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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir attend a joint news conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia October 22, 2017 © Saudi Press Agency / Reuters As the fighting against Islamic State (IS, former ISIS/ISIL) in Iraq nears its end, Iraqi Shiite militias and their Iranian advisors need to “go home,” […]

Czechs this weekend elected a new prime minister who heaps scorn on the European Union and says his country shouldn’t have to accept a single refugee. The new Czech prime minister, Andrej Babiš, is also a blunt-spoken billionaire. | Michal Cizek/AFP/Getty Images  Germany just sent a radical far-right party to parliament for the first time […]

European Parliament chief Antonio Tajani said Europe should “fear” the spread of small nations as Spain struggled Sunday with the Catalonia crisis and the Italian regions of Lombardy and Veneto voted in referendums on greaterautonomy. Photo: AFP In an interview with the Rome daily Il Messaggero, the Italian politician said Europe must “of course fear” […]

The idea of assassinating a public figure or a high profile enemy, so as to remove a problem, has a dangerously simplistic logic to it. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspects Galido outpost and Jangjedo defending force in this undated photo [KCNA/Reuters] It is believed that once a leader is eliminated, his or her followers, […]

 Hundreds of Kurds in Erbil protest against Iraqi incursion Erbil (IraqiNews.com) Hundreds of Kurdish activists staged protests outside the United Nations headquarters and the Iranian consulate in Erbil against what they described as ‘violations’ of the Shia-led paramilitary troops, Baghdad Today reported. The protesters, according to the report, demonstrated outside the Iranian consulate against the […]

A few pictures have emerged of the slain police officers on social media as Egyptians mourn the loss of at least 30 police officers killed in Friday’s terrorist attack in Giza, Egypt’s Western Desert. Special Forces officer Amr Salah with film star Ahmad Ezz. (Supplied) Many Egyptians have expressed pain and condolences over the deaths […]

Protesters gather during a demonstration against al-Shabab after the October 14 explosion [Feisal Omar/Reuters] Last week, the deadliest bomb blast to hit the Somali city of Mogadishu killed more than 350 people and injured around 400 others. Questions are now been asked as to why, more than 10 years after African Union peacekeepers set foot in the […]

Pro-independence demonstrators in Barcelona on October 21st 2017. Photo: AFP Catalonia’s leader accused Madrid on Saturday of waging the “worst attack” on his region since dictator Francisco Franco after the central government took drastic measures to stop it from breaking away. In a televised announcement, Carles Puigdemont said Madrid was failing to respect the rule […]

A group of 28 Kurdish and Iranian asylum seekers who are residents at a deportation centre in Denmark have been on hunger strike for the last eight days. A group of 28 Kurdish and Iranian asylum seekers who are residents at a deportation centre in Denmark have been on hunger strike for the last eight […]