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© Carl Court / Getty Images Norway does not support the UN Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty, as none of the nuclear-armed countries are involved in it, the Norwegian foreign minister said, adding that as long as those states have nuclear weapons, NATO must also have them. Read more Intl Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons wins […]

Image @DAMOHACK A car has been involved in a collision near the Natural History Museum in London, police say. The Metropolitan Police said a “number” of people had been injured – but a BBC reporter at the scene said she was told by police the injuries were minor. One person has been detained following the […]

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a ceremony marking the beginning of the new educational year for universities, at the Tehran University, on October 7, 2014. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the advantages that Iran gleaned from a 2015 multilateral nuclear agreement are “irreversible” and no one can roll back the positive results of the accord. […]

US Embassy in Saudi Arabia cautions citizens after unconfirmed reports of foiled attack near Al Salam Palace in Jeddah.   The United States Embassy in Saudi Arabia warned US citizens to exercise caution in the area around the king’s palace in Jeddah on Saturday after reports on social media of an attack there. According to […]

North Korean soldiers march during a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea, April 15, 2017. © Damir Sagolj / Reuters North Korea has called for a nationwide struggle against the US and its “gangster-like moves for domination and aggression.” The statement comes as a US warship approaches the Korean Peninsula for drills with South Korea. […]

Image captionHeavily crowded Times Square in New York is alleged to be one of the targets of the trio A jihadist plot to attack New York City including Times Square and the subway system was foiled with the help of an undercover FBI agent, officials say. One man in the US and two others in […]

The Islamic State supreme leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Pentagon believes Islamic State’s supreme commander Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is still alive, having analyzed a latest voice recording attributed to the runaway militant. Anadolu Agency quoted Eric Pahon, a Pentagon spokesperson, saying that U.S. intelligence service, analyzing an audio recording circulated last week, have […]

Left to right: Dr. Khawla Mattar (ESCWA), Dr. Naglaa Al-Adly (Egypt’s National Council of Women), Minister Haifa Agha (Palestinian Ministry of Women’s Affairs), Dr. Nata Duvvury (National University of Ireland), Dr. Mehrinaz Elawady (ESCWA Centre for Women). Photo: ESCWA/Daniela Abraham 6 October 2017 – An economic model to estimate the costs of intimate partner violence […]

Trump is expected to roll out a broader US strategy on Iran that would be more confrontational. (Reuters) President Donald Trump is expected to announce soon that he will decertify the landmark international deal to curb Iran’s nuclear program, a senior administration official said on Thursday, in a step that potentially could cause the 2015 […]

FILE – A money changer counts local currency notes at a local bureau where $100 US dollar exchanges for 750,000 Somaliland shillings in Hargeysa. Share  The Somali Minister of Finance says the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is taking the lead in helping Somalia with a grant to print new currency before the end of this […]