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Jerusalem, holy for all three Abrahamic religions, is at the heart of the wide range of debateafter U.S. President Trump’s decision on Oct. 6 to recognize the city as Israel’s capital. A draft resolution on Jerusalem is expected to be voted on at an emergency session of the U.N. General Assembly today with the participation […]

Vladimir Putin has urged Russia’s security services to “erect a safe barrier” against foreign interference in the country’s society and politics, ahead of the presidential election next year. © Presidential Executive Office There is a great responsibility on the intelligence services to erect a safe barrier against external meddling in our social and political life, […]

The Economist magazine has named France as country of the year, just pipping South Korea to the title. And most of the credit goes to Emmanuel Macron. AFP For the last few years the UK’s economically liberal The Economist magazine has been picking its “Country of the Year”. Up until 2017, France never troubled the judges. […]

His conservative People’s Party (ÖVP), revamped by Kurz as a more hardline “movement”, agreed late on Friday a coalition deal with the far right that saw him sworn in on Monday. Photo: AFP “Our aims are quite clear. We want to ease the tax burden for people, we want to strengthen our economy, which will bolster our social system,” Kurz told reporters […]

US Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, has sent a threatening letter to members of the UN General Assembly ahead of a vote on a resolutionagainst the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.   Nikki Haley, centre, vetoed an Egyptian-drafted resolution that called on countries to not establish diplomatic missions in […]

The newly-released national security document, unveiled by US President Donald Trump on Monday, lists China and Russia as “revisionist powers” attempting to “erode American security and prosperity.” As Trump introduced the strategy, he branded the above-mentioned states “rival powers” that “challenge American influence, values and wealth.” All the same, Trump promised to work with the two countries while putting American interests first. FILE PHOTO: US […]

A Saudi-led coalition battling Yemen’s Houthi rebels says it has intercepted a missile fired from the neighbouring country towards the kingdom’s capital, Riyadh. M It was the third time since November that a missile had been launched from Yemen towards Saudi Arabia [File: Courtesy of Al Masirah] Houthi rebels said on Tuesday they launched a […]

The UN General Assembly will hold an emergency meeting after the US vetoed a UN Security Council resolution rejecting the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. UN General Assembly President Miroslav Lajcak said emergency session on Jerusalem will be held soon [EPA] The request for the General Assembly meeting was put forth by a bloc of Arab […]

 Germany will commemorate later on Tuesday the victims of last year’s devastating Christmas market attack in Berlin that claimed 12 lives and wounded 70 others, with questions still unsettled about whether the truck assault could have been prevented. A memorial at the Breitscheidplatz Christmas market. Photo: DPA. The popular Christmas market at Breitscheidplatz will stay […]

The US has vetoed, as expected, a UN Security Council draft resolution rejecting President Donald Trump‘s recent recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, and his plans to move the American embassy in Israel to the city. However, the proposed measure was backed on Monday by the 14 other Security Council members, including many US allies, highlighting Washington’s increasing isolation […]