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BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has held talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in a northern China port city, Chinese state media reported Tuesday. The meeting held Monday and Tuesday in Dalian is the second between the two men in recent weeks, following Kim’s March visit to Beijing — his first […]

Mogadishu: United Nations agencies operating in Somalia have teamed up to curb what they have called “unsustainable trade, production and use of charcoal in Somalia.” Charcoal trade is one of the main cash-streams for the Al-shabaab militants. The agencies have opened a two-day conference in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, in the wake of a recent resurgence in […]

FILE PHOTO: Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani © Eduardo Munoz / Reuters The Iranian president has hinted his country could continue to comply with the 2015 nuclear deal even if US President Donald Trump pulls out of it. It would take guarantees of compliance from the remaining signatories. President Hassan Rouhani indicated on Monday that the […]

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is visiting the Chinese city of Dalian to meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, according to reports. If the reports are true, Kim seems to be involved in last-minute diplomatic coordination with Xi before his historic summit with U.S. President Donald Trump. Trump has said the date and place for […]

A road sign indicating the direction of the US Embassy and the US Consulate in Jerusalem, on May 7, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Deputy Secretary of State Sullivan to lead US delegation including Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump, Steven Mnuchin, and Jason Greenblatt US President Donald Trump will not attend next week’s opening of the US Embassy […]

The Shia duo are predicted to have won 29 seats in the 128-seat parliament [Aziz Taher/Reuters] Hezbollah and its political allies are the biggest winners in Lebanon’s first general election in nine years, an analysis of the preliminary results show. Hezbollah and Amal – dubbed the “Shia duo” by local news media – are predicted to […]

© Sergey Bobylev / Sputnik When Putin first became president in 2000, he inherited a basket case. Since then, he has restored much of Russia’s former greatness. Now he faces his toughest challenge: ensuring those gains are consolidated after his departure. Since his first presidential election victory, there have been three Putin epochs. And to […]

Matteo Salvini of the League with his coalition partners at the presidential palace after Italy’s latest round of unsuccessful talks. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFP Italy could go back to the polls in two months’ time after yet another round of talks failed to produce a working government. The Five Star Movement (M5S), Italy’s single biggest party, […]

Lebanese PM and candidate for the parliamentary election Saad Al-Hariri gestures after he casts his vote in BeImage Credit: REUTERS/Jamal Saidi Beirut: The Iran-backed Shiite group Hezbollah and its political allies looked set to win more than half the seats in Lebanon’s first parliamentary election in nine years, according to preliminary results cited by politicians […]

© Copyright :REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger While the Donald Trump administration has been threatening to pull the US out of the Iran nuclear deal, other countries involved in drawing up the 2015 accord have been pulling out all the diplomatic stops to keep Washington on board. Under the deal, Iran agreed to curb its nuclear programme in […]