Iraqi PM Abadi visits Basra after deadly protests
Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has visited the southern oil city of Basra after deadly protests there against dire economic conditions. Abadi visited the city...
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Russia: 90 Syrian villages, towns join government truce
Russia says the number of villages and towns that have joined a Moscow-brokered truce with the Syrian government in southwestern Syria has risen to 90....
At least 27 dead, dozens missing in ‘historic’ Japan floods
At least 47 people were missing and five were in a critical condition as torrential rain that has killed 27 people pounds western and central...
Ceasefire follows regime strikes on Syria’s Daraa amid renewed negotiations
Syrian opposition sources said on Friday that a ceasefire has been reached in southern Syria as a new round of negotiations began in the southern...
Syrian army takes full control of Dara’a,
Syrian army soldiers have managed to establish full control over a strategic town in the country’s southwestern province of Dara’a, as they are engaged in...
French promoting Egypt’s repression through arms sales: Rights groups
Human rights groups have blasted France for what they call playing a part in Egypt’s “bloody repression” of dissidents by providing the government of President...
British jets bombed Syrian forces in Tanf last month: Paper
A British warplane directly attacked Syrian forces near the border with Iraq and Jordan last month, killing an army officer and injuring seven others, the Sunday Times...
Trump renews sanctions on N Korea citing ‘extraordinary threat’
US President Donald Trump extended sanctions against North Korea for one year, saying the country still posed an “extraordinary threat” despite insisting just days earlier that Pyongyang...