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Police in Italy have seized a stash of drugs that they believe Isis planned to sell to finance terrorist attacks, authorities said on Friday. Italy’s largest container port, Gioia Tauro. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFP. Police in Italy have seized a stash of drugs that they believe Isis planned to sell to finance terrorist attacks, authorities said […]

U.S. President Donald Trump has warned China that “warrior nation” Japan could take matters into its own hands if the threat posed by North Korea is not addressed. U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping  Photo: AFP Trump’s remarks come ahead of his first visit to Asia since taking office, with soaring tensions over […]

Incident took place just after US President Donald Trump left for his trip to Hawaii and Asia  The White House went under lockdown on Friday due to “suspicious activity”, the US Secret Service said. “North fence line of @WhiteHouse is closed due to suspicious activity, uniformed division is responding,” the Secret Service tweeted. It later […]

US President Donald Trump says he might meet with Russian president Vladimir Putin during his 12-day Asia tour, calling him “very important.” The meeting would come amid the ongoing Congressional probes into alleged Russian meddling in US elections. FILE PHOTO © Steffen Kugler / Global Look Press Asked by Fox News host Laura Ingraham on […]

The man was banned from Sweden over a bomb threat against Arlanda airport. Photo: Tomas Oneborg / SvD / TT A Russian man previously given a lifetime ban from Sweden has been sentenced to a month in jail after returning to Sweden. According to court documents seen by The Local, the man said his reason […]

Iraqi forces and members of the Popular Mobilisation units advance toward al-Qaim on November 2, 2017. (AFP)   Iraqi forces on Friday entered Al-Qaim, the main town in ISIS’s last bastion in the country, military commanders said. Early Friday morning, Iraqi forces unleashed a barrage of artillery fire against militant positions inside the town, backed […]

A Guardia Civil vehicle believed to be transporting members of the deposed Catalan regional government leaving Madrid’s National Court. Photo: Javier Soriano/AFP A large chunk of Catalonia’s deposed government was behind bars early on Friday after a Spanish judge ordered the detention of eight ministers pending probes into their role in the region’s independence drive, […]

President Vladimir Putin’s cousin, estimated to be worth worth $573 million, reportedly earned nearly $100,000 per day last year. Kremlin Press Service A recent investigation revealed Mikhail Shelomov to be a part of Putin’s inner circle which has amassed almost $24 billion. Shelomov, 49, is the son of the president’s cousin who earns an official […]

US President Donald Trump has appointed Jerome Powell as the next chairman of the Federal Reserve, replacing Janet Yellen, the first woman to head the country’s central bank. Powell is currently a member of the Federal Reserve Board and was appointed by Obama [Reuters] Powell is currently a member of the Federal Reserve Board and was […]

Tu-22M3 long-range bomber© The Russian Defense Ministry press service/TASS MOSCOW, November 2. /TASS/. Russia’s six Tupolev Tu-22M3 long-range bombers have delivered a massive strike against terrorists’ facilities in Syria, destroying their arms depots and command posts, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Thursday. “On November 2, while providing support for the Syrian government troops in routing […]