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M© Stringer, AFP | Smoke billows on the horizon near the Syrian city of Afrin on March 15, 2018. Turkish-led rebel forces seized control of Syria’s northern city of Afrin on Sunday, according to AFP, as part of an offensive to push Kurdish fighters out of the area. Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebel forces backed […]

Close to 109 million registered voters will have the right to cast their ballot in Sunday’s poll [Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters] Putin eyes fourth term in presidential election as opposition groups cry foul, calling for poll boycott. Moscow – Russians are heading to the polls to vote in a presidential election that is expected to usher in President Vladimir […]

© Mikhail Japaridze/TAS MOSCOW, March 16. /TASS/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was warned the US administration against provocative actions aimed at breaking down a possible meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. “Even when US President Donald Trump said he was ready to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-in […]

Ethiopias recent venture to maximize the use of Port of Berbera, Somaliland is part of its endeavor to widen access to its growing import and export items, and will serve alongside other ports, says Ethiopian Maritime Affairs Authority. Following its rapid economic growth and the subsequent increase of import-export items, Port of Djibouti is becoming […]

© Ekaterina Chesnokova / Sputnik The Russian Foreign Ministry said 23 UK diplomats must leave Russia in response to Britain’s “provocative actions and groundless accusations” over ex-double agent Sergei Skripal’s poisoning. The British Council will also be shut. Britain’s ambassador to Russia, Laurie Bristow, was summoned to the Foreign Ministry on Saturday morning, where he […]

McCabe played a crucial role in the FBI’s investigations of Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 US election [Aaron P. Bernstein/Reuters] Justice Department says Andrew McCabe had leaked information to reporters and misled investigators about his actions. The deputy director of the FBI was fired on Friday, prompting him to say he is being targeted […]

French President Emmanuel Macron greets German Chancellor Angela Merkel upon her arrival at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris on Friday. PHOTO: LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday they would come up with a roadmap for a major shake-up of the European Union by June, […]

Damascus, SANA- The Syrian Arab Army has retaken70% of the areas controlled by terrorist groups in Eastern Ghouta in Damascus Countryside, the General Command of the Army and Armed Forces said. In a statement on Friday, the General Command added that army units, in cooperation with supporting and allied forces, regained control over 70% of […]

In this Friday, Sept. 15, 2017 file photo, police forensic officers walk within a cordon near where an incident happened, that police say they are investigating as a terrorist attack, at Parsons Green subway station in London. (AP Photo) An Iraqi teenager, who had come to Britain as an asylum seeker, was found guilty on […]

Germany’s newly inaugurated Interior Minister Horst Seehofer told Bild newspaper on Friday that he doesn’t believe the Islamic faith is part of German culture. “Islam does not belong to Germany. Germany is characterized by Christianity. These aspects include shops being closed on Sundays, church holidays and rituals such as Easter, Pentecost and Christmas,” said the […]