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TEHRAN – The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that U.S. officials’ claims seeking negotiations with Tehran is an act of “deception,” saying such an offer is merely aimed at disarming the Iranian nation of its “elements of power.” Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei made the remarks in response to numerous […]

SEOUL – North Korean and U.S. officials are holding “behind-the-scenes talks” to arrange a third summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on the fate of the North’s expanding nuclear arsenal, South Korea’s president said, four months after a second meeting between the leaders in Vietnam collapsed without any agreement. […]

Emergency services attend the crash scene of an An-24 plane of Angara Airlines in Nizhneangarsk, Republic of Buryatia, Russia, Thursday, June 27, 2019. (AP Photo) Two people were killed and 22 injured when an Antonov An-24 passenger plane made an emergency landing on Thursday at an airport in Russia’s Buryatia region in Siberia, the area’s […]

Smoke rises during a fight between members of the Libyan internationally-recognised government forces and Haftar’s fighters in southern Tripoli [File: Yosri al-Jamal/Reuters] Forces allied to Libya‘s UN-recognised government say they have retaken Gharyan, a strategic town south of the capital, Tripoli, although forces loyal to renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar denied the claims. Gharyan is the main forward […]

President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands during a summit at Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul in November 2017. Yonhap “June 25 (incident) is a bitter history, but the Republic of Korea has kept its identity by overcoming North Korea’s invasion,” Moon said while referring to South Korea’s official name. He underlined […]

US Charge d’Affaires in Ankara Jeffrey Hovenier (L) speaks to reporters as US Istanbul Consulate Mete Cantürk, the suspect in trial over alleged links to FETÖ, leaves the courtroom in Istanbul’s Çağlayan Courthouse. (DHA Photo) A Turkish court ruled on Tuesday to release U.S. Consulate General employee Nazmi Mete Cantürk from house arrest due to […]

Dressed in military fatigues, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announces the failed coup on TV on June 23, 2019.(AP) Ethiopia’s army chief of staff and the regional president of the northern state of Amhara were killed in two related attacks when a general tried to seize control of Amhara in an attempted coup, the Prime Minister’s […]

RIYADH (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthi movement launched an attack on Abha civilian airport in southern Saudi Arabia on Sunday that killed one person and wounded 21 others, the Saudi-led coalition battling the group in Yemen said.  Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV earlier said that the Iran-aligned movement had targeted Abha and Jizan airports in the south of […]

Jared Kushner’s Middle East peace plan has been rejected by the Palestinian leadership [Kevin Lamarque/Reuters] The United States has revealed a proposal to create a $50bn global investment fund for the Palestinians and neighbouring Arab states, designed to be the economic engine of the long-awaited US Middle East peace plan. The plan was posted on the White House website […]

Migrants shield themselves from dust while being detained after crossing to the U.S. side of the U.S.-Mexico border barrier in May in El Paso, Texas. Joe Biden was critical of President Donald Trump’s policies, and the rhetoric behind them. | Mario Tama/Getty Images Former Vice President Joe Biden criticized President Trump’s “racist invective” and called […]