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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to reporters before boarding his plane at the Mexico City International Airport on Friday, Oct. 19, 2018. (AP Photo) The United States has identified many Saudi officials responsible for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and is taking action, including revoking visas or imposing sanctions, U.S. Secretary of […]

EPA Photo Scientists in Austria say they’ve detected tiny bits of plastic in people’s stool for the first time, but experts caution the study is too small and premature to draw any credible conclusion. Presenting their findings at a congress in Vienna on Tuesday, researchers from the Medical University of Vienna and the Environment Agency […]

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addresses the ruling AK Party’s parliamentary group in Ankara, Turkey Oct. 23, 2018. (EPA Photo) President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan gave detailed information of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul and said the killing was premeditated, speaking at the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) parliamentary group meeting […]

Erdogan: ‘We are looking for justice here’ [Cem Oksuz/Presidential Press Office/Handout via Reuters] Saudi Arabia has admitted Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside its consulate in the Turkish city of Istanbul. Khashoggi – a Saudi writer, US resident, and Washington Post columnist – entered the building on October 2 to obtain documentation certifying he had divorced his ex-wife. He never […]

In this 2010 picture, members of the ONLF attend a meeting to sign a peace deal with the Ethiopian government, but the group’s main body dismissed the deal at the time In this 2010 picture, members of the ONLF attend a meeting to sign a peace deal with the Ethiopian government, but the group’s main […]

President Donald Trump on Monday said that the U.S. currently has “top intelligence people in Turkey” and that “we will know very soon” what happened with Khashoggi. | Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images President Donald Trump on Monday said he is “not satisfied” with findings from investigations into Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi’s death at a Saudi […]

Erdogan: ‘We are looking for justice here’ [Cem Oksuz/Presidential Press Office/Handout via Reuters] Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has promised to reveal the “naked truth” over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, saying that he will make a new statement on the case on Tuesday. His comments on Sunday are likely to increase speculation that Ankara may […]

Ethiopian Airlines has announced that the airline will resume its flight to Mogadishu, Somalia, effective November 2, 2018. The resumption of the service to Somalia comes 41 years after Ethiopian Airlines Group stopped its route to Mogadishu in the 1970s. Commenting on it, Tewolde Gebremariam, Group CEO, Ethiopian Airlines said, “It gives us a great […]

KABUL, Afghanistan – Despite a threat of violent attacks, thousands of Afghans bravely headed to the polls on Saturday to make a decision on the leadership of the war-torn country. While Afghans voted across 401 polling centres in the country, the insurgent group that had been making plans to target the elections, delivered on its […]