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A U.S. Patriot missile system is seen at a Turkish military base in Gaziantep in this February 5, 2013 file photo. (Reuters Photo) The U.S. State Department is negotiating a potential deal to sell Turkey the Raytheon Co Patriot missile defense system as an alternative to the Russian-made S-400 system Turkey has agreed to purchase, […]

Get short URL The presidents of Russia and the US have begun their meeting in Finland with a handshake and a pledge to discuss frankly all the differences between their countries – and ways to improve a sour relationship. Vladimir Putin of Russia and Donald Trump of the US are holding their first dedicated meeting […]

The two leaders will hold talks in Finland’s capital, Helsinki [File: Michael Klimentyev/EPA-EFE/Sputnik] Helsinki summit comes days after 12 Russians are charged for hacking Democrat emails to tilt US vote in Trump’s favour. Just as he did in Singapore with Kim Jong-un last month, US President Donald Trump will kick off his Monday meeting in Finland with his Russian […]

This was the scene in Montpellier after France won the World Cup. France was the scene of one huge party on Sunday as the country clinched the World Cup, with fans streaming into the streets, honking car horns and flying the tricolore flag at the start of an enormous national celebration. Cheers rang out throughout […]

TEHRAN (FNA)- Abu Harira Somali, a notorious non-Syrian commander of Tahrir al-Sham Hay’at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front), was killed by unknown gunmen in the Northeastern province of Idlib on Sunday. Abu Harira Somali, a Somalian commander of Tahrir al-Sham, was gunned down by unidentified assailants on the Idlib-Saraqib road. The sources […]

Twelve North Korean restaurant workers and their manager arrive at Incheon International Airport on April 8, 2016. / Korea Times file The South Korean government has been caught in a dilemma dealing with the former workers of a North Korean restaurant in China who allegedly defected to the South in 2016, following a series of […]

Croatia’s midfielder Luka Modric (L) poses with the Golden Ball, next to France’s forward Kylian Mbappe, who in turn carries the Best Young Player Award after the Russia 2018 World Cup final football match on July 15, 2018. (AFP Photo) Croatia captain Luka Modric won the Golden Ball award for the World Cup’s best player […]

Russian Matryoshka dolls depicting t Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump are seen on sale at flea market in Moscow / AFP The German foreign minister has joined a number of anxious Western politicians in offering advice to Donald Trump ahead of the US president’s summit with Vladimir Putin, warning him against making “unilateral deals” with […]

Croatia fans gather in Nikolskaya Street in the center of Moscow, Saturday. Croatia will face France in the final of the FIFA World Cup on July 15. EPA France is the established power with a young team full of speed and skill. Croatia has the veterans that have shown they can never be counted out. […]

People at the scene where a courtyard of a house was hit by a rocket in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, during an escallation in rocket fire in the Gaza envelope Israeli towns, on July 14, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90) Palestinians fire a salvo of rockets at the border town, Iron Dome intercepts several but […]