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JEDDAH: King Salman on Monday expressed hope a “historic” summit between Arab and Muslim nations and US President Donald Trump will enhance ties and promote tolerance. The king, during the weekly Cabinet meeting, welcomed the pending visit of Trump and other Arab and Islamic leaders to the Kingdom. The leaders will join the 17th consultative […]

Is North Korea behind the devastating globe-spanning cyberattack that has crippled countless of computer systems in recent days? Two major software security firms, Kaspersky and Symantec, claim they have evidence linking the Wannacry ransomware attack to North Korea’s notorious Lazarus Group. The worldwide cyber ransomware extortion attack, which started on May 12, has crippled tens […]

US President Donald Trump disclosed highly classified information to Russian officials during a meeting last week, potentially jeopardising a source of intelligence about ISIL, The Washington Post reported on Monday, citing current and former US officials. The newspaper said the information Trump relayed to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak had […]

Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti on Monday handed over to the Libyan coastguard four patrol boats repaired in Italy as part of cooperation in the fight against illegal immigration. The crews were trained in Italy “to monitor Libyan territorial waters…and contribute, together with Italy and Europe, to security in the Mediterranean”, Minniti said in remarks […]

County Administration Police Commander Suleiman Rashid said the attackers raided the chief’s homestead in Omar Jillo township at 10pm and shot him dead. Mr Suleiman said the slain chief was instrumental in intelligence gathering on Al-Shabaab operations in the area. The officer denied reports that two police reservists were missing after the attack. “We have […]

Mosul (IraqiNews.com) A mass grave of Islamic State members was found Monday at a district retaken by Iraqi security forces in western Mosul as operations to clear the region from militants reach their final stages. Col. Mortada Hassan, from the Iraqi army, told BasNews that the army’s elite Counter-Terrorism Service forces found a mass grave […]

IN SUMMARY World leaders have pledged more than $1.3 billion to help improve stability in the country, mitigate against the famine that has affected 5.5 million people and free the country from the menace of Al Shabaab. But world leaders insisted that President Farmajo deliver on his promises and reminded him that Amisom will not […]

 Norway has released an international notice in a new attempt to solve the mystery of the death of a woman who was found in a forest near Bergen in 1970, in a case that has mystified the country for decades. On the morning of 29th November 1970, a woman was found dead and severely burned by […]

President Trump took aim at the Black Lives Matter movement and former President Obama Monday, saying ambush-style killings of police last year during tensions in minority communities were “a stain on the very fabric of our society” and that too many Americans “obstruct” law enforcement. “We are living through an era in which our police […]

 New President Emmanuel Macron has named centre-right Edouard Philippe as his first Prime Minister. This is why the new centrist head of state believes the relatively unknown politician from the conservative Republicans party is the right fit to lead his new government. He’s from the right First and foremost Macron’s decision to appoint right-wing MP […]