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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 […]

Emergency services attend the scene . Photo AP Photo/Charles Mallo via HH Emergency services attend the scene . Photo AP Photo/Charles Mallo via HH Four children have been killed when an train hit an electric cargo wagon at a manned level crossing in Oss. Another child and an adult were badly injured in the accident […]

Iraqi soldiers carry weapons during an operation against Islamic State militants in the neighbourhood of Intisar, eastern Mosul, Iraq, December 5, 2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Five Islamic State members were killed in a joint operation, west of Anbar, the Iraqi Interior Minister said on Wednesday. In a statement, the ministry’s Security Media Center, said […]

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s hope for another meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump comes as talks between the U.S. and North Korea have chilled amid reports that Pyongyang has continued its nuclear program, albeit furtively, despite promises to the contrary. | Pyongyang Press Corps Pool via AP North Korean leader Kim Jong Un […]

The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah said on Thursday that his group was getting precision rockets despite Israeli efforts to cut the route through Syria. (Reuters) The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah boasted Thursday the group now possesses “highly accurate” missiles despite Israeli attempts to prevent it from acquiring such weapons. Hassan Nasrallah didn’t offer specifics […]

    President Moon Jae-in and members of the South Korean delegataion to his third inter-Korean summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrive at the Seoul Airport in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, Thursday evening. Joint Press Corps President Moon Jae-in brought home substantial progress in inter-Korean relations as well as denuclearization, Thursday, after a summit […]

Police prepare to board a train in Skåne to carry out border controls. Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT Sweden has been harshly criticized over its border controls in a forthcoming Schengen report which has prompted Swedish police to draw up a plan of action. The inspectors behind the report claim that Sweden’s controls are poorly manned, and […]