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PENTAGON – The U.S. military says 11 service members have been treated for “concussion symptoms” following Iran’s recent attack on two Iraqi bases where U.S. troops were stationed.Iran’s ballistic missile attack was launched in retaliation for the U.S….

MOSCOW, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday affirmed Moscow would partake in the international conference for Libya due in Berlin on Sunday.Lavrov, speaking at a news conference, expressed support for Germany’s call for holding the convent…

BRUSSELS, The invitation by EU High Representative Josep Borrell to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohamad Javad Zarif to visit Brussels to discuss the nuclear deal still stands, his spokesman Peter Stano, told a news conference Thursday.”The invitation stil…

MOSCOW, the State Duma – the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia – approved on Thursday appointing Mikhail Mishustin as the new premier of the country, as a successor to Dmitry Medvedev who resigned from his post.Up to 383 Russian MPs voted i…

BERLIN, Germany’s Foreign Minister Heiko Maas announced on Thursday that commander of Libya National Army General Khalifa Haftar will commit to a ceasefire.Maas was quoted by Germany’s news agency (DPA) as saying that Hafter agreed on the ceasefire, al…

AMMAN, JORDAN – Russian-backed Syrian forces struck a cluster of towns in the northwestern province of Idlib on Wednesday, shattering a cease-fire along with civilian hopes that a U.N. vote reauthorizing cross-border aid might bring quiet and relief. …

Kuwait, Kuwait and Britain Wednesday reaffirmed need of de-escalation in the region and to exercise restraint in order to boostregional security and stability. This came in a phone call between Kuwait Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Nasser Mohammad A…

Manama, BDF Commander-in-Chief Field Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, received Ambassador to Egypt Hisham Mohammed Al-Jowder, Ambassador to Italy Dr. Nasser Mohammed Youssef Al-Balooshi, and Ambassador to Kuwait Salah Ali Al-Malki, on their…

BRUSSELS, The European Union Tuesday said it is delivering on its pledges made at the Kuwait conference on reconstruction of Iraq held in 2018.”We need to make sure – with our continued support – that the reforms legitimately demanded by the Iraqi citi…

BAGHDAD, Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammad Al-Hakeem and Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohamad Al-Thani underlined on Wednesday necessity of reducing tension in the region and spare Iraq consequences of the current crisis between Iran and the United States.I…

BRUSSELS, King Abdullah II of Jordan Wednesday described the Palestine question as the region’s “deepest wound” and stressed that there can be no peace in the world without resolving the Palesitne question.”A more peaceful world is not possible without…

MOSCOW, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced on Wednesday his cabinet’s resignation and President Vladimir Putin released instructions that the government should pursue its tasks as a caretaker cabinet.Medvedev, during a meeting with Presid…

ANKARA, The Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Defense Minister Hulusi Akar criticized on Tuesday the decision of Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar not to sign the ceasefire agreement.In a statement published on Anadolu Agency (AA), C…

NEW DELHI, India’s global conference on geopolitics and geo-economics called Raisina Dialogue kicked-off on Tuesday with the participation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former Prime Ministers of several countries.The inaugural session of the thre…

MOSCOW, The Russian-Turkish talks kick off today, Monday, with the participation of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu with their Turkish counterparts, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Defense Ministe…

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – World leaders traveled Sunday to Oman to meet the country’s new sultan, named just a day earlier after the death of the nation’s longtime ruler Sultan Qaboos bin Said.British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Prince Charles…