Washington. Pentagon to request thousands more US troops for Afghanistan. The US military will ask the Donald Trump administration next week to deploy thousands more troops to Afghanistan, a... Read more
Paris. European Council warns of ‘impossible’ Brexit negotiations with UK. European Council President Donald Tusk has warned of “impossible” Brexit negotiation after UK Prime Min... Read more
Tehran. Iran urges global action against Saudi support for terrorism. Iran’s UN Ambassador Gholam-Ali Khoshrou has urged the global community to take action against Saudi Arabia’s supp... Read more
Jerusalem. Trump ‘backing off’ on Jerusalem embassy, analyst says. US President Donald Trump will most probably “back off” on his promise to move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Je... Read more
Pyong Yong. Japan will be first country under radioactive clouds , North Korea warns. North Korea has warned Tokyo that if conflict breaks out in the region, Japan will be the first country... Read more
Mogadishu. Somali minister ‘mistakenly’ shot dead in Mogadishu. Somalia’s minister of public works and reconstruction, Abbas Abdullahi Siraji, was killed in Mogadishu in what was apparently... Read more
Tehran. Iran says the Saudi deputy crown prince’s remarks against the Islamic Republic are proof that the kingdom follows “confrontational and destructive policies” in the region and t... Read more
Brasilia. Brazilians sick of corrupt politicians hit the streets to protest austerity measures. Brazilian unions have ratcheted up the pressure on president Michel Temer with a nationwide ge... Read more
Gaza. Dozens of people have sustained injuries when clashes broke out between Palestinians demonstrating in solidarity with prisoners on an open-ended hunger strike in Israeli jails and Isra... Read more
Damascus. Infighting between rival terrorist groups leaves dozens dead in Syria: Observatory. At least 40 foreign-sponsored militants have been killed during a fresh wave of infighting that... Read more