Politics

Oman's new sultan to keep Qaboos' 'non-interference' foreign policy - 01/12/2020

MUSCAT, Amr Mostafa (dpa)- Oman's new Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said promised on Saturday to maintain the foreign policy of his predecessor after he was sworn in as the Gulf state's new ruler...

Eight killed in airstrikes on pro-Iran militia in Syria - 01/10/2020

BEIRUT (dpa)- At least eight people were killed in airstrikes by unidentified aircraft targeting a pro-Iran militia in Syria near the Iraqi border, a war monitor said on Friday. The Syrian...

Maas holds out prospect for summit on Libya in Berlin - 01/08/2020

BRUSSELS (dpa)- Foreign Minister Heiko Maas says Libya's internationally recognized Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj supports German mediation efforts, thereby fulfilling an important prerequisite to...

Harvey Weinstein faces new sex crime charges in LA as NY trial begins - 01/07/2020

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES, Sophie Wingate and Eliyahu Kamisher (dpa)- Los Angeles prosecutors filed new sex crime charges against Harvey Weinstein on Monday, hours after proceedings for the disgraced...

Putin makes surprise trip to Damascus to visit al-Assad - 01/07/2020

DAMASCUS, Khalil Hamlo and Weedah Hamzah (dpa)- Russian President Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to Damascus on on Tuesday, his first visit to the Syrian capital during the country's eight-year...

NATO pulls some troops from Iraq as Iran-US tensions mount - 01/07/2020

BRUSSELS, Ella Joyner (dpa)- NATO is temporarily pulling some of its troops out of Iraq due to the heightened security risk posed by the confrontation between Iran and the United States. In the...

Johnson aims to push key Brexit bill through British parliament - 01/07/2020

LONDON (dpa)- Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to present key legislation to British lawmakers on Tuesday as he seeks to formalize Brexit by the end of this month. Johnson plans...

Iranian general killed in US airstrike to be buried in hometown - 01/07/2020

TEHRAN (dpa)- Qassem Soleimani, the top Iranian general killed by a US airstrike in Baghdad last week, is to be buried in his hometown of Kerman in south-eastern Iran on Tuesday. The day was declared...

Iraqi parliament votes for foreign troops to leave after US strike - 01/06/2020

BAGHDAD, Kadem al-Attabi (dpa)– The Iraqi parliament on Sunday approved a resolution obliging the government to end the presence of foreign troops linked to a United States-led alliance fighting...

Iran's government to stop honouring nuclear deal - 01/06/2020

TEHRAN, Farshid Motahari (dpa)- Iran no longer sees itself as bound by the 2015 nuclear agreement, the government in Tehran said in a statement on Sunday. Iran is to continue its nuclear programme...
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