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North Korean suspect in Kim Jong-Nam murde

North Korean Arrested in Kim Killing Released

The only North Korean arrested over the assassination of Kim Jong-Nam was released Friday as diplomatic wrangling between Pyongyang and Kuala Lumpur intensified over the murder. 47-year-old Ri Jong-Chol was freed a day after attorney general Mohamed Apandi Ali announced there was insufficient evidence to charge him and that he ...

March 3, 2017

World

Trump Condemns Democrats for ‘Total Witch Hunt’ over Attorney General

US President Donald Trump on Thursday lashed out at Democrats over their demands for US Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign, calling their actions a “total witch hunt.” Sessions on Thursday announced he would recue himself from any probe into the presidential election campaign as the White House moved to ...

March 3, 2017

Middle East

Syria’s Permanent Representative to the UN Bashar al-Jaafari

Syria Delegation Says Armed Groups Representatives Taking Peace Talks ‘Hostage’

Syria on Thursday said that the representatives of the armed groups (‘opposition’ High Negotiations Committee) are taking UN-backed peace talks “hostage” over its refusal to include terrorism on the agenda, insisting the HNC would be responsible if negotiations fail. “Progress in the Geneva round must not be held hostage by ...

March 2, 2017

Middle East

More Than 20 US Strikes Targeted Al-Qaeda in Yemen: Pentagon

US forces on Tuesday conducted a series of air strikes in Yemen against Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the Pentagon said. “More than 20 strikes targeted AQAP militants, equipment and infrastructure in the Yemeni governorates of Abyan, Al Bayda and Shabwah,” Pentagon spokesman Navy Captain Jeff Davis said.

March 2, 2017

Lebanon

Loyalty to Resistance Bloc: We Adhere to Election Law Based on Full Proportionality

“Loyalty to Resistance” bloc voiced commitment to an electoral law based on full proportionality along with single or expanded electorates, calling for taking into account in any poll law the stipulations of the constitution and national accord, notably equity, coexistence and proper representation. “Such a formula by at large comes ...

March 2, 2017

Middle East

Syrian Army recaptures Palmyra, aided by Russian Air Force: Kremlin

The Syrian military, backed by the Russian Air Force, has completed its operation to liberate the key city of Palmyra from militants, Kremlin has announced. Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has reported to the commander-in-chief, President Vladimir Putin, that the historic city in Syria’s Homs province has been liberated, Kremlin ...

March 2, 2017

World

Russia Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova

Moscow Questions Syrian “Opposition’s” Ability to Agree a Deal

Russia on Thursday said stumbling UN-led Syrian peace talks in Geneva have sparked doubts that the ‘opposition’ is capable of agreeing a deal with the regime in Damascus. “The results of the first days of the intra-Syrian dialogues, as before, raise questions over the ability of the Syrian opposition representatives ...

March 2, 2017

Middle East

Erdogan: US Has No Clear Idea How to Liberate Syria’s Raqqa From ISIL

The Turkish president said Ankara has not seen that Washington had any clear plan of liberating the ISIL-occupied Syrian city of Raqqa. The United States does not yet have a clear plan for the liberation of the Syrian city of Raqqa from the ISIL terrorist group (outlawed in Russia), Turkish ...

March 2, 2017

World

At Least 11 Killed in Ukraine Coal Mine Blast

At least 11 coal miners were killed Thursday when a methane gas blast tore through a pit in western Ukraine, the head of the coal miners’ trade union said. “A methane explosion. 11 killed,” Mykhaylo Volynets wrote on Facebook.

March 2, 2017

Middle East

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi

Iran Warns Denmark of Damage to Ties after Fresh Embassy Attack

Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned Denmark’s ambassador over a new attack on the Iranian embassy in Copenhagen, warning the envoy that lack of “serious and deterrent action” on such recurring incidents could damage the ties between the Islamic Republic and the Scandinavian country. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Thursday ...

March 2, 2017