US President Donald Trump discussed increasing cooperation in the ongoing crises in Syria and Iraq in a telephone call with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Friday. The two leaders also spoke about “countering Iranian malign influence,” according to a readout of the call provided by the White House. On the issue of Venezuela, Trump […]
Continue reading …US President Donald Trump © Carlos Barria / Reuters The White House has welcomed “Russia’s and China’s cooperation” with the US against North Korea after the UN Security Council unanimously approved a resolution that introduces new economic sanctions in response to Pyongyang’s latest ballistic missile tests. “The president appreciates China’s and Russia’s cooperation in securing […]
Continue reading …Eggs waiting to be tested in Germany. Photo: Guido Kirchner/DPA/AP/TT Eggs containing a toxic pesticide that have been pulled from supermarkets in the Netherlands and Germany also reached Sweden. Sweden’s National Food Agency (Livsmedelsverket, NFA) says that it cannot be certain how many of the eggs have already been sold to Swedish consumers, but stressed […]
Continue reading …President Donald Trump salutes after walking down the steps of Air Force One with his grandchildren, Arabella Kushner, center, and Joseph Kushner, right, after arriving at Morristown Municipal Airport to begin his summer vacation at his Bedminster golf club, Friday, Aug. 4, 2017, in Morristown, N.J. (Evan Vucci/Associated Press) BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — Taking a break […]
Continue reading …US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley © Mike Segar / Reuters The UN Security Council has unanimously agreed on a new set of restrictive measures against Pyongyang following the North Korea’s latest missile tests. Having reaffirmed the UN’s previous stance on the issue, the international body further sanctioned several of North Korea’s exports. […]
Continue reading …The mosque, which primarily serves people from the area’s large Somali community, occasionally receives threatening calls and emails. (via Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center Facebook page) Someone apparently threw a bomb through the window of a suburban Minneapolis mosque on Saturday as people were preparing for morning prayers, damaging the imam’s office but not injuring anyone, […]
Continue reading …Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Individuals claiming to be Islamic State militants have threatened Kuwait with an overwhelming war in a latest video posted on Saturday, saying that an 2015 attack it carried out there was “a slap on the hand”. The video sowed three masked militants, two hoisting the group’s black flag, while a third stands at […]
Continue reading …New legislative body sacks dissident chief prosecutor Luisa Ortega hours after troops block entrance to her office. Ortega had asked a local court to halt the inauguration of Venezuela’s new 545-member assembly [File:Reuters] Venezuela‘s controversial new assembly has voted to remove the country’s dissident attorney general, Luisa Ortega, after security forces surrounded the entrance to […]
Continue reading …Senior administration aides postponed the announcement at the urging of United Nations and State Department officials. | Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images An opportunity to hit North Korea with new United Nations sanctions has sidelined President Donald Trump’s bid to punish China for its alleged unfair trade practice. The White House had been preparing for a Friday announcement in […]
Continue reading …FILE PHOTO Launch of Soyuz-FG launch vehicle carrying Soyuz-MS spacecraft from Baikonur Cosmodrome © Maksim Blinov / Sputnik The new US sanctions on Russia have angered the Kremlin, especially after Donald Trump promised to repair relations. With the American president increasingly looking a busted flush, Moscow is likely to deliver a forceful response. In the […]
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