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The faltering discussions came after lawmakers entered the weekend feeling optimistic about their chances of crafting a bipartisan deal. | Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images Negotiations to avert another government shutdown abruptly fell apart over the weekend, raising the risk of another shuttering of services, a stopgap funding bill or a declaration by President Donald Trump of […]

The UN Security Council meets to discuss the situation in Venezuela in New York [File: Carlo Allegri/Reuters] The United States has presented a draft resolution on Venezuela to the United Nations Security Council, triggering a Russian counterproposal. The US draft resolution calls for international aid deliveries and presidential elections in Venezuela while stressing “deep concern with the violence and excessive use […]

TEHRAN, Feb. 08 (MNA) – Tehran’s provisional Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ahmad Khatami has warned against any aggression on Iran, saying that Iran’s ballistic missiles will land on the aggressors like thunderbolt. During today’s Friday Prayers sermon in Tehran, Ayatollah Seyed Ahmad Khatami referred to the “Dezful” ballistic missile, which was unveiled by the […]

FILE – Armed Al-Shabab fighters patrol in Mogadishu, Somalia, June 29, 2009. The U.S. military’s air campaign against al-Shabab in Somalia will not stop the jihadists, a top U.S. general said Thursday as he called on the east African nation’s army to take more responsibility in the fight. The Pentagon is running an ongoing mission […]

© Alexei Danichev / Spuntik / Ruselectronics A new weapon installed on Russian warships can make enemy soldiers miss targets by blinding them, while also causing hallucinations and making them want to vomit. Two Russian frigates were fitted with the new non-lethal dazzler-type weapon, the 5P-42 Filin (eagle-owl), the manufacturer’s representative told RIA Novosti. The weapon is […]

Aid arrives through the guarded entrance to the Tienditas border bridge in Cucuta, which Venezuela has barricaded [Steven Grattan/Al Jazeera] Cucuta, Colombia – Trucks carrying food and medical supplies from the United States have arrived in Cucuta, on the Colombia-Venezuela border, stoking tensions with the government of President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas. The arrival of the aid convoy on Thursday, which […]

© Getty Images The United States is trying to wrap up two major conflicts this year — the war in Afghanistan and the war in Syria against ISIS. At the same time, America forces are still operating globally against threats and to assist allies in defeating terrorist groups. In the second half of January, two U.S. […]

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a gathering of foreign ministers aligned towards the defeat of ISIL [Kevin Lamarque/Reuters] US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday reassured coalition partners that the withdrawal of US troops from Syria was not “the end of America’s fight” and called on them to help permanently defeat […]

Rockets seen flying over central Israel on the fifth day of Operation Protective Edge, July 12, 2014. (Nati Shohat/Flash90) Alert sirens sounded Wednesday evening in a number of Gaza border communities as a rocket launched from the Strip exploded in an open field in southern Israel. The projectile reportedly fell in the area of the […]

Six people were rescued and at least two people died after an eight-story apartment building in the Kartal district on Istanbul’s Asian side collapsed on Wednesday. Rescue teams are searching for others believed to be trapped under the rubble. People rescued by search teams were rushed to the hospitals to receive treatment. Parliament Speaker Binali […]