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Saudi Arabia, UAE Promise to Donate $100Mln to Ivanka Trump’s Foundation

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates pledged to contribute a total of $100 million to the foundation proposed by Ivanka Trump, daughter of US President Donald Trump, media reported Monday. According to CNN broadcaster, the donations to Women Entrepreneurs Fund, which will be run by the World Bank, were ...

May 22, 2017

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North Korea Declares Medium-Range Missile Ready for Deployment

North Korea on Monday declared its medium-range Pukguksong-2 missile ready for deployment after a weekend test, the latest step in its quest to defy UN sanctions and develop an intercontinental rocket capable of striking US targets. The state-run Korean Central News Agency said the North’s leader Kim Jong-Un oversaw Sunday’s ...

May 22, 2017

Asian Countries

North Korea Fires another Ballistic Missile despite Sanctions Threats

North Korea test-fired Sunday a ballistic missile, the latest in a series of launches which have sparked international condemnation and threats of tougher UN sanctions. The South's military said it could not yet identify the type of missile fired from Pukchang in South Pyongan province but it travelled about 500 ...

May 21, 2017

Asian Countries

20 Policemen Killed in Taliban Raid South Afghanistan

At least 20 Afghan policemen were killed early Sunday when Taliban fighters stormed multiple security outposts in the volatile southern province of Zabul, AFP reported. Local officials made desperate calls to journalists to seek attention as they were unable to get hold of senior authorities for help, media reported, highlighting ...

May 21, 2017

Americas

US President Donald Trump - Saudi King Salman

US, Saudi Agree Arms Deals Worth Almost $110 Billion: White House

Washington has agreed arms deals with Saudi Arabia worth almost $110 billion, a White House official said Saturday, the first day of President Donald Trump’s visit to the traditional US ally. “This package of defense equipment and services support the long-term security of Saudi Arabia and the Gulf region in ...

May 20, 2017

African countries

Ben Ali Nephew Apologizes to Tunisia for Corruption

Imed Trabelsi, a nephew of toppled Tunisian dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, apologized to the Tunisian people on national television Friday for the endemic corruption during the regime. In his testimony to the Truth and Dignity Commission (IVD), a tribunal established after the 2011 revolution, Trabelsi recounted how he ...

May 20, 2017

Live News

Roadside Bomb Kills 11 Members of Afghan Family

Eleven members of an Afghan family, mostly women and children, were killed Friday when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb while they were travelling for an engagement ceremony in the country’s volatile east. The attack occurred in the Mohammad Agha district of Laghman province but no militant group has so ...

May 19, 2017

Americas

Britain ‘Must Grant Safe Passage to Assange’: Ecuador

Ecuador’s foreign minister urged Britain Friday to “grant safe passage” out of the country to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after Sweden dropped a warrant that drove him to take refuge in Ecuador’s London embassy. “The European Arrest Warrant no longer holds. The UK must now grant safe passage to Mr ...

May 19, 2017

Europe

UK Police Says ‘Obliged’ to Arrest Assange if He Leaves Embassy

British police said Friday that they would have to arrest WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for breaching his bail if he leaves Ecuador’s embassy after a Swedish rape investigation against him was dropped. The police said a warrant was issued against Assange in 2012 after he failed to hand himself in ...

May 19, 2017

Europe

Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Office in Geneva Gennady Gatilov

Russia: US strike on Tanf Unacceptable violation of Syria’s Sovereignty

Russia on Friday condemned the latest US-led coalition airstrike in Syria’s Tanf as an unacceptable attack that affects the political settlement process. “Any military actions entailing the aggravation of the situation in Syria certainly influence the course of the political process, especially such actions that were committed against the Syrian armed forces,” Deputy Foreign ...

May 19, 2017