednesday at the White House with survivors of the gun rampage that left 17 people dead at a Florida high school. © Mandel Ngan / AFP | US President Donald Trump meets with Marjory Stoneman Douglas High […]

‘Some schoolgirls’ reportedly rescued but dozens missing following Boko Haram attack on a boarding school in Yobe state.Following a suspected Boko Haram attack on a school in northeast Nigeria, some of the missing schoolgirls have been found, according to a local government official and a senior military source. Over the years, Boko Haram has kidnapped […]

The mayor of a Japanese town close to the Misawa Airbase, stationing US warplanes, has called for the grounding of American F-16 fighter jets. The demand comes after one fighter dumped its fuel tanks over a lake. FILE PHOTO: US Air Force F-16 aircraft at Yokota Air Base, Japan. © Yuriko Nakao / Reuters On […]