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Donald Trump said the EU would have supported US sanctions on Iran if he was insistent. But, according to the US president, he allowed Germany and France to keep making money with Tehran as America was capable of putting pressure on Iranians on itsown. U.S. President Donald Trump © Yuri Gripas / Reuters When asked […]

Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi examined the T129 ATAK Attack and Tactical Reconnaissance Helicopter, which has an important place in Turkey’s exports in defense industries, and participated in a test flight yesterday. Indicating that the ATAK is a very impressive helicopter, Abbasi said contract talks are continuing at full speed, expressing Pakistan’s desire to […]

Ahmadreza Djalali, a researcher at Stockholm’s Karolinska Institute, has been sentenced to death in Iran, according to reports. Ahmadreza Djalali has been detained in Iran since last year. Photo: Personal/TT Researcher Ahmadreza Djalali has been detained since April 2016. He was arrested in Tehran for espionage and ‘enmity with God’ – a crime which in Iran can […]

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir attend a joint news conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia October 22, 2017 © Saudi Press Agency / Reuters As the fighting against Islamic State (IS, former ISIS/ISIL) in Iraq nears its end, Iraqi Shiite militias and their Iranian advisors need to “go home,” […]

Czechs this weekend elected a new prime minister who heaps scorn on the European Union and says his country shouldn’t have to accept a single refugee. The new Czech prime minister, Andrej Babiš, is also a blunt-spoken billionaire. | Michal Cizek/AFP/Getty Images  Germany just sent a radical far-right party to parliament for the first time […]

European Parliament chief Antonio Tajani said Europe should “fear” the spread of small nations as Spain struggled Sunday with the Catalonia crisis and the Italian regions of Lombardy and Veneto voted in referendums on greaterautonomy. Photo: AFP In an interview with the Rome daily Il Messaggero, the Italian politician said Europe must “of course fear” […]

The idea of assassinating a public figure or a high profile enemy, so as to remove a problem, has a dangerously simplistic logic to it. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspects Galido outpost and Jangjedo defending force in this undated photo [KCNA/Reuters] It is believed that once a leader is eliminated, his or her followers, […]

 Hundreds of Kurds in Erbil protest against Iraqi incursion Erbil (IraqiNews.com) Hundreds of Kurdish activists staged protests outside the United Nations headquarters and the Iranian consulate in Erbil against what they described as ‘violations’ of the Shia-led paramilitary troops, Baghdad Today reported. The protesters, according to the report, demonstrated outside the Iranian consulate against the […]

A few pictures have emerged of the slain police officers on social media as Egyptians mourn the loss of at least 30 police officers killed in Friday’s terrorist attack in Giza, Egypt’s Western Desert. Special Forces officer Amr Salah with film star Ahmad Ezz. (Supplied) Many Egyptians have expressed pain and condolences over the deaths […]

Protesters gather during a demonstration against al-Shabab after the October 14 explosion [Feisal Omar/Reuters] Last week, the deadliest bomb blast to hit the Somali city of Mogadishu killed more than 350 people and injured around 400 others. Questions are now been asked as to why, more than 10 years after African Union peacekeepers set foot in the […]