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MEyewitnesses said fighter jets bombed Sanaa several times around midday [Khaled Abdullah/Reuters] Air raids have targeted the presidential office in Yemen’s rebel-held capital Sanaa, killing at least six people and wounding 30 others, according to medical sources. Witnesses said fighter jets bombed Sanaa several times at midday on Monday, with rebel-controlled Al-Masirah television blaming the […]

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a meeting with Chinese State Councillor Wang Yi on May 4.  Photo: KCNA/via REUTERS BEIJING :Japan must change its tune and adopt a new approach toward North Korea if it really wants to join the diplomatic fray in affecting rapidly evolving developments on the Korean Peninsula, the Rodong Sinmun said […]

MAfrican Union soldiers from Burundi stand to attention in Mogadishu on July 11, 2017. Amisom has 22,000 soldiers with Kenya contributing 3,664 soldiers. PHOTO | MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB | AFP The Kenyan government has warned that the activities of foreign powers seeking to undermine the government in Mogadishu are a threat to regional security. In what […]

Singapore has emerged as the most likely venue for the planned summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, according to multiple diplomatic sources, Monday. The sources said the historic summit will likely take place between June 9 and 15, after Trump attends the G-7 Summit slated for June 8 to […]

A worker hangs a road sign directing to the U.S. embassy, in the area of the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem, May 7, 2018. (Reuters) At least three US Embassy road signs went up in Jerusalem on Monday ahead of next week’s opening of the mission in accordance with President Donald Trump’s recognition of the city […]

NAROWAL/LAHORE: Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal was shot at and injured during a corner meeting in his constituency in Narowal on Sunday, Geo News reported. The attacker, identified as Abid Hussain, shot at the interior minister from a distance of 15 yards as the latter was about to leave the venue in Tehsil Kanjrur, confirmed DPO […]

© Mikhail Klementiev / Sputnik Vladimir Putin has thanked the government for their efforts in overcoming past challenges, and briefly outlined future ones, in a meeting with a cabinet that will resign on Monday, the day of the Russian President’s inauguration. “It is important to maintain and develop such new approaches and, in general, to […]

Muntazer al-Zaidi attends a rally in Baghdad on May 4, 2018 for the “Marching Towards Reform” alliance between Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr and the communist party, ahead of the May 12 parliamentary elections. (AFP Photo) The Iraqi journalist who hurled his own footwear at president George W. Bush at a press conference in Baghdad in […]

Forty-five people died in an attack by armed bandits in northern Nigeria, civilian militia members said on Sunday, amid growing levels of rural violence often involving cattle theft, robbery and kidnappings for ransom. “The 45 bodies were found scattered in the bush. The bandits pursued residents who mobilised to defend the village after overpowering them,” […]

A Lockheed Martin F-35 aircraft. © Axel Schmidt / Reuters In a deepening rift between two major NATO allies, Turkey says it will retaliate if Washington stops the sale of US weapons over Ankara’s decision to buy Russian military hardware. Such a move would be “wrong” and “illogical.” “If the United States imposes sanctions on […]