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French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb (2L) in a meeting with Chiefs of Staff at The Ministry of Interior in Paris on May 13th. Photo: AFP A knifeman who killed a man and wounded four other people in a suspected terror attack in central Paris was born in Chechnya and his parents have been taken into […]

AA Photo  Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi’s coalition is leading in the country’s parliamentary election, a coalition spokesman said Sunday. “Preliminary results show that the Victory Coalition is leading the polls,” Hussein al-Adli told Anadolu Agency. Meanwhile, a source with the Al-Wataniya Alliance, which is led by former vice president Iyad Allawi, said it was […]

East Java Governor Soekarwo (left) accompanied by East Java Police chief Insp. Gen. Machfud Arifin (right) leaves a flower to express his condolences for the victims of a series of bombings targeting three churches in the province’s capital, Surabaya, on Sunday. (Antara/M Risyal Hidayat)  An 11-year-old boy, identified as Vincencius Evan, has died after being […]

Kim Jong-un announced a suspension of all nuclear and missile tests last month [File: KCNA/Reuters] The dismantlement of the Punggye-ri nuclear test site will take place between May 23-25, North Korean state media says. North Korea has announced it will dismantle its nuclear weapons testing site in less than two weeks, according to state media. The dismantlement […]

Policemen puts on their gear after Saturday night’s attack. Photo: AFP  One person was killed and four injured on Saturday night in central Paris by a man armed with a knife, who was shot dead by police, security sources said. The attack took place near the city’s main opera house in an area full of  bars, […]

A total of 6,990 candidates from 87 parties are competing against one another in Saturday’s polls [AFP] Vote expected to be a referendum on PM Haider al-Abadi’s tenure and his pledge to be more inclusive of Sunni Iraqis have voted in the first parliamentary election since the country declared victory over the Islamic State of Iraq and […]

   North Korea announced Saturday it is taking “technical measures” to dismantle its northern nuclear test site, moving closer to honoring an offer made by its leader Kim Jong-un during the inter-Korean summit last month. The North’s foreign ministry issued a press release, carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), detailing the country’s […]

  VIDEO: The Police Commissioner would not confirm the identity of the shooter (ABC News) Three “longarm” firearms licensed to Peter Miles, who was found dead — along with six others — in a suspected murder-suicide near Margaret River, have been recovered at the crime scene, police said. West Australian Police Commissioner Chris Dawson would not confirm […]

Representational photo Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Iraqi military has announced arresting five Islamic State leaders and killing 40 others in a major operation in Syria, saying those militants took part in attacks against Anbar and Mosul. A statement on Friday by the Security Media Center said “a major operation was carried out upon commands from the […]

The U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, escorts South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha to a joint press conference at the State Department in Washington, DC, May 11. / EPA-Yonhap Moves to denuclearize North Korea are expected to proceed speedily this time, due to a determination by the leaders of the two Koreas and […]