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FILE PHOTO: Taliban fighters © Global Look Press / imago stock & people The Taliban has taken over another district in Afghanistan, the second in two weeks, saying that the US will “regret” abandoning key peace talks that stalled after Donald Trump called off a much-awaited meeting with the group. Yangi Qala, a district in […]

SEOUL / WASHINGTON – North Korea fired two unknown projectiles Tuesday, hours after Pyongyang said it is willing to reopen denuclearization talks with the United States. The projectiles were fired from South Pyongan Province toward the sea off North Korea’s east coast, according to a statement from South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff. No other […]

In this file photo taken on Oct. 5, 2018, a protester holds a picture of missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi during a demonstration in front of the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul. (AFP Photo) The voice recordings of the horrifying conversations between the 15-man Saudi hit squad and their victim, journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has been revealed […]

FILE PHOTO: An Israel soldier launches Elbit Systems Skylark I surveillance drone ©  AFP / Jack Guez Lebanon’s Hezbollah said it downed an Israeli drone near the southern border. Earlier, the group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, vowed that Israel will no longer be allowed to violate Lebanon’s airspace with impunity. The type of UAV, or whether it was […]

AA Photo Turkish and U.S. ground troops started joint patrols to establish a “safe zone” along the border in northeast Syria on Sunday. The patrols were initiated as the first phase of a safe zone plan. The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) dispatched six armored vehicles, which joined the U.S. military convoy 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) […]

US President Donald Trump says he has called off peace negotiations with the Taliban that sought to end America’s 18-year war in Afghanistan. Mr Trump tweeted he had been set to meet Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and senior Taliban leaders on Sunday. But he cancelled the secret meeting at his Camp David retreat after the militants admitted […]

© Ilya Pitalev / Sputnik   Planes with former detainees landed in Moscow and Kiev, concluding the long-awaited prisoner swap. The action was hailed as the first step in mending the ‘dead-end’ relations between the neighbors and was praised internationally. Despite many delays and setbacks, the swap finally happened on Saturday. The government plane carrying […]

Special Operations police storm a safe house used by Daesh militants in the southern city of Adana in July 2017. (FILE Photo) A high-ranking terrorist who served as Daesh’s ‘kadi’ (Muslim judge) in eastern Syria’s Raqqa and played a role in the execution of a large number of people has been arrested in Istanbul. The […]