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Boris Johnson reacts to Supreme Court ruling –Copyright AP  MPs are due to return to Westminster today after the Supreme Court ruled that his move in August to suspend — or prorogue — parliament was unlawful. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson cut his trip to the UN General Assembly in New York short in the wake […]

president.ir,Rouhani President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday Iran will present a plan for creating security in the Persian Gulf in cooperation with other countries in the region when he attends the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week. “This year we will present a plan to the world at the United Nations that the […]

Tolga Akmen, AFP | Travel operator Thomas Cook employs 22,000 people in the UK. British tour operator Thomas Cook collapsed after failing to secure rescue funding, and travel bookings for its more than 600,000 global vacationers were cancelled early Monday.  The British government said the return of the firm’s 150,000 British customers now abroad would […]

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova Russia on Friday accused the United States of brazenly threatening it after a senior U.S. general said Washington had drawn up a plan in case it needed to destroy air defenses in Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave in Europe. U.S. General Jeffrey Harrigian said on Tuesday that “If we have to […]

Central Bank of Iran Headquarters in Tehran, Iran. (GTVM92 via Wikipedia Photo) The United States has imposed sanctions on Iran’s central bank, U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House on Friday, nearly a week after attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia that some U.S. officials have pinned on Tehran. Trump did […]

In rare protests, Egyptians demand President el-Sisi’s removal Rallies in several Egyptian cities after businessman Mohamed Ali accused el-Sisi of corruption, called for resignation. Videos posted on social media showed demonstrators chanting “rise up, fear not, Sisi must go” and “the people demand the regime’s fall” late on Friday. Protests were reported in the capital […]

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shaking hands with Blue and White leader Benny Gantz at a memorial service honoring Shimon Peres. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)  It took less than a minute from when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu started addressing the Likud faction’s first post-election meeting on Wednesday until the press was told to leave. But […]

DHA Photo Turkey will not allow Greek Cypriots to violate the rights of Turkish Cypriots with regards to their official status and the exploitation of natural resources, Vice President Fuat Oktay said Friday. “Nobody can consider giving minority status to Turkish Cypriots, who are common owners of the island,” Oktay said, adding that the Turkish […]

Saudi Arabia said it will unveil the results later Wednesday of its probe into attacks on key oil installations, as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo heads to the kingdom to discuss possible retaliation. Riyadh, which is bogged down in a five-year war against Tehran-aligned rebels in neighbouring Yemen, has said that the weapons used […]

Abdul Shahmim Tanha, AFP | An Afghan firefighter sprays water on the ground at the site of a suicide attack that targeted a campaign rally for Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in Parwan Province on the outskirts of Kabul on September 17, 2019. An explosion near an election rally attended by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani killed […]