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© KCNA / Glook Pressbal Lo  Pyongyang has criticized the new round of UN restrictions against it, promising to respond with “righteous action” and hinting that the US mainland cannot consider itself safe, North Korean state media reported. Sanctions approved by all 15 members of the UN Security Council on Saturday outraged North Korea, which […]

Israel has for the first time in its history stripped an Arab-Israeli of his citizenship. The move is in response to a car-ramming and stabbing attack that left four people injured two years ago. Human rights groups were quick to criticize the measure as setting a dangerous precedent. TrendsPalestinian statehood Alaa Raed Ahmad Zayoud’s Israeli […]

Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr visited the town of al-Mokha, west of Taiz province, for the first time since its liberation from Houthi milita. Last week, Yemen’s army regained control of the stragtigical Khalid Bin Al-Walid military camp east of al-Mukha from the Houthi militas. Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr visited […]

Photo: DPA Belgian officials admitted Saturday they knew in early June there was a potential problem over insecticide-contaminated eggs but kept it secret because of an ongoing fraud investigation. “We knew since early June there was potentially a problem with fipronil in the poultry sector,” Katrien Stragier, a spokeswoman for Belgium’s food safety agency (AFSCA), […]

Rex Tillerson and Sergey Lavrov held their first meeting since the US Senate voted to impose new sanctions on Russia, which responded with countermeasures. Lavrov said Moscow is ready for normalized relations if the US “pulls back from confrontation.” At a meeting on the sidelines of an ASEAN regional security summit in Manila, US Secretary […]

Senior ruling party official says situation under control at Paramacay military base as authorities arrest seven. Troops in Venezuela have put down an attack on an army base near the city of Valencia, officials have said, shortly after a video surfaced of uniformed men declaring a military rebellion there.   Venezuela has been rocked by months of […]

 Sudanese singer Alsarah performs with Kenyan band Afro-Simba at the International Solidarity Concert as part of the Mogadishu Music Festival, in 2013 Somalia is rarely described as on the musical vanguard but there was a time, before its turmoil, when the Horn of Africa nation bustled with an electrifying mix of the world’s sounds. A […]

Provinces, SANA- Army units, backed by the army air force, destroyed gatherings and positions of the ISIS terrorists in the surroundings of Deir Ezzor City. A military source told SANA that the army air force carried out concentrated strikes against gatherings and positions of the ISIS in Talet Alloush at the southern axis of the city, killing […]

US President Donald Trump discussed increasing cooperation in the ongoing crises in Syria and Iraq in a telephone call with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Friday. The two leaders also spoke about “countering Iranian malign influence,” according to a readout of the call provided by the White House. On the issue of Venezuela, Trump […]

US President Donald Trump © Carlos Barria / Reuters The White House has welcomed “Russia’s and China’s cooperation” with the US against North Korea after the UN Security Council unanimously approved a resolution that introduces new economic sanctions in response to Pyongyang’s latest ballistic missile tests. “The president appreciates China’s and Russia’s cooperation in securing […]