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A conservative activist sets fire to a picture of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and the North’s flag in front of Seoul Station Monday in protest against the North’s participation in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. / Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul Conservative protesters on Monday burned a picture of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un […]

Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont disembarked his flight to Copenhagen on Monday morning despite a threat by Madrid to issue a warrant for his arrest if he leaves Belgium, where he has been in exile since a failed independence bid. Photo: Tariq Mikkel Khan/Scanpix Denmark Danish and Spanish media were present in large numbers at […]

As the start of the working week begins in the United States, and with Republicans and Democrats still unable to come to an agreement over government spending, hundreds of thousands federal employees will not be allowed to report for duty. The shutdown will affect hundreds of thousands government employees and halt key federal services [Mark Lennihan/AP […]

The number of deportations from Sweden to Morocco has increased thanks to the use of fingerprint records in the identification process. Access to Moroccan fingerprint records is credited with the change. Photo: Tore Meek/NTB Scanpix/TT Swedish authorities now have access to the records thanks to a new partnership with Morocco, making it easier to identify […]

France has called for a United Nations Security Council meeting over “humanitarian risks” as fighting escalates in Syria, its foreign minister said on Sunday in Algiers. Syrian children look at a building that was damaged in a missile attack on the rebel-held besieged town of Arbin on Thursday. PHOTO: ABDULMONAM EASSA / AFP “France is […]

Thousands have taken part in women’s marches across the US on the one-year anniversary of Donald Trump‘s inauguration, in a bid to generate more female candidates running for office as well as to protest against the US president’s policies. Under the name Power to the Polls, the rallies on Saturday were hailed as the beginning of a new […]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has turned on Ankara’s allies, insinuating that the US in particular has been providing massive military support to Kurdish YPG in Syria. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters next to his wife Emine Erdogan during a rally in Bursa, Turkey, January 21, 2018 © Kayhan Ozer / Reuters In […]

The Assad regime opened up roads for the PKK and the PYD in order to transport weapons and reinforcements. (Reuters) Following the Syrian regime condemning Turkish military operations and “Operation Olive Branch” in Afrin on Saturday, the Assad regime opened up roads for the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Democratic Union Party (PYD) in […]

Afghan special forces have ended a 12-hour siege at Kabul’s Intercontinental Hotel, leaving at least five civilians killed in an attack claimed by the Taliban armed group, a government official has told Al Jazeera. Six people were wounded in the attack, while 153 others, including 41 foreigners, were evacuated, Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish told Al […]

Damascus, SANA – Syria strongly condemns the Turkish aggression on the city of Afrin, calling on the international community to take steps to stop it immediately. An official source at the Foreign and Expatriates Ministry said on Saturday that the Syrian Arab Republic strongly condemns the flagrant Turkish aggression on the city of Afrin, which […]