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Trump used a press briefing to air his frustration with the media, angrily shooting down questions from CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta and admonishing him for his interactions with White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders. | AP Photo/Evan Vucci President Donald Trump on Wednesday denied having ever made racist remarks and accused a reporter […]

The kidnappings on Monday were the first such mass abductions seen in Cameroon and coincide with an upsurge of political tensions in the majority French-speaking country AFP/Reinnier KAZE YAOUNDE: Ninety children kidnapped at a school in a troubled English-speaking region of Cameroon have been freed, officials said on Wednesday (Nov 7), revealing that in addition […]

Cyclists ride past the U.S. Capitol dome in Washington, U.S., on midterm election day, November 6, 2018. (Reuters Photo) The Democratic victory in the U.S. House of Representatives could echo from Moscow to Beijing to Riyadh, with empowered Democrats now able to launch new investigations into President Donald Trump’s international business empire and his political […]

  Rashida Tlaib became the first Muslim congresswoman, alongside Ilhan Omar [Paul Sancya/AP Photo] This year’s US midterm elections have already made history, with a record number of women, Native Americans, and Muslim candidates running for office. Commenting on the Democrats taking the House, CNN’s Van Jones pointed to the diversity of candidates that won seats in this […]

More than 31 million people voted early in the US midterm elections [Lucy Nicholson/Reuters] US voters go to the polls on Tuesday, to take part in midterm elections that will help define the remaining two years of President Donald Trump’s first term in office. All 435 seats in the House of Representatives are up for […]

In its new campaign to offset an ongoing personnel crisis, the Swedish Police emphasized the importance of having police officers with a “mixed background.” On November 7, the Swedish police will hold an information meeting in Rinkeby, one of Sweden’s most notorious ghettos, as part of a recruitment campaign to get more immigrants to become police officers. It is important that […]

In 2014, ISIL took large chunks of territory from the Iraqi government, including the country’s second largest city of Mosul [AP Photo] More than 200 graves containing the corpses of thousands of victims have been discovered in areas formerly controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS), a […]

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu speaks in a joint press conference with his Japanese counterpart Taro Kono in Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 05, 2018. (AA Photo) Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Tuesday criticized the U.S. resumption of sanctions on Iran as unilateral, not wise and dangerous, calling for a dialogue and engagement instead. Çavuşoğlu, in Tokyo […]

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani announced on Monday that leaders of four major countries sought to broker talks between him and U.S. President Donald Trump during the UN General Assembly session in New York in September. Rouhani did not mention the name of the leaders of the four countries. “There is no need for a […]

  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) and US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announce sanctions against Iran during a news conference at the Foreign Press Center in Washington, DC, Nov. 05, 2018. (EPA Photo) One of the key buyers of Iranian oil, Turkey, along with seven other nations, has managed to get a temporary […]