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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Saturday said if Washington continued threats to double tariffs on Turkey’s imports of iron and steel as a tool to secure the release of American Pastor, Ankara will look for new markets, Daily Sabah reports. Read more
Following a briefing by UN Personal Envoy for the Sahara Horst Kohler, members of the Security Council stressed the need to include Algeria in any future talks on the conflict. Algeria which has for decades hosted, armed and funded the Read more
Results of the recount of May pools by the Independent High Election Commission (IHEC) have confirmed Shia and national figure Moqtada al-Sadr’s bloc winner of the disputed electoral process, reports say. The IHEC on its website said Sadr’s joint list Read more
Canada has contacted two European allies to help iron out the unprecedented diplomatic spat with Saudi Arabia, a Canada senior official has told AFP. Germany and Sweden according to the Canadian government senior official who asked not to be named Read more
Columbia Wednesday announced its recognition of the state of Palestine in a move that stressed change in the foreign policy of the South American country. The incoming government of inaugurated President Ivan Duque made public the decision August 3 of Read more
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte Wednesday said his country is not seeking any expansion or influence in Libya as Rome gears up to host an international conference in November to bring stability to the North African turned lawless since the Read more
The Malaysian government has closed down the Saudi-funded anti-terrorism center, in a new move underlining the new government’s intents to move away from claws of the Middle East major power. Mohammed Sabu, Malaysia’s minister of Defence, Monday announced the closure Read more
US politician and Senator Cory Booker has denied he endorsed the demolition of Israeli wall described by international community as apartheid wall, after holding a sign that read “From Palestine to Mexico, All the Walls Have Got to Go” at Read more
The new sanctions imposed on Iran are not meant to incite regime change, US President Donald Trump’s Security Adviser said Tuesday amid rising tensions between the two countries. “The policy is not regime change but we definitely want to put Read more
The government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will turn to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Britain to help cool the escalating diplomatic showdown that has erupted between the North American country and the Saudi Arabia, according to Canadian sources Read more