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AT-KABUL: Fifteen security forces have been martyred early Monday after Taliban militants attacked their check post in the northern Kunduz province, official said. The incident took place in Qala-e Zal district as they gathered to eat a pre-dawn meal before fasting, Aminullah Ayaddin, a provincial council member, told dpa. District chief Safdar Haidar said the […]

The Gulf Arab aid package mirrors a similar pledge made by Gulf states in 2011 [Saudi Press Agency via AP] Three Gulf Arab states pledged $2.5bn in aid to Jordan in an effort to stabilise the kingdom as it faces its worst protests in years over government austerity plans that include tax increases and price hikes. The […]

Candlelight vigil in front of the US embassy in Seoul, South Korea, June 9, 2018 © Kim Hong-Ji / Reuters North Korean state media has confirmed that the leaders of North Korea and the US will focus on ensuring permanent peace and a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula in Singapore. Pyongyang says it hopes for a “new” […]

  Volunteers hand out supplies aboard the Aquarius. Photo: Karpov/SOS Mediterranee/AFP Spain said on Monday it will take in a boat stranded in the Mediterranean with 629 migrants aboard after Italy and Malta refused to let the vessel dock in their ports. “It is our obligation to help to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe and to […]

 SINGAPORE ― After a series of dramatic twists and turns, U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will finally sit down together Tuesday to discuss the denuclearization of the reclusive regime. SINGAPORE ― After a series of dramatic twists and turns, U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will […]

  The upcoming summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is an improbable return to diplomacy after a series of rather undiplomatic personal exchanges.  Last September few would have guessed that, less than a year later, Trump and Kim would meet face-to-face at a historic summit now scheduled to take […]

Meek, mild and dishonest: Trump lashes out at Trudeau after PM contradicts him in public QUEBEC CITY—U.S. President Donald Trump dropped a bombshell after the G7 summit ended, essentially calling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a liar who made “false statements” about Canada-U.S. trade. The president tweeted: “Based on Justin’s false statements at his news conference, […]

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrived in Singapore Sunday for a historic summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, the city-state’s foreign minister confirmed. . North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrived in Singapore Sunday for a historic summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, the city-state’s foreign minister confirmed. A North Korean jet believed to be carrying […]

A man watches a television news screen showing US President Donald Trump (left) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at a railway station in Seoul, on May 25, 2018. PHOTO: AFP DANDONG, CHINA/SEOUL (REUTERS) – North Korean officials have toured China to discuss economic development. Speculators are snapping up property along their common border. […]

The G7 summit ended in farce and a renewed threat of global trade war on Saturday as US President Donald Trump abruptly rejected the text of a consensus statement and bitterly insulted the Canadian host. Just minutes after a joint communique that had been approved by the leaders of the Group of Seven allies was […]