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Coalition Admits Two Saudis Killed in Warship Attack off Yemen

Yemeni army and popular committees attacked a Saudi vessel in the Red Sea west of Hodeida on Monday. Yemeni al-Massirah channel quoted military sources as saying that Yemeni forces fired a guided missile at al-Madinah warship in waters near the port city Hodeida, 150 km southwest of the capital Sanaa. The ...

January 31, 2017

World

Trump Fires Chief US Lawyer for Defying Migrant Ban

US President Donald Trump on Monday fired the acting attorney general, a holdover from the Obama administration, after she ordered Justice Department attorneys not to defend his controversial immigration orders. In a sharply worded statement, the White House called Sally Yates “weak on borders and very weak on illegal immigration” ...

January 31, 2017

Middle East

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem

Syria FM Calls on Refugees to Return Home

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al-Muallem called on the country’s refugees to return home, official media reported, without directly commenting on a US travel ban targeting them. Muallem “renewed the invitation of the government to Syrian refugees living in neighboring countries to return to their country,” SANA news agency said on ...

January 30, 2017

World

Russian Tu-22M3 Bombers Destroy ISIL Command Posts, Arms Depots in Syria’s Deir Ezzor

Six Russian Tu-22M3 bombers carried out on Monday airstrikes against new ISIL targets in Syria’s Deir Ezzor province destroying two command posts, arms depots, a large number of military equipment and terrorists, the Russian Defense Ministry said. “On January 30, 2017, six strategic Tu-22M3 bombers took off in Russia, flew ...

January 30, 2017

Middle East

Iraqi Foreign Ministry Urges Washington to Review ‘Erroneous’ Travel Ban on Nationals

Baghdad called on Washington on Monday to revise upsetting, “erroneous” decision to suspend entry to the United States for the nationals of several countries, including Iraq, the country’s Foreign Ministry said Monday in a statement obtained by Sputnik. Earlier in the day, Iraqi lawmakers voted to introduce retaliatory measures in ...

January 30, 2017

World

Lavrov: Russia Interested in Settling Conflicts in Africa

Russia is interested in providing its assistance in resolution of crises in Africa as well as in further development of the mutually beneficial cooperation with Eritrea, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday. “Russia is interested in rendering assistance in solving problems in Africa and settling conflicts on the continent. ...

January 30, 2017

World

Trump Travel Ban Illegal, Mean-spirited: UN Rights Chief

US President Donald Trump’s travel ban on citizens from mainly Muslim countries is illegal and “mean-spirited”, the United Nations human rights chief Zeid bin Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein said Monday. Zeid, who rarely communicates on Twitter, said in a tweet that “discrimination on nationality alone is forbidden under human rights law”, ...

January 30, 2017

Middle East

Israeli Parliament to Vote on Legalizing Wildcat Settlements

Israeli parliament began discussions Monday on the final adoption of a bill retroactively legalizing thousands of settlements on private Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank. The text has alarmed the international community and supporters of an independent Palestinian state. It is expected to be voted on Tuesday, with adoption ...

January 30, 2017

World

UN Chief Slams Border Closures in ‘Developed Countries’

UN chief Antonio Guterres criticized Monday the closure of borders “even in the most developed countries in the world”, after US President Donald Trump slapped a ban on travelers from seven Muslim countries. The new UN secretary general was speaking at the opening of an African Union summit in Addis ...

January 30, 2017

World

One Million Sign Petition to Cancel Trump’s UK State Visit

A petition demanding Britain cancel a planned state visit by US President Donald Trump passed one million signatures on Monday, following outrage over his travel ban on mainly Muslim countries. “Donald Trump should be allowed to enter the UK in his capacity as head of the US government, but he ...

January 30, 2017