Concern deepens in Turkey over US sanctions for Russia missile system
ANKARA (Reuters) - The looming threat of U.S. sanctions and a wider rupture with Western allies over Turkey?s purchase of Russian air defences is raising concern in Ankara, two Turkish officials said, despite public insistence the deal will go ahead as planned. With barely a month left until Turkey could take delivery of Moscow?s S-400 missile defence system, triggering ...
Palestinian cause represents a core issue for Saudi Arabia: Saudi King
In his speech, during the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation summit in Mecca, Saudi King said the kingdom would refuse measures that touch the historical and legal position of East Jerusalem.
US starts collecting 25% tariffs on Chinese products arriving by sea
Since then, the two countries have imposed several rounds of?duties against?each other, with?Washington's latest decision to?introduce a 25 percent tariff fee, affecting at?least $200 billion worth of?Chinese goods.
Kazakhstan Says Strengthening Cooperation With Russia Top Priority
ALMATY (Kazakhstan) (UrduPoint / Sputnik - 03rd , ) The strengthening of 's cooperation with is not only a strategic priority for Nur-Sultan, but also an important pragmatic factor in the achievement of the country's internal development, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said .
Chinese minister says Tiananmen crackdown was ‘correct policy’
SINGAPORE: Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe said on Sunday that the bloody crackdown on protesters around Beijing?s Tiananmen Square 30 years ago was the ?correct? decision, citing the country?s ?stability? since then. Responding to a question at the Shangri La Dialogue in Singapore after a tough speech about China and international security cooperation, he termed the decades-old protests ?political ...
Twelve killed, several wounded in Virginia beach mass shooting
A shooter at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center Friday afternoon killed 12 people and injured six before being killed by police. The injured were taken to local hospitals for treatment, including one who was taken to a Level 1 trauma centre by medivac helicopter, local hospitals said in a statement Friday evening. Virginia Beach Police Chief James Cervera said ...
North Korea 'executed' officials after failed Trump summit: report
The Chosun Ilbo said Kim Hyok Chol, who laid the groundwork for the Hanoi meeting and accompanied Kim on his private train, was executed by firing squad for ?betraying the supreme leader? after he was ?won over to the US? during pre-summit negotiations. ?Kim Hyok Chol was executed in March at Mirim Airport along with four senior foreign ministry ...
One Person Died, 6 Injured After 2 Cars Collided In Russia's Southwest - Interior Ministry
UFA (Russia) (UrduPoint / Sputnik - 03rd , ) One person and six were on after two collided on a highway in 's southwestern Republic of Bashkortostan, the regional branch of 's told Sputnik.
Kurds say 800 women, children to leave crowded camp
AIN ISSA: Kurdish authorities in northeast Syria said on Sunday they plan to hand 800 women and children, including relatives of jihadists, to their families in the first such transfer from an overcrowded camp. The women and children ? all Syrians ? are living among the dregs of the militant Islamic State group in the Kurdish-run Al-Hol camp, home ...
Sudan army says protest site a threat, closes Al Jazeera office
KHARTOUM?? -?? Sudan?s military rulers have said a protest camp in the capital has become a threat to the country?s national security, while also ordering the office of the Al Jazeera Media Network in Khartoum to be shut down, without giving any reason. In a televised statement, a spokesman of the transitional military council said on Thursday that legal ...
Palestinians say US 'deal of the century' will finish off their state
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The U.S. blueprint to end the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, still in draft form after almost two years, is seen by Palestinians, and by some Arab officials and politicians, as a plan to finish off the Palestinian cause. While its precise outlines have yet to be revealed, Palestinian and Arab sources who have been ...
Four Afghans killed, four US troops wounded in Kabul suicide blast
The blast, which was claimed by the Taliban, occurred around 8:40am (0410 GMT) when an explosives-laden vehicle drove into the convoy that was travelling in eastern Kabul, according to interior ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the insurgent group was behind the attack, which he claimed to have killed ?10 officers and soldiers of invading forces?. ...
Kazakhstan Says Strengthening Cooperation With Russia Top Priority
ALMATY (Kazakhstan) (UrduPoint / Sputnik - 02nd , ) The strengthening of 's cooperation with is not only a strategic priority for Nur-Sultan, but also an important pragmatic factor in the achievement of the country's internal development, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said .
New drug boosts survival rate among breast cancer patients
CHICAGO: A new form of drug drastically improves survival rates among younger women afflicted with the most common type of breast cancer, researchers said on Saturday, citing the results of an international clinical trial. An estimated 268,000 new cases of breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed in women in the US alone this year, while the advanced form ...
US-China competition to loom over key defence gathering
NEW YORK?? -?? Singapore - Growing competition and ratcheting hostilities between the United States and China promise to dominate a key Asian security summit this weekend, with Beijing sending a high-ranking general for the first time in almost a decade to meet defence counterparts from countries across Asia and around the world. ?In a highly anticipated speech, General Wei ...
Jitters for Merkel’s coalition as SPD chief resigns
BERLIN: The leader of Chan?cellor Angela Merkel?s junior coalition partner, the SPD, announced her resignation on Sunday from her party?s top jobs, raising the possibility that Germany?s emba?t?tled government could collapse. Andrea Nahles, who heads the centre-left Social Democ?ratic Party (SPD), has come under intense pressure after voters handed the party its worst European election results a week ago. ...
One Person Died, 6 Injured After 2 Cars Collided In Russia's Southwest - Interior Ministry
UFA (Russia) (UrduPoint / Sputnik - 02nd , ) One person and six were on after two collided on a highway in 's southwestern Republic of Bashkortostan, the regional branch of 's told Sputnik.
Muslims rally on Quds Day as US 'deal of century' looms
Similar rallies were planned across the world, including in many Muslim countries as well as in Europe and America, to show solidarity with the Palestinians and condemn Israeli atrocities and US policies. ?I call him from here and say that I and the Palestinian people will be demonstrating along the [Gaza] fence in light of Quds Day in numbers ...
Arizona leaders lash Trump’s Mexico tariff plan
LOS ANGELES ? - ? Business and economic leaders of US state of Arizona, reacted on Thursday to US President Donald Trump?s new Mexico tariff plan with harsh words, saying it is ?a horrible policy.? ?I thought you were a businessman,? US Representative Ann Kirkpatrick from Arizona tweeted in a message directed at Trump, ?This is a horrible policy and ...
Pentagon tells White House to stop politicising military
SEOUL: The Pentagon has told the White House to stop politicising the military, amid a furor over a Trump administration order to have the Navy ship named for the late US Sen. John McCain hidden from view during President Donald Trump?s recent visit to Japan. A US defence official said Patrick Shanahan, Trump?s acting defence chief, is also considering ...
