Merkel rejects May’s call for parallel talks on EU-UK ties
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday rejected British PM Theresa May’s call for negotiations on the UK’s exit from the European Union to run in parallel with talks on defining their…
Police: Shots Fired Near Capitol Hill After Driver Hit Cop Car
A law enforcement official tells NBC News that Capitol Police in Washington D.C. fired at the driver of a vehicle that hit a police car about 9:30 this morning near…
Somalia holds high-level conference on social inclusion
Mogadishu, 28 March 2017 – A high-level conference to discuss ways of promoting the inclusion of minorities in the affairs of the country to help foster lasting peace and stability…
Evacuation deal reached for 4 besieged Syria towns
Opposition fighters stand near a convoy of vehicles carrying United Nations food and medical aid on the outskirts of the rebel-beseiged town of Kafraya in Syria’s Idlib province as they…
Arab Summit opens in Jordan amid regional turmoil
Arab leaders are convening near the Jordanian Dead Sea for the 28th annual summit of the Arab League, as the region faces distressing turmoil and political challenges. Sixteen heads of…
Daesh counter-attacks to defend north Syria stronghold
Tabaqa DAM, Syria — Clashes raged around a key northern Syrian town on Tuesday after the Daesh terror group launched a counter-attack to fend off a US-backed advance near the…
Russian Defence Ministry acts in response to US missile defence deployment
The Russian Defence Ministry will take retaliatory measures in response to deployment of the US missile defence. These measures are forced and directed at prevention of the power balance disruption…
Scars of civil war, terrorism still visible in Somalia
Photos by Yunus Paksoy In the wake of a years-long civil war, a U.S.-led United Nations military operation in the 1990s and terrorism from the early 2000s to today, the…
Arab leaders set to oppose Trump Mideast policy shifts
Representatives from Arab League states prepare resolutions for an Arab heads of state annual meeting on Wednesday, at the Dead Sea, Jordan on March 27, 2017. AP The draft was…
Army establishes control over mountains in Palmyra, kills scores of terrorists in Deir Ezzor and Hama
Provinces, SANA – Army and Armed Forces units established control over a number of mountains in Palmyra area in the eastern countryside of Homs province after eliminating the last ISIS…