The United States does not seek a regime change in North Korea, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Tuesday, as tensions renewed over the country’s nuclear and missile programs. North Korea conducted its second test of an intercontinental ballistic missile last week, fueling concerns that the communist nation may be close to delivering a nuclear […]
Continue reading …Palestinian men pray as Israeli security forces secure the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City, July 26. After the Al-Aqsa crisis that resulted from more security measures imposed on Palestinian entry, Israeli activists stormed the holy site amid calls to intensify raids on the mosque More than 1,000 hardline Israeli activists, guarded by police, […]
Continue reading …Stefan Löfven and Emmanuel Macron in Paris. Photo: Michel Euler/AP French President Emmanuel Macron has praised the “Swedish model”, calling it a “true source of inspiration” following a meeting with Sweden’s Prime Minister Stefan Löfven in Paris. Speaking alongside Löfven after the meeting between the two at the Elysée Palace on Monday, Macron opened his […]
Continue reading …Chinese sailors stand on the deck of a Navy destroyer leaving Djibouti base for the Gulf of Aden © Global Look Press China has formally launched its first overseas naval facility in Djibouti, an East African nation that is already hosting America’s only expeditionary Marine base in Africa. Five Chinese formations and Djibouti’s Three […]
Continue reading …HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Dozens of worshippers were killed and wounded when one suicide bomber blew himself up and a second opened fire inside a mosque in the capital of western Herat province late on Tuesday. Herat police spokesman Farhad Jilani told Pajhwok Afghan News two suicide bombers targeted the Jawadia mosque of the Shiite minority in Bakrabad […]
Continue reading …Police outside the scene of the crime in Hamburg. Photo: DPA. The suspected radical Islamist arrested for a deadly knife attack in Hamburg last week could have been deported if it weren’t for a slip-up by authorities, Spiegel reported on Tuesday. The Palestinian suspect, named as Ahmad A., had entered a supermarket on a lively […]
Continue reading …Moscow, August 1./TASS/. hree out the five GTA gang members who overpowered armed guards, stole their weapons and opened fire in a Moscow region court have been killed, the two others ended up wounded and were taken to hospital, Russian Investigative Committee Spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko told TASS on Tuesday. According to Petrenko, the incident reportedly […]
Continue reading …President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting with Defense Secretary James Mattis, second from left, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, third from left, and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao at the White House in Washington, D.C., Monday. / EPA-Yonhap Regime change in North Korea is not a feasible option to address Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile issues, […]
Continue reading …External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Foreign Minister of Somalia Yusuf-Garaad Omar, who arrived here yesterday on a five-day visit, also held talks on regional issues pertaining to developments in Gulf region. (India in Kenya/Twitter) New Delhi: With many ships, including Indian ones, becoming victim of piracy in the Gulf of Aden, India and Somalia on […]
Continue reading …An Iraqi security checkpoint (representational photo) Mosul (Iraqinews.com) A policeman was killed on Tuesday as a physically-challenged member and two women belonging to the Islamic State (IS) attacked a check point, Shafaaq News reported. IS element attacked a check point in western Mosul along with two women, prompting police to open fire and kill the […]
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