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Hamid Karzai International airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 25, 2015. (AP Photo)  Atechnical delegation from the U.S. Department of Defense is expected to arrive in Turkey on Thursday to discuss activities for keeping the Kabul Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan operational, Turkey’s Defense Ministry said Thursday. The situation in Afghanistan gained importance after NATO […]

New book by Washington Post reporters claims Trump asked if detainment camp could be used to house infected. Former President Donald Trump waves as he arrives at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, on January 20, 2021, after he left the White House [File: Carlos Barria/Reuters] Former President Donald Trump considered sending […]

A group of young Somali migrant girls housed in a government-run detention center in Libya have accused the guards at the facility of sexual assault. The teenage girls were rescued in February this year by Libyan security forces and have been in custody at the Shara al-Zawiya center located in Tripoli. In April, one of […]

Sweden’s Prime Minister Stefan Lofven speaks during a media conference at Rosenbad in Stockholm, Sweden, June 16, 2021.   –   Copyright  Janerik  Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven lost a no-confidence vote on Monday morning. He now has one week to decide whether to resign or call for a snap election. Lofven, from the Social Democratic party, had been in […]

TEHRAN – A top Iranian nuclear negotiator has called on the Biden administration to ensure that withdrawal from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and the imposition of sanctions will not happen again. Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araqchi gave more details about the latest developments of the Vienna nuclear talks aimed at reviving the […]

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (C) speaks next to German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) during a news conference at the end of a Peace summit on Libya at the Chancellery in Berlin on Jan. 19, 2020. (AFP File Photo)  Germany will attempt to arbitrate a permanent solution for the Libyan crisis, as the sides will gather […]

ADDIS ABABA – On June 21, Ethiopians will go to the polls for the country’s sixth general elections. We have been here before. The 2005 election was arguably the first one in Ethiopia’s history that saw meaningful political competition, and the party I led at the time achieved a significant showing. However, in the end, […]

Turkey’s anti-ship Atmaca missile rockets from the TCG Kınalıada corvette off the Black Sea province of Sinop, Turkey, June 18, 2021. (IHA Photo)  In a major milestone, Turkey has conducted the last test firing of its homegrown maritime missile, another important step showcasing the armed forces’ technological capacity increase. Compared to its previous tests, the long-range anti-ship […]

IDF chief Aviv Kohavi, on his way to Washington, reportedly seeks to deepen coordination with Gulf states and expand normalization agreements to other moderate countries US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, right, hosts a bilateral meeting with Defense Minister Benny Gantz, left, at the Pentagon in Washington on June 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) As […]

TEHRAN – In what appeared to be a diplomatic miscalculation, the UN nuclear watchdog’s chief has said that an agreement with Iran should be reached after the outcome of Iran’s presidential election is announced. In remarks to Italian newspaper Repubblica, Rafael Grossi, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), called on the diplomats involved […]