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People walk on a street full of debris a day after a demonstration against a controversial extradition bill [Anthony Wallace/AFP]…
R. Clarke Cooper, an assistant secretary of state, said that if the United States stopped providing the Saudis with arms,…
Trade tensions between China and the US escalated sharply earlier in May [File: Andrew Harnik/AP] Published in AlJazeera on…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talks to the press following a vote on a bill to dissolve the Knesset (Israeli…
Prime Minister Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani will attend the emergency summit [Jalal Morchidi/Anadolu] Published in AlJazeera…
Published in BBC on May 30th, 2019, The government runs the risk of another Windrush scandal if “serious concerns”…
FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain is seen after a collision, in Singapore waters August…
Prof Alston met people across the UK, including these Belfast residents Published in BBC on May 22nd, 2019, The…
Iran vows no surrender – even if bombed by ‘enemies’ Published in AlJazeera on May 24th, 2019, War rhetoric…
Soldiers deployed at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., in November as part of the president’s closing political message in the lead-up to…
FILE PHOTO: Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) arrives for a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing evaluating the Intelligence Community Assessment on “Russian…
The Pentagon declined to comment on the reports of additional US troops being sent to the Middle East [File: Susannah…
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (L) and French President Emmanuel Macron (R) hold a press conference for the launch…
Sudanese protestors celebrate after an agreement was reached with the military council to form a three-year transition period for transferring…
Migrants are seen outside the U.S. Border Patrol McAllen Station in a makeshift encampment in McAllen, Texas, U.S., May 15,…
‘Sabotage’ attacks were carried out last week on oil-carrying vessels but many questions remain unanswered [Reuters] Published in AlJazeera…
Fujairah port is the only Emirati terminal located on the Arabian Sea coast, bypassing the Strait of Hormuz, through which…
US Attorney General William Barr testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing [Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters] Published in BBC News, on…
Construction crews installing border wall sections near Tijuana, Mexico, this year. The acting defense secretary, Patrick M. Shanahan, said the…
Published in BBC News, on May 9th, 2019, Labour can “unite our country” and heal the divisions caused by…
Published in AlJazeera, on May 9th, 2019, President’s move comes after Iran gave nuclear deal partners 60 days to…
Published in Saudi Gazette, on May 8th, 2019, London — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in London…
FILE PHOTO: Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan (R) points to Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford…
Published in BBC, on May 1st, 2019, Theresa May has said she hopes the UK will leave the EU…
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido has called for massive protests [Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters] Published in AlJazeera, on May 1st,…
FILE PHOTO: A Facebook panel is seen during the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, in Cannes, France, June 20,…
Published in BBC, on May 2nd, 2019, MPs have approved a motion to declare an environment and climate emergency.…
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks during a rally in Iowa City, Iowa, on Wednesday, May 1, 2019. (Charlie Neibergall/AP)…
The meeting is Kim’s first face-to-face interaction with another head of state since returning from his Hanoi summit with US…
Jeremy Corbyn will say bus services have been “devastated” by nine years of austerity Published in BBC, on Apr 25th,…
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Marines help to build a concertina wire barricade at the U.S. Mexico border in preparation for the…
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Tehran was ready to negotiate with Washington on prisoner swaps [Richard Drew/AP] …
Published in BBC, on Apr 24th, 2019, Senior Tories have ruled out changing their rules to allow an early challenge…
Sri Lankan security personnel and police investigators look through debris outside Zion Church following an explosion in Batticaloa in eastern…
Published in Dawn, on Apr 17th, 2019, Prime Minister Imran Khan has been named among the ‘100 Most Influential People’…
Kim Jong-un attending a flight training of Korean People’s Army Air Force on April 16 Published in BBC, on Apr…
Published in BBC, on Apr 17th, 2019, A government department responsible for data protection laws has shared the contact details…
Public housing in New York City. A rule proposed on Wednesday would expand use of a verification program administered by…
FILE PHOTO: A Cuban flag hangs outside a hotel in Havana, Cuba, April 20, 2018. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini/File Photo Published…
Published in AlJazeera, on Apr 17th, 2019, Military arrests two of deposed ruler’s brothers as hundreds of doctors march in…
US and North Korean leaders met in Vietnam in February but failed to reach an agreement on denuclearisation and sanctions…
President of the European Council Donald Tusk Luxembourgs Prime Minister Xavier Bettel and British Prime Minister Theresa May talk at…
Published in CNN, on Apr 11th, 2019, By Ryan Browne and Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN)The US Navy is expected to drop criminal charges and…
FILE PHOTO: A man plays gives children rocks to play with inside an enclosure, where they are being held by…
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been a leader in the Trump administration’s pressure campaign against Iran.CreditCreditErin Schaff/The New York…
Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) founder Masood Azhar. — AFP/File Published in Dawn, on Apr 4th, 2019, By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON: The United States…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the National Republican Congressional Committee Annual Spring Dinner in Washington, U.S., April 2, 2019.…
Police lined up outside the House of Commons in Parliament Square Published in BBC, on Apr 4th, 2019, Politicians and…
In this file photo from 2017, forces forces loyal to former general Khalifa Haftar ride in a truck in the…
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi (C) chairs a session of the 30th Arab League summit in the Tunisian capital Tunis…
Published in BBC, on Mar 28th, 2019, Efforts to persuade MPs to back Theresa May’s Brexit deal will continue on…
Caroline Lucas and Clive Lewis with Green New Deal bill (Caroline Lucas) Published in Independent, on Mar 27th, 2019, Josh Gabbatiss Science…
Syria denounced the American move as a ‘flagrant violation’ of UN resolutions [Sergei Grits/AP] Published in AlJazeera, on Mar 28th,…
New bollard-style U.S.-Mexico border fencing is seen in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, U.S., March 5, 2019. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson Published…
Hanaa Ahmad Ali Bahr, a malnourished girl sits on her father’s lap in a shanty town in Hodeidah, Yemen (Reuters)…
The government estimates there are 13,500 MSSAs in the country. Details of the buyback, which could cost between NZ$100 million…
Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May makes a statement at 10 Downing Street in London [Jonathan Brady/AFP] Published in AlJazeera, on…
Published in CNN, on Mar 21st, 2019, By Jethro Mullen, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) – President Donald Trump has warned that…
Tehmina Janjua, Jean-Christophe Belliard co-chair 5th round of Pakistan-EU Political Dialogue in Brussels.PHOTO: TWITTER/@MohammadFaisal Published in Tribune, on Mar 20th,…
Barakah nuclear plant (File picture) Published in Gulf News, on Mar 20th, 2019, UAE rebuffs Qatar’s allegations that there are…
Published in AlJazeera, on Mar 13th, 2019, Flight ban ordered by President Trump as new evidence emerges at Ethiopia crash…
Iranian justice Ebrahim Raisi speaks during a ceremony at the mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran on February 24. Photo:…
A soldier loyal to the Saudi-Emirati-backed government mans a machine gun on a vehicle passing by a mural depicting late…
Nepali people and policemen, in blue uniform, gather around the wreckage of a car burned by demonstrators during a general…
Representatives Lisa Blunt Rochester, right, and Katie Porter last week on Capitol Hill after a news conference about the reauthorization…
Published in Bostonglobe, on Mar 12th, 2019, By Jill Lawless and Raf Casert LONDON (AP) — With just 17 days to…
State Department’s spokesperson Robert Palladino says US is “following that issue very closely”. — Robert Palladino’s Twitter account Published…
Published in The Express Tribune, on Mar 6th, 2019, By Reuters NEW DELHI: Indian opposition parties are launching a united attack on Prime…
Published in AlJazeera, on Mar 6th, 2019, US-backed SDF says hundreds of ISIL soldiers captured or surrendered while fleeing armed…
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas. Published in Arabian Business, on Mar 6th, 2019, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas says export…
President Donald Trump meets with Danny Burch, an American who was formerly held hostage in Yemen, at the White House…
Retired four-star Army General John Abizaid testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during his confirmation hearing to be US…
Published in The Express Tribune, on Feb 28th, 2019, By Rizwan Ghilzai / Khalid Mehmood ISLAMABAD: The country’s top civil and military leadership took heads…
Published in BBC, on Feb 28th, 2019, Jeremy Corbyn says Labour will back another EU referendum after his alternative Brexit…
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan. Published in Gulf News, on Feb 27th, 2019, Ashfaq Ahmed, UAE Deputy Editor It is imperative…
Published in Reuters, on Feb 27th, 2019, (Reuters) – The prototypes for President Donald Trump’s contest for a border wall…
Published in Dawn, on Feb 27th, 2019, Pakistan Air Force (PAF) on Wednesday — a day after India violated the…
Agha is a former leader of Taliban’s Jaish-e-Muslimeen wing, which fought against Afghan forces after the US toppled the Taliban…
Published in CNN, on Feb 21st, 2019, By Caroline Kelly and Ashley Killough, CNN (CNN) – Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi urged members…
Heidi Allen (centre) is hopeful more MPs will join the breakaway Published in BBC, on Feb 21st, 2019, Labour and…
An asylum seeker from Honduras was the first person returned to Mexico from the United States under a new administration…
The Supreme Court has previously ruled that the Eighth Amendment, which bars “excessive fines,” limits the ability of the federal…
Saudi Arabian warplanes, supplied by the West, have been striking Yemen since 2015 ( AFP/Getty Images ) Published in…
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman and Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday. PHOTO: PTI Published in The Express…
Published in ARY News, on Feb 15th, 2019, BRUSSELS: Washington will not unilaterally withdraw from Afghanistan, the Pentagon chief said…
The executive order is aimed largely at preventing Chinese telecom firms like Huawei from gaining access to the fifth-generation —…
FILE PHOTO: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud attends the 2019 budget meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia…
Published in CNN, on Feb 13th, 2019, by Stephen Collinson, CNN Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump’s mantra “I alone can fix it” is…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo are expected to attend the Warsaw summit…