US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis testifies before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Defense Department budget posture on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 26, 2018. (Photo by Reuters) The US secretary of defense says the country’s administration has yet made no decision on whether or not to stay in the multilateral nuclear deal […]

Ronny Jackson, US President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs, meets with Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) at his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 17, 2018. (Reuters photo) US President Donald Trump’s doctor Ronny Jackson withdrew his nomination to head the Department of Veterans Affairs on Thursday following allegations he improperly […]

The file photo shows a clandestine laboratory discovered by Russian forces in the Syrian town of Douma in April, where terrorists used to produce chemical weapons. Syria’s government forces have discovered a depot of German and UK-manufactured chemical weapons left by terrorists in the town of Douma, a Syrian official says.   “In the depot […]

Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei A senior Iranian official says the 2015 nuclear agreement should be honored in its current form, adding that the Islamic Republic will not accept a deal that harms the country. Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior adviser to Leader of the […]

People demonstrate in Managua demanding Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice-President Rosario Murillo, step down, April 23, 2018. (Photo by AFP) The United Nations called Tuesday on Nicaragua to investigate a crackdown on protests that have left at least 27 dead, saying that a number of the killings may have been “unlawful.” Pension […]

The photo, taken on April 19, 2018, shows experts from the Jalisco Institute of Forensic Sciences working at the house from where three film students went missing about a month ago, at Haciendas de La Reina neighbourhood in the municipality of Tonala, Guadalajara, Jalisco State, Mexico, April 19, 2018. (Photo by AFP) Three missing Mexican […]

A view of a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, September 19, 2017 (Photo by Reuters) The European Union has extended its arms embargo on Myanmar, preparing targeted measures against officials responsible for serious human rights violations. During a session in Brussels on Thursday, the Council of the European Union extended its arms embargo on Myanmar for another year.  The […]

A sandal is seen on the ground along a road at the site of a bombing attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 21, 2018. (Photo by AFP) A senior Afghan politician and three others have been killed in an attack by the Taliban as the militant group launched its so-called spring offensive dubbed Al Khandaq. […]

UN soldiers come across a decomposing body while on patrol in the area surrounding the village of Kafe, at Lake Albert in Ituri on March 27, 2018. (Photo by AFP) United Nations investigators have discovered five probable mass grave sites in eastern Congo’s Ituri province where an outbreak of ethnic violence has killed at least […]

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir (AFP photo) South Sudan‘s President Salva Kiir has dismissed calls by the country‘s opposition to step down, saying there is no logic in signing a peace agreement with the opponents and then resign as president. “They want me to sign the agreement and then step down immediately. Just imagine, what […]