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China has protested over the US’ “unreasonable” decision to slap punitive sanctions on a Chinese military unit for buying Russian fighter jets and surface-to-air missile equipment. “China expressed strong indignation towards the unreasonable move by the United States, and has made solemn representation,” foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said on Friday. “The US has seriously […]

President Donald Trump had not explicitly criticized Christine Blasey Ford, Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser, before Thursday night. | Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images President Donald Trump on Thursday night questioned why “somebody” did not contact the FBI 36 years ago when Christine Blasey Ford alleges she was sexually assaulted by Brett Kavanaugh, now a Supreme Court nominee. “You […]

Rescue workers at the scene where a ferry overturned in Lake Victoria, Tanzania [Reuters] Tanzanian rescue workers have resumed the search for survivors feared drowned after a passenger ferry capsized in the south of Lake Victoria killing nearly 100 people. Dozens of bodies were recovered on Friday morning when the rescue operation resumed at the crack […]

Photo: AFP Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Thursday his government was aiming to reach an agreement with the UK over the post-Brexit future of the territory of Gibraltar by the middle of next month. “We need to reach an agreement on Gibraltar by mid-October,” Sanchez told reporters after meeting his EU counterparts at an informal […]

The mother of Palestinian Ahmed Omar, who was killed during a protest near the Israeli Erez crossing with the Gaza Strip, mourns on Sept. 19. The mother of Palestinian Ahmed Omar, who was killed during a protest near the Israeli Erez crossing with the Gaza Strip, mourns on Sept. 19. Over 48 hours, five young […]

President Moon Jae-in, second from right, and his wife Kim Jung-sook, right, stand with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, second from left, and his wife Ri Sol-ju on Mount Paektu in North Korea, Thursday. Joint Press Corps       SEOUL/PYONGYANG ― Dreams can come true. President Moon Jae-in cleared a top item off his […]

Latest findings from the UN and US indicate North Korea continues to develop its nuclear programme [File: EPA]       South Korean President Moon Jae-in announced North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has requested to hold another summit with US President Donald Trump soon in order to move along Pyongyang’s process of denuclearisation. So what will it […]

US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman in Jerusalem on August 22, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman on Thursday lambasted the Palestinian Authority’s declared intention to make monthly payments to the family of the Palestinian terrorist who stabbed Israeli Ari Fuld to death on Sunday. Friedman called the payments “unconscionable” and said […]

© Joe Klamar, AFP | French President Emmanuel Macron at a press conference in Salzburg, Austria, Sept. 20, 2018. French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said British Prime Minister’s so-called Chequers plan for Brexit was not acceptable following two days of EU talks in the Austrian city of Salzburg. While noting that the Chequers plan […]

© ImageSat International / Twitter Timely released satellite images have revealed the destruction left by IDF air strikes in Syria’s Latakia after Israel was forced to make a rare admission to the raid which resulted in the downing of the Russian Il-20 recon plane. On Wednesday, Israeli satellite imaging company ImageSat released three photos of […]