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As the United States and North Korea faceoff in a nuclear standoff, the very small Arab community in the 163,000 population pacific island is standing strong. Al Arabiya spoke on early Friday morning to one of three Arabs residing in Guam. The island is currently in the midst of strong war of words between US […]

  FILE PHOTO © SANA  MThe Syrian Army, supported by the Russian Air Force, has fully liberated the city of as-Sukhnah (al-Sukhneh) from Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS), opening the road to the besieged enclave of Deir ez-Zor, says the Russian Defense Ministry. As-Sukhnah, liberated on Sunday, was the last major city held by IS […]

  A teenager who wore the shirt and tie that a Toronto cop bought for him after he allegedly attempted to steal them for a job interview has been hired. Const. Niran Jeyanesan thought he was responding to a routine shoplifting call on Aug. 6 at a Walmart in the city’s north end. The 18-year-old who […]

PAC-3 guided missile units are deployed at the Kochi Camp of the Ground Self-Defense Force in Konan, Kochi Prefecture on Saturday. The Yomiuri ShimbunIn preparation for North Korea’s possible firing of ballistic missiles toward Guam, the Defense Ministry deployed surface-to-air Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) guided missiles at Ground Self-Defense Force camps in four prefectures in […]

Charlottesville mayor says at least one dead and dozens injured in car ramming that hit counter-protesters. At least one person was killed on Saturday and 35 injured as protests turned violent in Charlottesville, Virginia, as white supremacists clashed with counter-demonstrators and a car ploughed into a crowd of anti-racist and anti-fascist demonstrators. A 32-year-old female was […]

At least 3.5 million young people and retired soldiers have joined the North Korean military to fight in the event of a war against the US, state media said, adding that people are rising up “to retaliate against” Washington. “All the people are rising up across the country to retaliate against the US thousands of […]

Officials in Charlottesville in the US state of Virginia have declared a state of emergency ahead of a large march by white nationalists. Thousands of people are expected to join the “Unite the Right” rally against plans to remove a statue of a pro-slavery US Civil War general. Violent clashes erupted between far-right groups and […]

Yardena Alexander, an Israearcheologist, inspects chalkstone cores and mugs uncovered two-months prior at an excavation site dating to the Roman period in the Israeli village of Reina (AFP Photo) Israeli archeologists unveiled a 2,000-year-old workshop for making stone vessels similar to those Jesus is believed to have used to miraculously turn water into wine. Located […]

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he would not rule out a “military option” in Venezuela, a claim seemingly contradictory to the view of his top national security adviser. “We have many options for Venezuela, including a possible military option, if necessary,” Trump told reporters at his golf club […]

An Emirati Chinook military helicopter lands at a military base near Saffer, Yemen, Monday, Sept. 14, 2015. (Illustrative photo: AP) The General Command of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s Armed Forces confirmed that four of its soldiers died on Friday after their helicopter was hit by a technical fault, causing an emergency landing and hitting […]