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Anti-Trump protesters are set to stage a demo at the US embassy in London after the president sparked a global backlash when he retweeted Islamophobic videos on Twitter. Planned protest: An anti-Trump visit demo has been planned after the US leader retweeted anti-Muslim videos Getty Images The US leader has faced criticism after unapologetically sharing the string of unverified anti-Muslim […]

A consortium of French and Italian shipbuilders, backed by their respective governments, on Friday offered to build 15 warships for Canada, reportedly at half the price it has budgeted to renew its naval fleet. The ships would be built based on the Frimm frigate design, pictured here. Photo: FRED TANNEAU / AFP Naval Group and […]

German police were searching on Saturday for the sender of a package initially feared to contain a bomb found near a Christmas market in Potsdam, almost a year after a deadly terror attack at a similar market in Berlin. Police are “undergoing intense investigations”. Photo: DPA The device was uncovered on Friday at a pharmacy […]

The European Parliament has adopted a resolution, which calls for an EU-wide embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia over the alleged war crimes it has committed in Yemen. The resolution also criticizes EU members selling arms to the Gulf kingdom. The European Parliament in Strasbourg, France © Christian Hartmann / Reuters The EU parliament “condemns […]

Former US President Barack Obama is expected to meet French President Emmanuel Macron and his predecessor, François Hollande, on Saturday as he wraps up a five-day global tour with a speech to elite opinion-makers in Paris.   © Jim Watson, AFP | Barack Obama’s visit to the French capital will reunite him with former French […]

Israeli missiles attacked a military position near Damascus overnight and Syria’s air defence system thwarted them, Syrian state television said on Saturday. The “blatant assault” led to material losses at the site in the countryside around the capital, it said. An Israeli military spokeswoman declined to comment on reports of the attack. The Syrian Observatory […]

Separatist leaders who were jailed pending a probe into their role in Catalonia’s independence drive are to be questioned again Friday by a judge in Madrid who could free them. Deposed vice president of the Catalan government Oriol Junqueras (R) arrives at the Catalan regional parliament in Barcelona on October 30th. Photo: AFP Any release […]

  Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah shakes hands with Christian leader Michel Aoun during a news conference in a church in Beirut, Lebanon on February 6, 2006 [Mohamed Azakir/Reuters] One of the remarkable aspects of the latest commotion in Lebanon – the now suspended “Riyad resignation” of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri – was the national unity displayed. “Let no […]

North Korea is ready to sit at the negotiating table for peace talks if it is recognized as a nuclear power, the Russian delegation to Pyongyang said, adding that the North claims that it was forced to be aggressive and will not stop its nuclear program. The newly developed intercontinental ballistic rocket Hwasong-15. © KCNA / […]

The security forces successfully retaliated the attack and killed all five terrorists. PESHAWAR (Dunya News) – In a joint operation, security forces have killed all the terrorists, who opened firing at the Agriculture Directorate located in front of Peshawar University on early Friday. Security forces rush to the scene of the attack. — AP According […]