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European Council president Donald Tusk says there is no space for the EU to intervene in the fallout between Spain and Catalonia. European Council president Donald Tusk. Photo: Aurore Belot/AFP Speaking at a summit in Brussels where Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy is in attendance, Tusk said the bloc would not mediate in a crisis which […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin © Grigoriy Sisoev / Sputnik Vladimir Putin has criticized the US for failing to keep their end of the bargain in a host of international disarmament agreements. He says Moscow will not exit any existing treaties, but promised an “instant, symmetrical response” if Washington decides to quit first. ‘US decided to […]

Neither Barack Obama nor George W Bush mentioned President Donald Trump by name Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W Bush have voiced concern about the current political climate in the US, in comments seen as a veiled rebuke of Donald Trump’s leadership. Mr Obama urged Americans to reject the politics of “division” and “fear”, […]

Israeli tanks train at the Golan Heights area, on the Israeli-Syrian border (EPA Photo) Israeli tanks reportedly hit a target in Syria Friday, in retaliation to a rocket strike from the Syrian side. In a statement made by the Israeli army, a rocket fired from Syria hit the Golan Heights under Israeli occupation. “In response, […]

A tank of Iraqi army is seen to continue to advance in military vehicles in Kirkuk, Iraq, on October 16, 2017. (Reuters) The United Nations expressed concern on Thursday at reports by Kurdish officials that civilians, mainly Kurds, were being forcibly displaced in northern Iraq and their houses and businesses looted and destroyed. “The United […]

‘Bigotry seems emboldened. Our politics seems more vulnerable to conspiracy theories and outright fabrication,’ Bush declared. Former U.S. President George W. Bush speaks at a forum sponsored by the George W. Bush Institute in New York on Thursday. | Seth Wenig/AP Former President George W. Bush offered an unmistakable denunciation of Trumpism Thursday without mentioning […]

  FILE PHOTO: Fighters of al-Qaeda linked ISIL carry their weapons during a parade at the Syrian town of Tel Abyad, near the border with Turkey January 2, 2014. © Yaser Al-Khodor / Reuters Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS, ISIL) and Al-Qaeda terrorists are plotting to take down a plane and carry out a devastating explosion […]

Photo: AFP French president Emmanuel ignored controversy and criticism surrounding France’s new draconian anti-terror bill and urged police forces around the country to “fully utilise” their new powers. The French parliament on Wednesday adopted a controversial anti-terror bill that gives the authorities permanent new powers to search homes, shut places of worship and restrict freedom […]

© AFP | Hundreds of Ukrainian protesters have set up camp outside the parliament in Kiev demanding tough action on government graft  KIEV (AFP) – Ukrainian lawmakers on Thursday moved towards meeting one of the demands of anti-corruption protesters who have set up the first tent city in Kiev since the pro-EU revolt of 2014. The crisis-torn […]

Startup Northvolt has picked a town in northern Sweden to build Europe’s biggest factory for electric car batteries, rivalling Tesla’s American ‘Gigafactory’. Sweden’s Enterprise and Innovation Minister Mikael Damberg. Photo: Anders Wiklund/T The company said it had selected Skellefteå, a coastal town in the country’s industrial north-east, for the site which will employ up to […]