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North Korea issues dire warning to US

North Korea’s Foreign Ministry said Pyongyang would not “waste time” with “submission” and “obedience” to the US North Korea claimed in a statement on Tuesday that it could “shake the world” by firing a missile at the United States and suggested that it had hydrogen bombs, intercontinental ballistic missiles, and hypersonic missiles at its disposal. […]

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Iran issues nuclear deal demands

The Iranian government has delivered a draft list of proposals to European powers, as indirect talks between Tehran and Washington over reviving the beleaguered 2015 nuclear deal entered the fourth day of negotiations. The two draft proposals were introduced on Thursday, a European diplomat confirmed, according to Reuters, presenting a potential way forward after previous […]

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Beirut blast probe frozen for second time in weeks after top judge issues warrant to arrest former finance minister

The judge leading the probe into last year’s explosion in Beirut port has had to pause his investigation, for the second time in weeks, shortly after handing out an arrest warrant for Lebanon’s ex-finance minister. On Tuesday, Judge Tarek Bitar issued a request for the arrest of former finance minister Ali Hassan Khalil, a senior […]

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‘Serious issues with self-awareness’: China urges US to find ‘courage’ to address own mistakes after bilateral military talks

Beijing has called on counterparts in Washington to find the “courage” and “self-awareness” to amend a series of aggressive and provocative policies toward China, following a second round of high-level joint military talks. Beijing welcomes dialogue with the United States, but insists Washington must take steps to end “continuous provocations and suppression of China,” Defense […]

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Ankara lashes out at EU declaration Cyprus and migration issues, says it’s ‘biased, lacking vision & disconnected from reality’

Turkey has lashed out at southern EU member states over how they dealt with Eastern-Mediterranean issues at their annual summit in Greece this week, especially on key issues like Cyprus and irregular migration in the region.  In a short statement on Sunday, a spokesman for the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs called parts of a […]