While most of European Union’s countries had only classified Hezbollah’s military arm as a terrorist group, only the Netherlands and Britain have classified all of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. Last week, Germany …
Read More »European Commission: Joint Statement on World Refugee Day 2018
On the occasion of World Refugee Day, Frans Timmermans, First Vice-President of the European Commission, Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission, …
Read More »Turkish women march in rights protest in Istanbul
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Hundreds of Turkish women marched in the country’s biggest city Istanbul on Saturday to protest against the violence and animosity they face from men demanding they dress more conservatively. The …
Read More »Russia orders out U.S. diplomats in sanctions retaliation
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia on Friday ordered the United States to cut hundreds of diplomatic staff in retaliation for a new round of U.S. sanctions, and said it was seizing two U.S. diplomatic …
Read More »U.S. orders Venezuela embassy families out, crisis deepens
CARACAS – The U.S. government ordered family members of employees at its embassy in Venezuela to leave on Thursday as a political crisis deepened ahead of a controversial vote critics contend will end …
Read More »Pakistani council orders “revenge rape” of 16-year-old girl
ISLAMABAD – Pakistani police have arrested 25 members of an informal village council accused of ordering the rape of a 16-year-old girl as revenge for her brother’s alleged sexual assault of another girl. …
Read More »Exclusive: Russia used Facebook to try to spy on Macron campaign – sources
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Russian intelligence agents attempted to spy on President Emmanuel Macron’s election campaign earlier this year by creating phony Facebook personas, according to a U.S. congressman and two other people …
Read More »Kremlin calls new U.S. sanctions ‘sad news’ for U.S.-Russia ties
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Proposed new U.S. sanctions against Russia are an extremely unfriendly act and sad news for Russia-U.S. relations and their further development, the Kremlin said on Wednesday. The U.S. House of …
Read More »Turkey’s Erdogan says Israel damaging Jerusalem’s ‘Islamic character’
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused Israel on Wednesday of inflicting damage on Jerusalem’s “Islamic character”, in comments likely to further inflame regional tensions in a dispute over the Al-Aqsa mosque. …
Read More »Trump says U.S. aid to Lebanon can help fight Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday praised Lebanon’s efforts to guard its borders to prevent Islamic State and other militant groups from gaining a foothold inside their country and promised …
Read More »