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AA Photo President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Tuesday that Turkey will impose a boycott against U.S. electronic products amid an ongoing and deepening rift between the two NATO allies over a number of issues. Speaking at a symposium organized by the Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA) in the capital Ankara, Erdoğan said: […]

A burned-out car in Frölunda, Gothenburg. Photo: Adam Ihse/TT Dozens of cars burned in several cities in Sweden on Monday evening. Gothenburg police and fire services were alerted to the first blaze after 9pm, after which several more calls came in from the city as well as Trollhättan, Lysekil and Falkenberg some 100 kilometres away. […]

Two people have been injured and a man has been arrested after a car crashed into security barriers outside parliament. A silver car crashed into security barriers in Westminster at 7.37am, prompting a huge response from armed police. It is being investigated by counter-terror officers . The driver, wearing a white shirt and a black […]

File photo U.S. President Donald Trump approved late Monday a defense budget law delaying the delivery of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets to Turkey in a move that goes against trade agreements and disregards international trade law. In a ceremony at Fort Drum military base in New York, Trump expressed his pleasure for Congress’ quick […]

  North Korea threatens to halt denuclearization process The Kim regime takes issue with the Trump administration’s support of international sanctions impacting the country; reaction from Bill Richardson, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Recent comments by North Korea’s foreign minister could signal that dictator Kim Jong Un may break his vague pledge to […]

Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon, left in the front row, shakes hands with Ri Son-gwon, chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country, after the two Koreas agreed to hold a summit in Pyongyang in September, following a ministerial-level meeting held in the North’s side of Panmunjeom in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), Monday. […]

Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin are set to meet for talks this weekend. Photo: DPA Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to meet Russian president Vladimir Putin this weekend to discuss the conflicts in Syria and Eastern Ukraine. The two leaders will meet at Schloss Meseberg outside Berlin on Saturday for talks on Ukraine and Syria, […]

Iran unveiled a next generation short-range ballistic missile on Monday and vowed to further boost its capabilities, Iranian media said, at a time of rising tensions with the United States. State broadcaster IRIB said the new Fateh Mobin missile had “successfully passed its tests” and could strike targets on land and sea. “As promised to […]

Alarmed by the political and security turmoil that occurred in the Ethio-Somali Regional State last week, oil companies engaged in oil exploration projects in the region have evacuated their staff to Addis Ababa, it was learnt. Following the security crisis in the fragile region, conflict erupted in the regional capital, Jigjiga, on July 28. Civilians […]

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, accompanied by his wife Ri Sol-ju, leans back in a chair and talks to officials during a visit to a fish-processing factory in South Hwanghae Province. Analysts say he schedules his summer vacation around the industrial sites to inspect them while having a rest at the same time. Yonhap World […]