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Popular Mobilization Forces Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Iraqi paramilitary groups on Wednesday blamed the United States and Israel for a series of recent blasts at their weapons depots and bases. In a press statement, a copy of which was obtained by Egypt’s Ahram Online, the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) said the United States had allowed four […]

North Korea Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho rebuked U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for complicating their nuclear negotiations, after the top U.S. diplomat made remarks that Washington would “keep on the sanctions that are the toughest in all of history” against the North. “It is misjudgment for Washington to […]

Kim You-geun, deputy director of Cheong Wa Dae’s National Security Office, announces a decision to scrap an agreement with Japan on sharing military intelligence, Thursday afternoon. Yonhap In a stunning move that could further worsen already deteriorating ties between South Korea and Japan, the government announced Thursday that it was scrapping a military-intelligence sharing pact […]

 A new prime minister and a sovereign council with military and civilian members have been sworn in Sudan, ushering in a new era in the country following months of political uncertainty and violence Abdalla Hamdok, who was chosen by the protest movement to be prime minister, took the oath of office late on Wednesday in the capital, Khartoum. […]

Boris Johnson and girlfriend Carrie Symonds British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s gal pal Carrie Symonds has been barred from entering the US on business — apparently because of her trip to Somaliland last year, according to a report. Symonds, 31, applied for entry to the US as part of her gig with Oceana, an environmental […]

Cheng did not return to work on August 9 after travelling from Hong Kong to Shenzhen the previous day [Facebook/’Free Simon Cheng’ via Reuters] A Chinese national working at Britain’s Hong Kongconsulate has been detained in China’s border city of Shenzhen for violating the law, the Chinese foreign ministry has confirmed, in a move that appears likely to […]

    I’ll come next time … scout’s honour (photo: Michael Vadon) For the past few weeks, the Danish government has been preparing for US President Donald Trump’s visit as part of a European trip that also included Poland. Well, those preparations have been for naught following the news last night that Trump has decided […]

By Lee Min-hyung A discussion about the renewal of the highly-controversial defense cost sharing agreement between South Korea and the United States is about to begin amid Washington’s repeated signals the U.S. plans to shift more of the cost burden onto Seoul. On Tuesday, Timothy Betts, acting U.S. deputy assistant secretary who led the country’s […]

File photo Qatar plans to build a new seaport at Somalia’s Hobyo, a potentially strategic investment in an area of East Africa fiercely contested by Gulf rivals. Hobyo, in the central region of Mudug, is an important Somali port owing to its proximity to the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, which is one of the most important sea […]

August 20, 2019 (KHARTOUM) – The Leadership Council of the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) and its nomination committee, in a meeting that ended on Tuesday morning, finally agreed on five nominees to represent them at the Sovereign Council. The meeting which started at 01:00 PM on Monday witnessed a heated debate between the […]