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Anti-government protesters vandalised and damaged several locations including a Bank of China branch in Sha Tin on 5 May 2019 after the government issued an anti-mask law. Photo: Felix Wong  BOCHK still closed five branches on Tuesday after it has to close all 200 branches except one on Saturday, while ICBC (Asia) need to close […]

AA Photo Turkey has the determination and power to execute its own plans when it comes to national security and can’t be controlled with threats, Vice President Fuat Oktay said Tuesday. “Turkey will not accept the creation of a terror corridor or a terror state right next to its borders under no circumstances, whatever the […]

A man driving a stolen truck plowed into several cars in the center of the German city of Limburg on Monday, injuring 17 people, according to police. The driver, who was also injured, has been arrested. “Based on what we have learned and several witness accounts, the man seized control of the truck at about 5:20 pm […]

The SDF was Washington’s main ally in Syria in the fight against ISIL [File: Maya Alleruzzo/AP Photo]  The Kurdish-led forces who helped the United States defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) group in Syria have accused Washington of reneging on its commitments by pulling out troops from the country’s northeast and clearing the […]

STOCKHOLM – Two scientists from the United States and one from the U.K. won the 2019 Nobel medicine prize on Monday for discovering how cells adapt to fluctuating oxygen levels, paving the way for new strategies to fight diseases such as anaemia and cancer. The Nobel award-giving body said U.S.-born researchers William Kaelin and Gregg Semenza […]

US decision was reached following a call between President Trump and President Erdogan [File: Delil Souleiman/AFP] American troops have begun withdrawing from northeast Syria ahead of a Turkish invasion that Kurdish fighters say will overturn the victory over the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) armed group. US forces “will not support or be […]

Anti-government protesters set fires and close a street during a demonstration in Baghdad CREDIT: AP Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi was said to have rejected the resignation of seven ministers to prevent the collapse of his government as the country witnesses deadly protests over corruption and poor public services. A political […]

AP File Photo Germany’s interior minister Sunday called for closer cooperation with Turkey to handle the refugee and migration crisis. Horst Seehofer said in an exclusive interview with the Welt am Sonntag weekly that they were not in a position to address the migration and refugee issues alone through the arrangements of the past. “There […]

In this photo released on July 1, 2019, Foreign Minister Israel Katz visits the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Center in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Courtesy Katz’s office) Israel is reportedly negotiating with several Gulf states on a “non-aggression pact” between them as they face off against an increasingly emboldened Iran. The deal, which Channel […]

Somalian policemen are being trained for counterterrorism operations. Agroup of Somali police officers underwent training in Turkey as the African country is embattled with terror attacks by the Al-Shabaab terrorist group.In an elite school for the Turkish Army’s commando units in the western town of Foça, police officers learned how to handle terror threats in […]