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AFP Photo Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko by phone Thursday about implementing the Minsk peace agreement for the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Putin told Poroshenko of the lack of alternatives to the Minsk agreement, said the Kremlin press service. Poroshenko “called for the release of Ukrainian hostages held in Russian […]

The US is the fifth-largest market for Turkish exports and trade volume amounted to $20.6bn in 2017 [File: Reuters] Turkey and India announced on Thursday retaliatory tariffs worth hundreds of millions of dollars on goods imported from the United States, joining the growing list of Washington allies that have taken similar measures. Ankara said it is […]

FILE PHOTO. © Jesus Merida Luque / Global Look Press With no end in sight to the EU refugee crisis, Berlin and Paris look to put the burden of dealing with asylum seekers on the countries where they first register. The seeming return to ‘old rules’ is poised to split Europe further. During their meeting […]

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (L) speaks during a press conference with German Interior Minister Horst Seehoferat the Interior Ministry in Berlin, on June 13, 2018. Photo: AFP Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on Wednesday raised the spectre of a ‘catastrophe’ similar to the events of 2015 if Europe does not agree a common response on migration. […]

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Wednesday.  North Korea’s state agency reported Thursday its leader Kim Jong-un and Chinese President Xi Jinping reaffirmed the states’ alliance and pledged to boost “strategic cooperation” in a meeting in Beijing on […]

File photo of US President Donald Trump (AP). Washington: President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to end separation of immigrant families on the US-Mexico border. Trump signed the executive order following widespread protests against the move of his administration to separate children from their parents who illegally enter the country. In recent weeks, […]

 Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei on Wed. called on Parliament to pass domestic laws on money laundering and combating terrorism instead of signing up to international conventions. Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks in a meeting with the chairman, representatives, and a group of staff members from the Iranian Parliament on Wednesday. “These international agreements […]

People wait to disembark from the Diciotti coastguard ship in Sicily. Photo: Giovanni Isolino/AFP At least 60 migrants died in the Mediterranean sea when their rubber dinghy sank last week, according to survivor testimonies gathered by a rights group in Sicily. The Diciotti, an Italian coastguard ship carrying more than 500 migrants, docked on Tuesday […]

President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker promised retaliatory tariffs [Dimitar Dilkoff/Reuters] The European Union (EU) will impose “counter-balancing measures” after the United States announced tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from the Canada, Mexico and the EU, the European Commission chief said. The tariffs, which take effect from midnight on Friday, will end a two-month exemption […]

A police sapper digs up a rocket fired from Gaza that landed outside a kindergarten in one of the communities of the Eshkol region on June 20, 2018. (Eshkol region) Head of local government says he supports IDF’s tougher response to Gaza kite attacks, demands ‘no more rockets… no more fires’ Schools in southern Israel […]