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© Henrik Montgomery, TT News Agency, AFP | Swedish Prime Minister and Social Democratic Party leader Stefan Lofven in Stockholm, September 12, 2018 Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven lost a mandatory confidence vote in parliament on Tuesday meaning he will step down, but with neither major political bloc holding a majority it remained unclear who […]

In a major snub to the United States, the European Union has decided to set up a new mechanism to enable legal trade with Iran without encountering US sanctions. The EU will create new payment channels to preserve oil and other business deals with Iran, Federica Mogherini, the bloc’s foreign policy chief said late on Monday, in a bid to evade […]

Britain’s opposition Labour Party will vote this week to keep a second Brexit referendum on the table if Prime Minister Theresa May fails to pass her plan to leave the European Union through parliament, media reported. Earlier, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he would back a second Brexit referendum if his Labour Party voted to […]

Matteo Salvini addresses a press conference alongside Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban on August 28, 2018. Photo: Marco Bertorello/AFP Italy’s cabinet adopted a hardline security decree Monday which will make it easier to expel migrants and strip them of Italian citizenship. The new bill is “a step forward to make Italy safer,” Interior Minister Matteo Salvini […]

KDF soldiers head to Lamu’s Boni Forest to flush out al-Shabaab militants in August 2017. The military says it killed 10 terrorists on September 24, 2018. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP The Kenya Defence Forces say they have killed more than 10 Al-Shabaab fighters in an operation in Lamu County. The terrorists were […]

© Donat Sorokin/TASS MOSCOW, September 24./TASS/. Within two weeks, the Syrian army will get from Russia S-300 air-defense missiles to strengthen its combat capabilities following the downing of a Russian Ilyushin Il-20 aircraft in Syria, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Monday. “A modern S-300 air defense missile system will be supplied to the Syrian Armed […]

Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen leaves after giving a statement at President office in Male, Maldives [President handout/Reuters] Male, Maldives – Maldives’ President Abdulla Yameen has conceded defeat after a surprise election win for the opposition in a poll that was billed as a test for democracy in the troubled island nation. “The citizens of the Maldives had their say … […]

Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. File photo Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – A Saudi-owned newspaper has claimed that Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has moved to Afghanistan via Iranian territories. Quoting Pakistani security and other extremist group sources, Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper reported that Baghdadi arrived in Nangarhar Province in eastern Afghanistan after crossing Iranian territories […]

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his wife, Kim Jung-sook, wave to a group of U.S. and South Korean officials welcoming their arrival in New York on Sept. 23, 2018 for the U.N. General Assembly. Yonhap  South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived in New York on Sunday for a bilateral summit with U.S. President Donald […]

More than 250,000 voters in the Maldives, out of a population of 350,000, were eligible to vote in the election [Sharif Ali/Al Jazeera] More than 250,000 voters in the Maldives, out of a population of 350,000, were eligible to vote in the election [Sharif Ali/Al Jazeera The Maldives opposition has claimed victory in the tense presidential election […]