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President Donald Trump has announced that the US formally recognises Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and will begin the process of moving its embassy to the city, breaking with decades of US policy. In a much anticipated speech in Washington on Wednesday, Trump reversed decades of US policy in defiance of warnings from around […]

US President Donald Trump is expected to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on Wednesday, and announce his plans to move the US embassy to the city. He has called Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and other Arab leaders to inform them of his intentions. He was warned by many in the Middle East and elsewhere of the “disastrous […]

Russian politician Grigory Yavlinsky said that any escalation of the nuclear conflict near the borders of Russia is dangerous for the Russian Federation In an interview with Ekho Moskvy radio station, Yavlinsky said that if someone believes that North Korean ballistic missiles do not pose any threat to Russia, then those people are mistaken. According to him, any escalation […]

The powerful exiled son of Yemen’s slain ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh vowed on Tuesday to lead a campaign against the Houthi movement that killed his father after he switched sides in the civil war. Brigadier General Ahmed Saleh, the son of Yemen’s ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh, is seen at the presidential palace in Sanaa in this February […]

Donald Trump has informed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of his intention to move the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, a spokesperson for Abbas said. The Palestinian president told Trump the move would have “dangerous consequences.” “President Mahmoud Abbas received a telephone call from U.S. President Donald Trump in which he notified the President (Abbas) […]

A guide has been launched in France to help facilitate the lives of refugees who have been granted asylum there. The guide offers information on the practicalities of living in France and has been produced in French, Russian, English and Arabic. Photo: AFP As the first of its kind to appear in the country, it was […]

China sent a special envoy and the US has tried back-door diplomacy. Now, the UN has sent one of its senior officials to North Korea. Jeffrey Feltman (L), the UN’s under secretary general for political affairs, shakes hands with an official from the DPRK Foreign Ministry after arriving in Pyongyang. Photo: AFP / Kim Won-Jin […]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital would be a “red line” for Muslims. He also warned such a step would force Ankara to cut diplomatic ties with the Jewish state. This could go as far as cutting our diplomatic relations with Israel. You cannot take such […]

M © George Frey, Getty Images North America, AFP | US President Donald Trump speaks at the Rotunda of the Utah State Capitol on December 4, 2017, in Salt Lake City, Utah. The nine-member court, with two liberal justices dissenting, granted his administration’s request to lift two injunctions imposed by lower courts that had partially blocked the […]

Spain has withdrawn a European arrest warrant for Catalonia’s sacked leader Carles Puigdemont and four of his former ministers, who fled to Belgium after the regional parliament declared unilateral independence, the Supreme Court said Tuesday. Deposed Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont (C) leaves after posing with his fellow candidates after a press conference in Oostkamp, near […]