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Almost a week on, US officials are still cleaning up the fallout from President Donald Trump’s “bigger nuclear button” tweet, but America’s UN envoy and the CIA director are both arguing it’s all for the sake of peace. FILE PHOTO: Briefcase with US nuclear launch codes © Yuri Gripas / Reuters Throughout the week, major […]

One student has been killed and six other people injured during widespread protests over rising bread prices in Sudan. Bread prices have almost doubled in Sudan since the government stopped importing wheat from overseas [Mosa’ab Elshamy/AP] The student died during a demonstration on Sunday in the city of Geneina, the capital of West Darfurstate. Separate protests also took place […]

Members of Iraqi Federal Police carry their weapon at the frontline during a battle with Islamic State militants in western Mosul, Iraq June 5, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi Federal Police forces said Monday they finished 50 percent of their works to rehabilitate war-scarred areas of western side of Mosul. The service’s chief, […]

© ludovic Marin / POOL / AFP | French President Emmanuel Macron (C) and his wife Brigitte Macron visit the northern Chinese city of Xian on January 8, 2018. Macron also called on Europe and China to team up on curbing climate change, in the face of US plans to withdraw from the Paris accord. […]

Iranian and foreign dignitaries, including Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (4th R, 1st row), are seen at the venue of Tehran Security Conference on January 8, 2018. (IRNA) Iran says Saudi Arabia, the United States, and Israel are fanning the flames of regional crises through their interventionist policies and invasive actions. Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif […]

Air strikes by regime and Russian aircraft on rebel positions in the northwestern province of Idlib killed at least 21 civilians, including eight children, a monitor said Monday. A man carries the body of a dead child, after what rescue workers described as a gas attack in Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib, Syria April 4, 2017. […]

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has announced that government forces had “broken down the chain of unrest” which they say was fomented by foreign enemies of the Islamic Republic. “Iran’s revolutionary people along with tens of thousands of Basij forces, police and the Intelligence Ministry have broken down the chain [of unrest] created… by the United States, […]

Arab foreign ministers are calling for international recognition of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, aiming to nullify a controversial US decision on the holy city’s status. Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, pictured at right, said the Arab League rejected US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital [Shadi […]

Saudi authorities have arrested 11 princes for staging a protest in the capital, Riyadh, against the kingdom’s austerity measures, according to state media. King Salman has overseen a number of economic reforms, including the introduction of a value-added tax and a halt to state payments of water and electricity bills for royal family members [Alex […]

Meeting in an ornate imperial palace in central Germany, the pair said they were keen to make amends after falling out as Ankara rounded up suspected supporters of a failed 2016 coup, a comedian mocked Turkey’s president and a German-Turkish journalist was detained without charge M© Swen Pförtner/Pool/AFP | German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel (L) […]