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Turkish forces played a big role in stopping a political coup against Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani in one of the biggest political crisis in the Middle East when Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt and Bahrain cut their ties with Qatar on June 5, 2017, according to a report by a […]

There is no new “Iron Curtain” between Russia and the US, the Russian Foreign Minister said, predicting that relations between the two world powers will improve, though time which could have been used to mend ties has been wasted. FILE PHOTO © Sputnik Photo Agency / Reuters “I don’t think that the term ‘Iron Curtain’ […]

Up to 10,000 people stranded in refugee camps and detention centres in Libya could be relocated to Europe in 2018, the Italian government said on Sunday. Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti. Photo: AFP The initiative would be part of an attempt by EU countries to address the deteriorating conditions in Libya, where thousands of people […]

Advanced weapon systems and lack of necessity for bases in foreign nations are key factors that will allow the Russian military to defend the nation, despite receiving far less funding than their US counterparts, Putin said. © Igor Zarembo / Sputnik On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of top defense ministry officials […]

Egyptian authorities have detained 15 people pending an investigation into an attack on an unlicensed Coptic Christian church in a village south of Cairo, a security source said on Sunday. The Ameer Tadros church in southern Cairo. (Supplied) Dozens of people from the village of Kafr al-Waslin attacked the church after Friday prayers, smashing the […]

BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) – The latest U.N. sanctions against North Korea are an act of war and tantamount to a complete economic blockade against it, North Korea’s foreign ministry said on Sunday, threatening to punish those who supported the measure. The U.N. Security Council unanimously imposed new sanctions on North Korea on Friday for its recent […]

Work on the world’s longest glass-floor bridge proceeds in the Hongyagu Scenic Area in Hebei province earlier this month. The bridge will open to the public on Dec 24. [Photo provided to China Daily] The world’s longest glassfloor bridge will open to the public on Sunday in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province. The bridge, which stretches 488 […]

M © John Thys, AFP | Refugees and migrants at a park in Brussels pictured on August 22. The hundreds of migrants, most Sudanese or Eritrean, who sleep in the park hope eventually to get to the UK.  Allegations that Sudanese refugees deported from Belgium were tortured upon their return has shaken Belgium’s governing coalition. […]

First evacuation flight organized by UNHCR and Italian authorities lands at Rome’s Pratica di Mare military airport. Mounira, a 20-year-old Somali with her son Mubarak, shortly after being evacuated with others from Libya to Italy  © UNHCR/Alessandro Penso ROME, Italy – A first group of 162 refugees from Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia and Yemen has arrived safely […]

Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) Thousands of displaced families have been repatriated to the western side of Mosul city in Nineveh, an official announced. Displaced Iraqis wait to get food supplies as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq March 28, 2017. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem “According to the timeline, we receive at the western side […]