A US Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is exhibited during the International Air and Space Fair (FIDAE) in Santiago, Chile, on April 5, 2018. (Photo by AFP) US weapons contractor Lockheed Martin Corp has plans to sell Japan a stealth fighter design based on its export-banned F-22 Raptor and advanced F-35 Lightning II aircraft. Lockheed discussed […]

A US-made MQ-9 Reaper drone seen here on an air base in Afghanistan. (AFP photo) The administration of US President Donald Trump has dropped some restrictions on sales of advanced US weapons in order to bolster the American arms industry and compete with China on the world weapons market. The White House announced on Thursday […]

A handout picture released on the Syrian President Facebook page on April 19, 2018 shows a representative of Syria’s foreign affairs giving France’s Legion d’Honneur Grand Croix (Great Cross) award to a representative from the Romanian embassy, which is acting as the custodian of France’s interests in Syria, in Damascus. (Via AFP) Syria sends back […]

This photo released by the Syrian official news agency (SANA), shows Russian soldiers and Syrian government forces overseeing the evacuation of militants from the so-called Jaish al-Islam terrorist group and their families from the town of Dumayr, northeast of Damascus, Syria, April 19, 2018. Syrian forces have established full control over a town northeast of […]

People take part in a nationwide demonstration to protest against government-imposed rises in public services rates, in Cordoba, Argentina, April 18, 2018. (Photo by AFP) Thousands of Argentines took to the streets on Thursday (April 19) night to protest a sharp spike in gas and electricity rates imposed by the government, as President Mauricio Macri […]

Students clash with riot police in front of the university of engineering during a protest against government reforms in the Institute of Social Security (INSS) in Managua, Nicaragua, on April 19, 2018. (Photo by AFP) Thousands of Nicaraguans took to the streets in protest for a second straight day on Thursday as discontent grew over […]

Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano (L) (file photo by AFP) The Philippines says the European Union has interfered in its internal affairs by adopting a resolution that accuses Philippine authorities of rights abuses in an anti-drug campaign. The European Parliament on Thursday adopted a resolution calling on Manila to end what it called […]

This file photo shows Cui Tiankai, China’s ambassador to the United States, in the Plenary Session of the US-China Consultation on People-to-People Exchange during the seventh US-China Strategic and Economic Dialog at the US State Department in Washington DC, on June 24, 2015. (By AFP) China’s ambassador to the United States says trade frictions between […]

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa talks to the media after meeting Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May for bilateral talks at 10 Downing Street in central London, on April 17, 2017, on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM). (Photo by AFP) South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has cut short his visit to […]

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir delivers a speech to the members of the parliamentary body of the ruling National Congress Party on April 2, 2018 in the capital Khartoum. (AFP) Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has issued a presidential decree relieving Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour of his position, state news agency SUNA reported on Thursday. The news agency did not provide any further details or say who would be appointed […]