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The presidents of Egypt and Russia attended a ceremony on Monday for the inking of a deal to start work on the Dabaa nuclear power plant, with Russia providing funding and technical expertise Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin met in Cairo on Monday to attend the signing of an agreement […]

TOKYO :Russia’s military chief warned on Monday that military exercises by Japan, the United States and South Korea aimed at countering North Korea only raise hysteria and create more instability in the region. Russian Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces General Valeriy Gerasimov, right, reviews the honor guard with Japan’s Chief of […]

A mysterious large object that has come from a different star system is to be examined by one of the world’s biggest telescopes for signs of alien technology. Artist’s impression of`Oumuamua © SO/M. Kornmesser / Wikipedia The Green Bank telescope will examine a mysterious object speeding through our solar system to check for signs of […]

French President Emmanuel Macron hosted world leaders in Paris on Tuesday, two years to the day since 195 nations adopted the climate-rescue Paris Agreement – this time to talk about money. Photo: AFP Without trillions of dollars of investment in clean energy, the pact’s goal to keep global warming below two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) […]

US President Donald Trump has said America must “fix” its immigration system following a bomb attackin New York City, which has left at least four people injured. Trump has called on US lawmakers’ to enhanceimmigration officers’ powers relating to arrest and detention [Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP]   Trump called on Congress to revise the country’s chain migration policy, which allows immigrants to […]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) holding a joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin after their meeting at the Presidential Complex. (AFP) “Russia and Turkey believe that this decision does not help stabilize the situation in the Middle East, but on the contrary, it adds to an already complex situation,” Putin said. Speaking […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the withdrawal of Russian troops from Syria. He announced the move during his first visit to the country, as he arrived with no advance notice at Khmeimim Airbase in Syria’s Latakia province on Monday morning. © kremlin.ru A “significant part” of the Russian military contingent in Syria should return to Russia, […]

GENEVA (11 December 2017) – Armed conflict in Somalia continues to exact a heavy toll on civilians, damaging infrastructure and livelihoods, displacing millions of people, and impeding access to humanitarian relief for communities in need, a UN report published on Sunday said. Entitled “Protection of Civilians: Building the Foundation for Peace, Security and Human Rights […]

Saudi Arabia on Monday lifted a decades-long ban on cinemas, part of a series of social reforms by the powerful crown prince that are shaking up the ultra-conservative kingdom. © Stringer, AFP | A picture taken on March 27, 2017, shows a general view of the opening ceremony of the fourth Saudi Film Festival held […]

Following Donald Trump’s controversial Jerusalem move, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has told EU leaders there is no other place for the capital – and that the Bible proves it. As protests continue, he also urged the Palestinians to embrace “reality.” TrendsUS recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s сapital © Sebastian Scheiner / Reuters During his visit to Brussels […]