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US Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday said air strikes against Iraq’s paramilitary force, known as Hadh Shaabi, succeeded, and he did not rule out additional action “as necessary.” “The strikes were successful. The pilots…

Greece wants to be included in UN-sponsored talks in January on the Libya conflict, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Sunday, as tensions escalate with neighbor Turkey over the issue. Libya has become another diplomatic…

Israeli prisons are rife with mistreatment and abuse of Palestinian inmates, a rights advocacy group says, highlighting that well over 1,000 complaints of torture by prison guards have been filed since 2001. “According to the …

Ansarullah’s Political Bureau has condemned the US attack against the popular crowd sites in Iraq, considering it as a brutal attack on Iraq and its forces that oppose the destructive American project in the region. The political Bureau…

An intruder stabbed and wounded five people at a rabbi’s house in upstate New York during a party to celebrate the Jewish festival of Hanukkah late Saturday, officials said. The victims, all Hasidic members of the…

A US drone has reportedly conducted a reconnaissance flight off the Crimean Peninsula despite multiple calls by Russia that the Pentagon halt such operations near the country’s territory. Russia’s Sputnik news agency…

Israeli forces have attacked Palestinians taking part in the final round of protests held on a weekly basis near the fence separating the Gaza Strip from the Occupied Territories, leaving a number of protesters injured. Palestinian media…

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin on Friday that the country’s first Avangard hypersonic missiles have been put into service, an official statement said. Russian officials say the missile is…

Fears are growing of a total war with North Korea over its threat of a "Christmas surprise" for the US, with Washington saying it is well prepared to respond. Pyongyang has promised a possible "Christmas surprise"…

A senior Iranian official says Israel “will regret” committing acts of aggression against Syria, and that the Syrian and Lebanese nations will give a response to the Tel Aviv regime. “Israeli airstrikes against Syria will not go…

Manuel Marrero Cruz has been named Cuba’s prime minister, taking a political post that had been abolished more than four decades ago. President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Saturday named 56-year-old Marrero — who served as Cuba’s…

A Russian court on Tuesday extended until late March the pre-trial detention of a US man already held in jail for a year despite Western requests for his release. Paul Whelan, who also has Irish, Canadian and British…

An official at Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) has categorically dismissed a report by the Reuters news agency that claimed a death toll of around 1,500 people during recent riots over fuel price hikes. The London-based…

The Israeli occupation army started constructing bypass roads on border with Lebanon in order to protect troops from Hezbollah attacks, taking into consideration the lessons it learned from the Resistance operations against one of its…

Lynn Maalouf, director of research for the Middle East at Amnesty International, said, in response to a death sentence issued by a Saudi court against 5 people, and imprisoning three others, for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi,…

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sparred on Monday over the ground rules for President Donald Trump’s trial in the Senate on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.…

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says the contentious citizenship law that has sparked angry anti-government protests across the country over the past two weeks is not discriminatory on the basis of religion and will not affect…

Religious minority lawmakers at the Iranian parliament have condemned a UN human rights resolution against Tehran, calling it a conspiracy hatched by the United States, Israel and their allies. The resolution, sponsored by Canada, was…

The European Union and Russia have lashed out at the United States over its recent move to impose sanction on any firm working on a gas pipeline from Russia into Germany. The sanctions, signed off by US President…

Hong Kong riot police pepper sprayed protesters to disperse crowds in the heart of the city's financial district on Sunday after a largely peaceful rally in support of China's ethnic Uighurs turned chaotic. Dozens of police…

A car bomb exploded on Saturday outside a hotel in Galkayo city in the central province of Mudug, killing at least seven civilians and injuring others, a Somali army officer said. Major Ali Omar said the driver failed to enter the hotel…

Dozens of Palestinian citizens were injured on Friday evening Israeli occupation forces fire during their participation in the return marches and break the siege along the eastern border of the Gaza Strip. The Ministry of…

House Speaker Nabih Berri said during his meeting with Assistant Secretary of State David Hale that “Israel is solely responsible for the breaches of Resolution 1701, not the last of which being the drone flights over the southern suburbs.”…

The UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo has reiterated earlier remarks by the UN General Secretary that the body cannot verify US claims blaming Iran for attacks on Saudi Arabia's Aramco oil…

The administration of US President Donald Trump is drafting a set of rules to limit exports of sophisticated technology by American companies to rival powers like China and Russia, according a report. The US Commerce…

Amid security measures and road closures in the vicinity of the General Command in Khartoum, Sudanese are taking to the streets on Thursday to mark the first anniversary of the start of their protest movement that toppled Omar al-Bashir in…

Israeli occupation warplanes launched early Thursday a series of strikes on several targets across the besieged Gaza strip. The Israeli warplanes struck posts belonging for Palestinian resistance north west of Gaza city, Palestine Today…

France’s electric grid operator RTE said on Tuesday that some of its employees had deliberately cut power to tens of thousands of homes around France as part of nationwide protests over President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to reform…

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday called Donald Trump a threat to American democracy who left Congress no choice but to impeach him as bitterly divided lawmakers debated before historic votes on charges accusing the…

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has urged regional countries to develop “realistic” neighborly cooperation, instead of relying on “realpolitik” strategies, to guarantee security in the Persian Gulf region. In a post on his…