A US military strike against North Korea would be “a very sad day for North Korea,” President Donald Trump has said. Speaking at a news conference in the White House in Washington, DC, on Thursday, Trump said a military action against Pyongyang is still on the table while said that “nothing’s inevitable.” “Military action would […]

US Navy ships on overseas missions have lost operational readiness due to a slew of problems ranging from maintenance to training, a government agency warns, in the wake of two deadly maritime mishaps that badly damaged the force’s reputation. A new review by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found that overworked and undertrained […]

S-300 and S-400 air defense systems have been used in a live firing practice in the course of the international exercise Combat Brotherhood-2017 near Astrakhan, the commander of the allied aviation and air defense group of the CIS countries, Lieutenant-General Viktor Sevostyanov told the media. “The tactical episode is over. There are no targets in […]

Speaking to MNA about Indonesia’s measures to help resolve the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar, Ambassador Ocatvino Alimudin believes Myanmar government would go on to consider some practical measures to resolve the issue and its stance is gearing toward the international community’s wishes. The grievous situation of 1.1 million Rohingya Muslims in the wake of a […]

Amnesty international has censured Bahrain for using “an array of repression tools,” including torture and sexual abuse, in its brutal crackdown on dissent, blaming the silence of the Western states, especially the US and the UK, for a sharp rise in Manama’s use of violence. In a report, titled ‘No one can protect you’: Bahrain’s year […]

US prosecutors have charged two Turkish ex-officials with conspiring to evade US sanctions against Iran, a US attorney’s office has said in a filing. The indictment broadens a case targeting Turkish-Iranian businessman Reza Zarrab over sanctions evasion, which has fuelled tension between the United States and Turkey, reported Hurryiet Daily. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has […]

Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said that Vladimir Putin had not received an invitation from Donald Trump to attend a meeting on reforming the United Nations. Russian President Vladimir Putin had not received an invitation from US counterpart Donald Trump to attend a meeting on reforming the United Nations, presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said Thursday. […]

Israel continues to sell weapons to Myanmar’s military junta despite the ongoing persecution of the Rohingya Muslim minority in the state of Rakhine. The arms sold to the junta reportedly include over 100 tanks and boats as well as other sorts of weapon. Israeli arms companies such as TAR Ideal Concepts have also been involved in training Myanmar’s special forces, who are […]

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says army troops, backed by allied Kurdish forces, will soon launch a multi-pronged operation to liberate Hawijah town in the oil-rich northern province of Kirkuk from Daesh Takfiri terrorists. Addressing reporters during a weekly press briefing in the capital Baghdad on Wednesday, Abadi stated that government forces, in full cooperation with […]

Famous Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan has been interrogated in London over suspicions of bribing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Milchan was questioned last week as part of the so-called Case 1000 corruption investigation dealing with gifts given to Netanyahu and his family by businessmen, Haaretz reported on Wednesday. In Case 1000, Netanyahu is suspected of having received […]