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The administration of US President Donald Trump has prepared charges against Julian Assange, the founder of the global whistleblowing service WikiLeaks in an attempt to arrest him, sources say. US officials familiar with the issue told CNN on Thursday that the Justice Department’s investigation of Assange and WikiLeaks goes back to 2010, but prosecutors have […]

Fears of a pre-emptive strike from the U.S. are high in the region Putin sent troops, along with military equipment to Russia’s 11 mile border with North Korea China earlier sent 150,000 soldiers to its own frontier with North Korea MOSCOW, Russia – As tensions on the Korean Peninsula intensify, now Russia’s joining the game […]

The US cruise missile strike on Syrian airbase indicated that the United States has once again jeopardised the already shaky security in the world. Can Donald Trump strike North Korea next? Many politicians and analysts believe that this can be possible. Pravda.Ru talked about it in an interview with chairman of the Federation Council Committee […]

Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi troops have freed al-Nasr district in western Mosul, Nineveh Operations declared. In a statement on Thursday, Lt. Gen. Abdul-Amir Yarallah said “The army’s Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) liberated al-Nasr district in the western side of Mosul before raising the Iraqi flag on its buildings.” Yarallah indicated inflicting losses in lives and property on […]

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Thursday he will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump on May 16-17 in the U.S. Speaking to ANews channel, Erdoğan said the meeting will lay the foundation of a strong cooperation between Turkey and the U.S. He said that he believes that Trump will do what Obama failed to […]

Zeinab’s English teacher Abdiweli Mohammed Hersi teaches children at the school near a camp for internally displaced people from drought hit areas in Dollow, Somalia, April 3, 2017. Somalia’s al-Shabab militants are threatening to punish parents who send their children to Western-style schools and universities. In a 26-minute audio recording aired by Radio Andalus, al-Shabab’s […]

 Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed that he would take part in international forum “One Belt – One Way” which is expected to take place in China on May 14-15 of this year. At a meeting with chairman of the Committee of the National People’s Congress of China, Zhang Dejiang in the Kremlin, Putin pointed out […]

CHINA launched its first unmanned cargo spacecraft, Tianzhou-1, into space yesterday, a crucial step for the country in building a space station by around 2022. Lifted by a Long March-7 Y2 carrier rocket, Tianzhou-1 roared into the air from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in south China’s Hainan Province last night. The cargo ship will […]

The killing of a police officer on the Champs Elysees on Thursday in what is being treated as a terrorist shooting is just the latest in a long line of attacks targeting France’s soldiers and police officers. Isis terror group have frequently called on their followers to attack soldiers and police in France, who they […]

Wednesday night activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali made an appearance on Fox News to discuss the horrific case of a Detroit doctor performing illegal female genital mutilation (FGM) on girls as young as six-years-old. Ali was a victim of the practice as a girl in Somalia and has dedicated her life to reforming Islam, specifically in […]