Suicide bombs at two marketplaces in Baghdad, one of them claimed by Islamic State, killed at least 20 people on Sunday, police and medics said, the latest in a spate of militant attacks in the…
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US president-elect, Donald Trump, is looking forward to his meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May, according to the message he posted on his Twitter.
“I look very much forward to…
InternationalA Palestinian rammed his truck into a group of Israeli soldiers on a popular promenade in Beit-ul-Moqaddas on Sunday, killing four soldiers and injuring about 15 others in a deliberate attack,…
InternationalMario Soares, former Portugal president and prime minister, has died at age 92. Soares was a central figure in the country’s return to democracy in the 1970s after decades of rightist dictatorship…
InternationalUS president-elect, Donald Trump, said on Saturday that “only stupid people or fools” would dismiss closer ties with Russia, and he seemed unswayed after his classified briefing on an intelligence…
InternationalThe largest armed US military brigade to be deployed to Europe since the end of the Cold War arrived on Saturday at a port in northern Germany, military officials said.
InternationalOn Sunday, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim met the Premier of Kurdistan Regional Government Nechirvan Barzani in Erbil to discuss a wide range of issues.
Yildirim is expected to…
InternationalA South Korean Buddhist monk is in critical condition after setting himself on fire during a mass protest against the impeached President Park Geun-Hye, officials said on Sunday.
InternationalIvory Coast’s president said a deal was reached on Saturday to end a two-day army mutiny that renewed security concerns in the world’s top cocoa producer and Africa’s fastest-growing economy.
…InternationalBeijing has challenged Washington to explain its own global spying activities following US media reports alleging that China is using two Chinese hotels as spy centers, describing the reports as a…
InternationalDemobilized soldiers launched mutinies in Ivory Coast’s second-largest city Bouake on Friday, according to military sources and residents.
InternationalAlmost three weeks after 12 people were killed and almost 50 others were wounded in the Berlin terror attack on a Christmas market, new information regarding the main suspect, Anis Amri, continues…
InternationalIraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Saturday an agreement had been reached with Turkey over an Iraqi demand that Turkish forces withdraw from a town near Mosul in the north of the…
InternationalThe US trade deficit widened to a nine-month high in November as exports fell and companies and governments imported the most since August 2015. The gap grew by 6.8% to $45.2 billion from a…
InternationalAt least 43 people have been reported killed after a car bomb struck Syria’s northwestern city of Azaz, according to a monitoring group. Dozens were also wounded in Saturday’s attack, which took…
InternationalThe negligence of the Democratic National Committee was the reason for the hacking of email accounts of the party’s members, US president-elect, Donald Trump, said on Saturday.
InternationalTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that some Syrian and Iraqi refugees who pass a screening process will be granted Turkish citizenship.
In a speech broadcast on…
InternationalFollowing the arrest of former Kosovo premier, Ramush Haradinaj, current Prime Minister Isa Mustafa said on Friday officials expect “the French government to take into consideration that such…
InternationalAn Iraq war veteran took a gun out of his checked luggage and opened fire in a crowded baggage claim area at Fort Lauderdale’s airport on Friday, killing five people, months after he showed up at…
InternationalMalaysia said on Friday the hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will end in two weeks after the search is completed of a 120,000 square kilometer (9,650 sq mile) area where experts…
InternationalRussia's military says it has begun scaling down its deployment to Syria with its sole aircraft carrier the first to quit the conflict zone. President Vladimir Putin ordered the reduction of…
InternationalUS president-elect Donald Trump's transition team has issued a blanket mandate requiring politically appointed ambassadors installed by President Barack Obama to leave their posts by inauguration…
InternationalThe US State Department said on Tuesday it does not believe Kim Jong Un has the capability to place a nuclear warhead on a ballistic missile.
The statement comes a few days after the North…
InternationalAfghanistan's National Defense and Security Forces have killed 58 militants, including two local Taliban commanders and 10 members of the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group, the country's…
InternationalSeveral Syrian opposition groups have reportedly threatened to boycott the upcoming political settlement talks in Kazakhstan due to alleged ceasefire violations.
Middle East expert Danny…
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