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North Korea has released stamps celebrating the recent launch of the Hwasong-15 ICBM, which it claims is capable of hitting the US mainland. Apart from the missile, the stamps show the North Korean leader overseeing the test. North Korea fired the Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which splashed down in the Sea of Japan, in […]

An Iranian woman raises her fist amid the smoke of tear gas at the University of Tehran during a protest. (AFP)  Latest Iranian reports from Iran said that three people have been killed and others were injured when the Revolutionary Guard militias shot a night protest in ‎Doroud, Loerstan province, in central Iran. Opposition websites […]

US President Donald Trump stressed his country’s full solidarity with Egypt in its war against terrorism in a phone call with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi hours after Friday’s terrorist attack on a Coptic church south of Cairo, which killed nine and injured five, a statement by the Egyptian Presidency read. In an official statement, […]

Demonstrators expressed their rejection of corruption and repression, calling for “dictator” Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to stand down. Iranian protests across several cities continued throughout Friday night. Demonstrators expressed their rejection of corruption and repression, calling for “dictator” Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to stand down. Economic protests began Thursday, sparked by social media posts and a […]

Moscow and Ankara have signed a $2.5-billion credit agreement on the purchase of S-400 air defense missile systems from Russia, according to Turkish media. The move previously caused concern of Turkey’s NATO partners. FILE PHOTO: Russian S-400 Triumf missile systems © Paul Gypteau / AFP The deal was signed in the Turkish capital, Ankara on […]

An Eritrean migrant was crushed to death in northern France on Friday after the truck in which he had stowed away crashed near Calais port, authorities said. The 31-year-old was the fourth migrant to die this year in the area around the port, a launchpad for attempts by migrants to smuggle across the Channel to […]

Flanked by his wife and running mate Jewel Howard Taylor, George Weah listens to speakers at his election rally ahead of the runoff. Taylor is the ex wife of former president Charles Taylor, and she would be Liberia’s first female vice president. (Photo: December 24, 2017, Paynesville, Liberia. Carielle Doe) After an agonizing wait, the […]

Two unidentified gunmen killed nine people as they opened fire early Friday on a church south of Cairo, ahead of Coptic Christian celebrations next week, Egypt’s state TV and health ministry said. A man talks on the phone outside the Mar Mina Church after a blast, in Helwan district on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt […]

The government has seized a Chinese vessel suspected of transporting oil products to a North Korean ship in international waters, in violation of U.N. Security Council (UNSC) sanctions, a foreign ministry official said Friday. The official said a Hong Kong-flagged vessel, named Lighthouse Winmore, secretly transferred 600 tons of refined petroleum products to a North […]

President Vladimir Putin has instructed security forces to kill all terrorists who threaten the lives of security officers after calling Wednesday’s explosion in St. Petersburg a “terrorist attack.” An improvised explosive device packed with projectiles was set off at a St. Petersburg supermarket late Wednesday, injuring 13 people. The suspect was reportedly caught on security camera […]