For all its drama, controversy, and importance, the American government decision this week to formally recognize Beit-ul-Moqaddas (Jerusalem) as the capital of Israel and move its embassy must…
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani denounced as “provocative and dangerous” the US decision to recognize Al-Quds (Jerusalem) as the Israeli regime’s capital, calling for concerted action by Muslim…
InternationalBritain’s opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has mounted a defense of Britain’s overall spending on international aid and demanded answers from Theresa May over claims that taxpayers’ money…
InternationalUS Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told a NATO foreign ministers’ meeting in Brussels on Wednesday that the western allies agreed there was “no normalization” of ties with Russia.
InternationalThe United Nations’ High Commissioner for Human Rights says the mounting evidence of military-perpetrated atrocities against Rohingya Muslims could constitute international criminal law’s most…
InternationalGermany’s Social Democrats (SPD) will do everything in their power to ensure that Berlin embraces the European ideas of French President Emmanuel Macron, SPD leader Martin Schulz said on…
InternationalThe structure of the six-member (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council might have to change in the near future to face upcoming challenges, the emir of Kuwait has said.
InternationalTalks on ending the six-year war in Syria resumed on Wednesday with no sign of President Bashar al-Assad’s delegation returning to the negotiations in Geneva after they walked out last week.…
InternationalThe US-backed Saudi-led coalition intensified air strikes on Yemen early on Wednesday as the armed Houthi movement tightened its grip on the capital after the death of former president Ali…
InternationalAmerica’s friends and foes unleashed fierce criticism on Wednesday ahead of President Donald Trump’s announcement recognizing Beit-ul-Moqaddas (Jerusalem) as Israel’s capital.
InternationalTwo dozen US stealth jets were among hundreds of aircraft involved in war games intended as a show of strength to neighboring North Korea on Monday.
Dubbed Vigilant Ace, the annual…
InternationalCatalonia’s pro-independence parties were seen losing their parliamentary majority in the regional election on Dec. 21, an official poll showed on Monday.
Pro-independence party Junts…
InternationalThe Kremlin insisted on Monday that conversations between President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser and the Russian ambassador to the US didn’t influence Russian President…
InternationalBritish Prime Minister Theresa May closed in on a divorce deal with European Union chiefs on Monday with last-minute progress on the thorny issue of the Irish border after months of deadlock.
InternationalGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel’s struggling bid to form a government was hit by a new setback Monday as her key ally was weakened in a leadership tussle.
Horst Seehofer, head of Merkel’…
InternationalYemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh has been killed in the capital Sanaa, according to the radio station of the Houthi-controlled interior ministry.
Saleh died after days of…
InternationalFrance is close to finalizing major military and transport contracts during a visit by Emmanuel Macron to Qatar on Thursday, a French presidential source said.
InternationalA formal US recognition of Beit-ul-Moqaddas as the capital of Israel would cause catastrophe and lead to new conflict in the Middle East, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag said on…
InternationalThe administration of President Donald Trump has withdrawn the United States from a United Nations pact to improve the handling of migrant and refugee situations, deeming it “inconsistent” with…
InternationalTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Greece on Dec. 7-8, the presidency’s press information center confirmed on Saturday. Erdogan —upon the invitation of Greece’s President Prokopis…
InternationalAny move by the United States to recognize Bait-ul-Moqaddas (Jerusalem) as Israel’s capital would fuel extremism and violence, Arab League secretary-general, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, said at the…
InternationalAircraft from the US-backed Saudi-led coalition bombed Houthi positions in Sanaa overnight on Sunday, residents and local media said, aiming to shore up supporters of former Yemeni president Ali…
InternationalSecretary of State Rex Tillerson is increasingly alarmed by what he sees as secret talks between Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, and Saudi Crown Prince…
InternationalThe head of Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD), Martin Schulz, revealed in an interview on Sunday that he had received numerous phone calls and text messages from France’s Emmanuel Macron, urging…
InternationalThe commander of the Taliban’s ‘special forces’ branch, known as the ‘Red Unit’ was killed last week in Helmand Province by Afghan forces, according to Afghanistan’s main intelligence…
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