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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un recently inspected building plans for the northwestern Jagang province’s capital Kanggye and border town Manpho, stressing problems and calling for major construction overhauls, state media reported Saturday. In an article carried in the party-run daily Rodong Sinmun alongside inspections of various machinery factories in Jagang, Kim criticized the architectural […]

MSC cruise ship loses control and crashes against a smaller tourist boat at the San Basilio dock in Venice, Italy. (Reuters Photo) MSC cruise ship loses control and crashes against a smaller tourist boat at the San Basilio dock in Venice, Italy. (Reuters Photo) A towering, out-of-control cruise ship rammed into a dock and a […]

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the United States needs to abide by the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran and stop its “economic war” as the prerequisite for talks. “America has started an economic war against our people…this should stop. I mean the politics of bullying, imposed politics and the policy of economic terrorism against […]

Leaders of predominantly Muslim countries pose for a group picture ahead of Islamic Summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, early Saturday, June 1, 2019. (AA Photo) The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has rejected any proposal for a peace settlement that does not conform with Palestinian rights. In its […]

U.S. President Donald Trump has agreed to form a joint working group with Turkey to address its concerns about Ankara’s procurement of Russian S-400 missile defense systems, a report by Middle East Eye said on Friday. Trump overruled the Pentagon and the U.S. State Department, and agreed to form the working group during a phone […]

Senate Finance Chairman Chuck Grassley urged President Donald Trump, who recently threatened new tariffs on Mexico, to take a different approach to addressing illegal immigration. | Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call Republicans are warning President Donald Trump that he could sabotage his hopes of a new trade agreement with Canada and Mexico if he follows through […]

IHA Photo President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump discussed bilateral and regional issues in a phone call Wednesday, and agreed to meet on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in Japan this June. In the phone call, Erdoğan reiterated Turkey’s proposal to form a joint working group to address concerns about […]

Police Bureau of Investigation today pressed charges against 16 accused including Sonagazi Senior Fazil Madrasa Principal Siraj Ud Doula in the Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder case. PBI Inspector Shah Alam, also investigation officer of the case, submitted the 808-page charge sheet before the court of Feni Judicial Magistrate Jakir Hossain this afternoon, Mohammad Iqbal, […]

US National Security Advisor John Bolton said America is being ‘prudent and responsible’ in gathering evidence around the tanker attacks. Reuterso Attacks on four tankers docked off the Emirati port city of Fujairah earlier this month were caused by “naval mines almost certainly from Iran”, US National Security Adviser John Bolton said on Wednesday. The four […]