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Sweden registered the second-highest budget surplus in the EU in 2016, according to fresh stats. Sweden’s Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson. Photo: Vilhelm Stokstad/TT The report from the EU’s statistics agency Eurostat shows Sweden in a shared second place with Malta, with a budget surplus of 1.1 percent of GDP last year. Luxembourg came top, with 1.6 percent. […]

Addressing a meeting with Iranian Diaspora in Pretoria, South Africa, on Monday, Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif said, “Once again, we hear whispers from political newcomers; we need to recount that Iran has fought all the corruptions, sanctions, wars, and aggressions successful.” ASGHAR KHAMSEH/MNA “Iran has made an example for history of those who pressured us […]

Police standard guard at the entrance of a hospital where a Spanish tourist was shot dead accidentally. Photo: Mauro Pimentel/AFP Police in Rio de Janeiro said on Monday they accidentally shot and killed a Spanish tourist visiting a violent favela slum where two officers had been wounded. A car broke through a police blockade in […]

“Today, ISIL (former name of IS terror group) controls less than 5%, before the operation of the Russian Aerospace Forces, ISIL controlled more than 70% of Syria’s territory,” Shoigu told the fourth meeting of defense ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states and dialogue partners.   © Syrian Democratic Forces via AP […]

Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo delivers his remarks during a mass prayer at Merdeka Square in Central Jakarta. (Antara/Angga Pratama) Banners erected in South Jakarta protesting the United States’ decision to bar Indonesian Armed Forcers (TNI) Commander Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo to fly to the country were taken down on Monday. South Jakarta Public Order Agency head […]

Addis Ababa October 23/2017 Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn affirmed that Ethiopia will continue its effort and solidarity with Somalia in the fight against al-Shabaab.  The Prime Minister told the visiting Somali President that Ethiopia will continue to work to end the threat of al-Shabaab and brining a lasting peace to Somali.  In their meeting, the […]

In a tight-lipped statement, Baghdad rejected a call by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson for Iran-backed Shia militias to “go home” after the demise of Islamic State in Iraq. Shi’ite Popular Mobilization Forces and Iraqi army members gather on the outskirts of Hawija © Reuters Earlier on Sunday, Rex Tillerson said at a rare […]

“I had a very respectful conversation with the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson, and spoke his name from beginning, without hesitation!” President Donald Trump wrote on Twitter. | Mandel Ngan/Getty Images “I had a very respectful conversation with the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson, and spoke his name from beginning, without hesitation!” President […]

Peshmerga forces. File photo  Erbil (iraqiNews.com) The Kurdish Peshmerga troops have blocked the main road linking between Sinjar, in Nineveh, and Duhuk, to prevent federal troops’ advance toward a border crossing near Syria, an officer was quoted saying. “The measure came after received information indicated plans by the federal troops to gain control on the […]

The second largest operator of Russia’s SSJ100 airliners has expressed hope for a joint venture with the plane’s manufacturer after signing a document on further development cooperation between the two companies. SAN LUIS POTOSI (Mexico) (Sputnik) — Mexican Interjet, which is the second largest operator of Russia’s SSJ100 passenger planes after Aeroflot, is seeking to establish a joint venture with the Russian […]