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KCNA says leader wants ‘equilibrium’ with US as Washington reiterates it has military options to deal with Pyongyang. North Korea launched its sixth and largest nuclear test earlier this month [Handout: KCNA/Reuters] North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has vowed to complete his nuclear weapons programme in the face of strengthening sanctions after he inspected a powerful new intermediate-range missile […]

Image captionPolice have spoken to 45 witnesses so far and received 77 images and videos from the public An 18-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of a terror offence in connection with Friday’s attack on a London Tube train. The man was held in Dover on Saturday by Kent Police and taken to a […]

U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers fly with an escort of Japanese F-15 fighter jets and U.S. Marines’ F-35B fighter jets. © Air Staff Office of the Defense Ministry of Japan / Reuters China’s ambassador to the US has called on Washington to stop making continuous threats over North Korea and “do more” to build […]

Al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Units) in western Mosul. Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Military offensive are likely to start early on Saturday to liberate Islamic State’s holdout in west of Anbar province, a source from the pro-government paramilitary troops was quoted saying. “U.S. force arrived at Ain al-Assad base in al-Baghdadi region, Anbar, in the afternoon within arrangements […]

Kurdish parliament agrees to go ahead with the September 25 vote despite opposition from central government in Baghdad. The central government in Baghdad opposes the Kurdish plans of the referendum [Azad Lashkari/Reuters] The parliament of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region has approved holding a referendum on independence on September 25 despite growing opposition from Baghdad and […]

(Africa News) — Ethnic clashes between Ethiopia’s Oromo and Somali regional states have escalated leading to reports of deaths and displacement in the respective regions. A top official of the Oromia regional government confirmed to the BBC that 18 people had died from the clashes – twelve Somalis and six Oromos were involved. He further […]

A Hyunmoo-2 ballistic missile is launched during an exercise by the South Korean military at an undisclosed location near the East Sea, Friday, in response to North Korea’s firing of a ballistic missile into the North Pacific Ocean earlier in the day. / Courtesy of Republic of Korea Army President Moon Jae-in condemned North Korea’s […]

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed all the review petitions filed by Sharif family and Ishaq Dar against apex court’s July 28 ruling in Panama Papers case. The review petitions were filed by Nawaz Sharif, Hussain Nawaz, Hassan Nawaz, Maryam Nawaz, Captain (retd) Safdar and Ishaq Dar. The court observed that the reasons for […]

Underground operator says services cut along the line amid reports of evacuation of Parsons Green station. The London ambulance service said multiple crews had been dispatched to the scene at Parsons Green station [Reuters] British police said on Friday that they were treating as a “terrorist incident” reports of a blast at the Parsons Green Underground […]

File photo: Soldiers standing guard in the Chatelet district of Paris. AFP A knife-wielding man attacked a soldier on patrol as part of an anti-terror operation in Paris on Friday but did not cause any injuries, police said. The attacker lunged at the soldier at the central Chatelet metro station (see below) around 6:30 am […]