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Security officers walk on a road leading to the US Embassy compound ahead the official opening in Jerusalem, Sunday, May 13, 2018. (AP Photo) Palestinian foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki said Saturday the Palestinians have petitioned the U.N.’s top court, alleging that the U.S. inauguration of an embassy in Jerusalem was illegal. The Palestinians have filed […]

Residents take fuel from an oil truck at a gas station in Palu on Sunday. (Antara/Muhammad Adimaja) President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo asked quake survivors to be patient as they wait for aid to be distributed upon arriving in the capital of Central Sulawesi, Palu, which was hit hard by an earthquake and tsunami.   Jokowi said […]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov UNITED NATIONS, September 29. /TASS/. US President Donald Trump has been invited to visit Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday. “President [of Russia Vladimir] Putin has received an invitation from President Trump [to visit the United States]. President Trump has received an invitation to visit Russia as […]

AA Photo President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday at a working breakfast to discuss bilateral and international issues. Erdoğan was accompanied by Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, and Technology and Industry Minister Mustafa Varank. It was Erdoğan and Merkel’s second meeting during the president’s […]

Saudi Crown Prince Prince Mohammad bin Salman with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan during his recent to Saudi Arabia. (SPA) Saudi Arabia has signed grant agreements with Pakistan to finance three road infrastructure and energy projects under the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a news report has revealed. According to the Dawn newspaper report, the agreements were […]

Victims receive treatments in front of a hospital in Palu, Central Sulawesi, on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018, amid threats of aftershocks. (Antara/BNPB Sutopo Purwo Nugroho) The central government and local authorities have scrambled to lead disaster relief efforts to assist the victims of a powerful earthquake that struck Central Sulawesi at 6:02 p.m. local time on Friday. Coordinating […]

It is as true today as it has been throughout history: China and Japan have as many reasons to be friends as to be enemies. And that is why, in the decades since they established diplomatic ties in 1972, their relationship has seen as many highs as it has lows. The enactment of the Treaty of […]

Zarif said Israel needs to come clean about its own nuclear programme [Bria Webb/Reuters] Iran‘s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has dismissed Israeli claims that Tehran ‘has a secret atomic warehouse’. In a tweet on Friday, Zarif derided as an “arts and crafts show” the allegation made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the UN General […]

“His testimony was powerful, honest, and riveting,” President Donald Trump wrote on Twitter of his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s testimony. | Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images President Donald Trump and his aides were ebullient Thursday as Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh defiantly rejected charges of sexual misconduct — a mood that reflected some relief after Trump […]

AFP Photo An agreement with Russia has allowed thousands of Syrians to return to their homes in Idlib, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Thursday. “Thankfully, as of now, things seem to be improving (in Idlib),” the president told reporters in New York. “Even yesterday, 50,000-60,000 people returned home. These are beautiful developments. I hope it […]