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Erdogan: ‘We are looking for justice here’ [Cem Oksuz/Presidential Press Office/Handout via Reuters] Saudi Arabia has admitted Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside its consulate in the Turkish city of Istanbul. Khashoggi – a Saudi writer, US resident, and Washington Post columnist – entered the building on October 2 to obtain documentation certifying he had divorced his ex-wife. He never […]

In this 2010 picture, members of the ONLF attend a meeting to sign a peace deal with the Ethiopian government, but the group’s main body dismissed the deal at the time In this 2010 picture, members of the ONLF attend a meeting to sign a peace deal with the Ethiopian government, but the group’s main […]

President Donald Trump on Monday said that the U.S. currently has “top intelligence people in Turkey” and that “we will know very soon” what happened with Khashoggi. | Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images President Donald Trump on Monday said he is “not satisfied” with findings from investigations into Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi’s death at a Saudi […]

Erdogan: ‘We are looking for justice here’ [Cem Oksuz/Presidential Press Office/Handout via Reuters] Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has promised to reveal the “naked truth” over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, saying that he will make a new statement on the case on Tuesday. His comments on Sunday are likely to increase speculation that Ankara may […]

Ethiopian Airlines has announced that the airline will resume its flight to Mogadishu, Somalia, effective November 2, 2018. The resumption of the service to Somalia comes 41 years after Ethiopian Airlines Group stopped its route to Mogadishu in the 1970s. Commenting on it, Tewolde Gebremariam, Group CEO, Ethiopian Airlines said, “It gives us a great […]

KABUL, Afghanistan – Despite a threat of violent attacks, thousands of Afghans bravely headed to the polls on Saturday to make a decision on the leadership of the war-torn country. While Afghans voted across 401 polling centres in the country, the insurgent group that had been making plans to target the elections, delivered on its […]

U.S. President Donald Trump | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Moscow hit back Sunday at U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from an arms control treaty with Russia, slamming it as “blackmail.” “We condemn the continuing attempts to achieve Russia’s concessions through blackmail, moreover in such an issue that has importance for international security and security […]

A member of security staff is seen next to the barriers at the gate of Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, Oct. 21, 2018. (Reuters Photo) Five Turkish employees of the Saudi consulate in Istanbul are giving statements as witnesses under an investigation into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Turkish broadcaster NTV said […]

Pershing IA missile launcher and RSD-10 Pioneer (SS-20) missile. © Wikimedia Commons / RIA Novosti / Sputni   If the US ditches the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), it could collapse the entire nuclear non-proliferation system, and bring nuclear war even closer, Russian officials warn. By ending the INF, Washington risks creating a domino effect which […]