WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he will either renegotiate or terminate what he called a “horrible” free trade deal with South Korea and said Seoul should pay for a U.S. anti-missile system that he priced at $1 billion. Seoul quickly dismissed the comments on the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, saying […]
Continue reading …A photo showing signs of destruction at Mosul University. (IraqiNews.com) Photos from Mosul University have shown destruction at one of the region’s oldest universities. With 123 buildings receiving nearly 22.000 students a year, the university, a former major bastion for Islamic State militants, whose labs were used by the group to manufacture chemical weapons, had, […]
Continue reading …(Reuters)The Kremlin strongly criticised Israeli air strikes on targets inside Syria on Thursday, saying Israel and other countries should avoid any action that heightened tension in the region. Israel struck an arms supply hub operated by the Lebanese group Hezbollah near Damascus airport on Thursday, Syrian rebel and regional intelligence sources said, targeting weapons sent […]
Continue reading …More than 1,600 stones of different sizes were removed from the gallbladder of a 40-year-old woman at Khalifa General Hospital in Umm Al Quwain on Thursday. Dr. Tahir Hilmi, head of the medical team and general surgery and surgical endoscopy consultant, said the patient reported to the outpatient clinics section, complaining about recurring pain on […]
Continue reading …As the normalization process between Turkey and Israel continues, the parties have focused on negotiating a partnership for energy trade that could be lucrative for both sides. To that end, an agreement to strike a deal for the energy trade between the two countries is expected soon The normalization of ties between Turkey and Israel […]
Continue reading …One of Ireland’s most experienced aid workers has described the devastating famine-like conditions in Somalia as the worst she has ever seen. Concern Worldwide’s Regional Director for the Horn of Africa, Carol Morgan, said starving children are literally dying on roads as they travel to emergency feeding centres. Ms Morgan has just returned from Somalia […]
Continue reading …Arms depot near Damascus International airport goes up in flames after series of overnight strikes blamed on Israel. Israeli strikes have hit an arms depot operated by the Lebanese Hezbollah group near Damascus airport, Syrian opposition sources told Al Jazeera. Witnesses said a total of five strikes occurred near the Damascus airport road, about 25km […]
Continue reading …A 43-year-old woman was caught carrying khat by customs after taking the Hirtshals-Larvik ferry on Friday. Customs officers discovered 82 bunches of the chewable leaf, which is illegal in Norway, weighing a total of just under eight kilograms. The woman was also carrying 128,000 kroner ($15,000) and 81 grams of gold, reports NRK. The money […]
Continue reading …NEW YORK, April 27. /TASS/. US strikes on the Syrian air base violated international law and made neither military nor political sense, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in an interview with Yahoo Global News. “That was something really unacceptable because that was against international law, first of all,” Zakharova said. “It has no […]
Continue reading …Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Pro-Iraqi government troops of al-Hashd al-Shaabi have declared liberating the cemetery in al-Hadar region as well as Tureitaa village in the north of the region, in western Mosul. “The forces freed the cemetery in Hadar,” the media service of the paramilitary troops said on Thursday. “The troops also liberated Tureitaa village in the […]
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