The shelling of Aleppo with toxic gases is aimed at disrupting normalization in Syria, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Sunday, calling on the international community to condemn this terrorist attack. “The shelling of a peaceful city of Aleppo, which was carried out by terrorists and militants from the areas controlled by them, is […]

Shelling by insurgents wounded more than 100 people, mostly civilians, in a suspected toxic gas attack in Syria’s Aleppo, which a health official described as the first such assault in the city. State news agency SANA said on Sunday 107 people were injured in Aleppo after militants hit three districts with projectiles containing gases that […]

The leaders of the 27 other European Union members states Sunday approved the terms of a historic Brexit deal with Britain, at a special summit in Brussels. “EU27 has endorsed the withdrawal agreement and political declaration on the future EU-UK relations,” EU Council President Donald Tusk announced on Twitter, AFP reported. The formal conclusions state […]

The Bahraini opposition figures deplored the parliamentary elections held in the Persian Gulf country on Saturday as a complete sham and said that up to 92% of voters had boycotted the polls in some constituency, rejecting government reports of 67% turnout. In remarks released on Sunday, Hussain Al Daihi, the deputy secretary general of al-Wefaq […]

French President Emmanuel Macron has condemned violence by protesters at demonstrations against rising fuel taxes and his government. Police fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse demonstrators in Paris as thousands gathered in the capital and beyond and staged road blockades. Thousands of police were deployed nationwide to contain the eighth day of deadly […]

Spokesman for Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah Movement Mohammad Abdulsalam said the increase of Saudi-led air strikes on the port city of Hudaydah will destroy peace efforts of the UN special envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths. In remarks released on Sunday, Abdulsalam said the Saudi-led fighter jets have bombarded Hudaydah 35 times over the last 12 hours, […]

The European Union has denounced Israel’s new demolition campaign in East Jerusalem (al-Quds) under which a number of shops and petrol stations have been demolished since Wednesday. EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini issued a statement on Saturday against Israel’s “policy of settlement construction and expansion,” saying it is undermining any chances of peace with Palestinians. The […]

In a candid admission of U.S. defeat in Afghanistan after 18 years of war that began in 2001, U.S. General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says the Taliban “are not losing” in the war-torn country. Dunford is among the growing number of U.S. officials to admit that there was no “military […]

Taking their defense partnership to the next level, India and Russia have signed a $500 million deal for construction of two warships for the Indian Navy under the technology transfer model, media reports quoted Indian officials saying on Tuesday. The agreement for the project was signed between India’s Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL) and Russia’s state-run […]

To tide over the flailing economy, Pakistan is currently in talks with International Monetary Fund (IMF) and both parties have made “significant progress” toward agreeing on an $8 billion bailout package, the IMF said in a statement on Tuesday. “There has been broad agreement on the need for a comprehensive agenda of reforms and policy […]