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AFP | In this file photo taken on August 26, 1944 US soldiers of Allied troops parade on the Champs Elysées Avenue in Paris, to celebrate the Liberation of Paris during the Second World War. In August 1944 ordinary Parisians rose up, led by Resistance fighters supported by workers, women and even priests to throw […]

National Force military firefighters stand in line to board a plane to Rondonia northern Brazil, to help fight fires in the Amazon rainforest at the Military Air Base in Brasilia, on August 24, 2019. (AFP Photo) Backed by military aircraft, Brazilian troops on Saturday were deploying in the Amazon to fight fires that have swept […]

REUTERS Trump: France, Japan free to talk with Iran French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday that G7 leaders meeting in the French seaside resort of Biarritz had agreed joint action on Iran with the aim of defusing tensions and opening new negotiations with Tehran. “We agreed on what we wanted to say jointly on […]

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un smiles after observing a test of what the North said is a “super-large multiple rocket launcher” on Saturday when it fired two short-range projectiles off its eastern coast. Yonhap Despite North Korea’s repeated missile threats, the South’s relevant government authorities remain silent without taking any proactive steps over the reviving […]

Popular Mobilization Forces Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Iraqi paramilitary groups on Wednesday blamed the United States and Israel for a series of recent blasts at their weapons depots and bases. In a press statement, a copy of which was obtained by Egypt’s Ahram Online, the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) said the United States had allowed four […]

North Korea Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho rebuked U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for complicating their nuclear negotiations, after the top U.S. diplomat made remarks that Washington would “keep on the sanctions that are the toughest in all of history” against the North. “It is misjudgment for Washington to […]

Kim You-geun, deputy director of Cheong Wa Dae’s National Security Office, announces a decision to scrap an agreement with Japan on sharing military intelligence, Thursday afternoon. Yonhap In a stunning move that could further worsen already deteriorating ties between South Korea and Japan, the government announced Thursday that it was scrapping a military-intelligence sharing pact […]

 A new prime minister and a sovereign council with military and civilian members have been sworn in Sudan, ushering in a new era in the country following months of political uncertainty and violence Abdalla Hamdok, who was chosen by the protest movement to be prime minister, took the oath of office late on Wednesday in the capital, Khartoum. […]

Boris Johnson and girlfriend Carrie Symonds British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s gal pal Carrie Symonds has been barred from entering the US on business — apparently because of her trip to Somaliland last year, according to a report. Symonds, 31, applied for entry to the US as part of her gig with Oceana, an environmental […]

Cheng did not return to work on August 9 after travelling from Hong Kong to Shenzhen the previous day [Facebook/’Free Simon Cheng’ via Reuters] A Chinese national working at Britain’s Hong Kongconsulate has been detained in China’s border city of Shenzhen for violating the law, the Chinese foreign ministry has confirmed, in a move that appears likely to […]