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President to call for stronger international pressure on Pyongyang President Moon Jae-in left for New York, Monday, to hold crucial talks with foreign leaders on how to address North Korea’s evolving nuclear and missile threats. During his five-day visit, he will deliver a keynote speech at the United Nations General Assembly and hold summits with […]

Senegalese-born German MP Karamba Diaby puts up a campaign poster in Halle. PHOTO: JOHN MACDOUGALL / AFP He has been beaten up, received death threats and hundreds of insulting emails, but Karamba Diaby is not one to give up. After winning a seat four years ago as the first African-born black MP in Germany, Diaby, […]

Nikki Haley warns ‘reckless’ Pyongyang ‘a whole lot of military options’ are being considered to defend US and allies.   US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley ratcheted up the rhetoric against North Korea on Sunday [Stephanie Keith/Reuters] The US ambassador to the UN warned North Korea will be destroyed if it continues its “reckless […]

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un © KCNA / Reuters During a visit to Beijing, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel told reporters that Russia, China and the US should work together to solve the North Korean crisis, otherwise “our children will grow up in a very dangerous world.” Gabriel was in Beijing for six hours on […]

Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh waves before giving a speech in Gaza City. (File photo: Reuters) Hamas said on Sunday it would do away with a body seen as an alternative government in the Gaza Strip in a step towards reconciliation with rival Fatah following discussions with Egypt. Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist movement that runs the […]

The Pentagon said earlier, military of the Syrian Democratic Forces, supported by the U.S. and its allies, were injured in a Russian air strike © Vadim-Grishankin-press-sluzhba-Minoborony-RF-TASS MOSCOW, September 17. /TASS/. Russia’s Defense Ministry refutes a statement from the Pentagon about a strike of the Russian Aerospace Force on the Syrian opposition, saying all strikes are delivered […]

The leaders of South Korea, the United States and Japan may discuss possible military options against North Korea when they meet Thursday on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) session in New York, analysts said Sunday. The joint summit will take place as North Korea has ignored all international sanctions against its nuclear […]

© Ruptly A Libyan coastguard unit has been filmed destroying a boat used to traffic people by setting it ablaze. The waters between the north African coastline and the EU continue to draw illegal people smugglers in high numbers, while authorities push to prevent it. The incident adds to the maritime force’s already growing reputation […]

Iraqi government forces are seen near the Falahat village west of Fallujah on June 27, 2016.Iraqi forces took the Islamic State group’s last positions in the city of Fallujah on June 26, establishing full control over one of the jihadists’ most emblematic bastions after a month-long operation. / AFP PHOTO / MOADH AL-DULAIM Baqdad (IraqiNews.com) […]

Deposed President Mohamed Mursi greets his lawyers and people from behind bars at a court. (File photo: Reuters) A top Egyptian court upheld on Saturday a life sentence for ousted Islamist president Mohamed Mursi in a case revolving around state documents leaked to Qatar, a judicial official said. The Court of Cassation ruling, which is […]