The US envoy to the UN says President Donald Trump’s possible refusal to certify Iran’s compliance with its nuclear deal does not constitute US withdrawal from the agreement. “If the president chooses not to certify Iranian compliance, that does not mean the United States is withdrawing from the JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action),” Nikki […]

Russia has initiated legal action against the United States over Washington’s seizure of Russian diplomatic posts on American soil. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov notified his US counterpart Rex Tillerson about that development during a phone conversation on Tuesday. “When discussing international relations, Lavrov pointed out that the seizure of Russian diplomatic property on US […]

Myanmar has reportedly been planting landmines across an area of its border with Bangladesh as thousands of Rohingya Muslims are fleeing a bloody crackdown to take refuge in neighboring Bangladesh. Two government sources in Bangladesh told Reuters on Wednesday that Myanmarese forces had been “putting the landmines in their territory along the barbed-wire fence,” between […]

The UN chief has called on members of the Security Council to agree on a unified strategy to deal with North Korea and to avoid using a “confrontational rhetoric.” “The unity of the Security Council is absolutely crucial,” said UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday, while urging countries “to come together with a single […]

Former US president Barack Obama has censured his successor over ending an amnesty for 800,000 people brought to America illegally as children. In a rare and lengthy statement following the end of his tenure, the first African American president described Trump’s move as “wrong,” “self-defeating” and “cruel.” “To target these young people is wrong — […]

A Myanmarese rights group has warned against the rising government-backed persecution of all Muslims across the country, and not just those in Rohingya-majority Rakhine State, which has been under a bloody army clampdown for more than a week. The independent Burma Human Rights Network said in a Tuesday report that the persisting repression of Muslims […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow reserves the right to further cut the number of American diplomatic staff in his country after Washington targeted three more Russian facilities on US soil. “We reserve the right to take a decision on the number of US diplomats in Moscow. But we won’t do that for now. Let’s […]

A Russian frigate in the Mediterranean Sea has fired a salvo of Kalibr cruise missiles at militants near the western Syrian city of Dayr al-Zawr. The frigate Admiral Essen of the Russian Black Sea fleet fired the missiles on Tuesday morning, a statement by the Russian Defense Ministry said. The barrage destroyed a communications center, […]

Syrian army forces, backed by allied fighters from popular defense groups, have reached the eastern city of Dayr al-Zawr and broken a nearly three-year siege imposed by Daesh Takfiri terrorists on pro-government areas there.

The European Union (EU)’s foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, says the bloc will continue its membership talks with Turkey despite disagreements with Ankara on human rights issues. “We are continuing to talk with Turkey,” Mogherini told reporters in the northwestern Slovenian town of Bled, where she attended the 2017 Bled Strategic Forum, on Monday. “We are not […]