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© Stringer, AFP | Syran army tanks enter a suburb of Douma, in eastern Ghouta, on February 18, 2018 Syrian government forces have raised their flag over the last rebel bastion in eastern Ghouta, taking full control of the town of Douma as insurgents withdraw, Russian news agencies reported Thursday, in a major victory for […]

© Jaap Arriens / Global Look Press Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov dismissed Donald Trump’s attempts to talk to Russia through a barrage of tweets on Wednesday, and warned that the US president risked worsening “an already fragile situation.” READ MORE: Putin: The world is getting more chaotic, but we hope that common sense will […]

The Tibetan Community mount a protest in Stockholm in 2009. Photo: Pontus Lundahl/TT A 49-year-old man has been charged in Sweden for spying on exiled Tibetans for the Chinese government. The man, who is Tibetan and worked for the pro-Tibetan “Voice of Tibet” newspaper, is accused of supplying the Chinese government with information on where […]

Air defense systems were able to detect an unidentified object in the direction of Abha International Airport and was dealt with accordingly. (Supplied) Saudi Arabia’s air defense forces said that they intercepted Houthi scout drone over Abha airport on the same day that militias fired a ballistic missile targeting the capital Riyadh. Spokesman for the Arab […]

US envoy to the UN Nikki Haley votes no while her Bolivian counterpart Sacha Sergio Llorenty Soliz votes yes on a Russian draft resolution to create a new inquiry to find blame for the chemical weapons attack last week in Douma, Syria (AFP Photo) The U.N. Security Council will meet behind closed doors Thursday to […]

The building of the Russian Foreign Ministry. © Sergey Kovalev / Global Look Press Responding to a threat from US President Donald Trump, who said Russia should prepare for “nice new and smart missiles” launched by America at Syria, Moscow said if the weapons were smart, they would target terrorists. “Smart missiles should fly towards […]

After 15 months of beatings and abuse in captivity by Libyan traffickers, a Somali mother rejoins her teenage sons in Niamey. Somali mother of two Amina* was strong and vigorous before she fell into the hands of Libyan traffickers. After more than a year of relentless beatings and electric shocks, she is now broken and […]

Paolo Borrometi has been living under police protection for four years. Photo: Paolo Borrometi/Facebook The Sicilian mafia sought to have a journalist killed for his reporting on their activities, investigators said on Tuesday. While investigating a different assassination attempt, police wiretaps caught members of the Cappello clan, based in Pachino in the deep south of […]

  President Donald Trump speaks in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington,  Monday, April 9, 2018, at the start of a meeting with military leaders. (AP Photo) In a provocative tweet, U.S. President Donald Trump mocked Russia’s recent warning on responding to any attack targeting the regime, declaring that missiles “will be […]

The plane, an Ilyushin Il-76, was carrying 200 people, according to local reports said [Ennahar TV/AP] At least 181 passengers have been reported killed, after a military plane crashed near the Boufarik airbase outside the Algerian capital, Algiers, according to the local Ennahar television station. The plane, an Ilyushin Il-76, was carrying 200 people, local reports […]