Arab League SG Accuses Iran, Turkey of Meddling in Middle East Conflicts
February 25, 2019 at 04:18 PM
SHARM EL-SHEIKH (Egypt) (Sputnik) – Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit accused on Sunday Turkey and Iran of meddling in the conflicts in Libya, Syria and Yemen. Read More »
N Korean Media Warns US Will Never be Cleared of Threats if Trump-Kim Talks Fail
February 25, 2019 at 09:33 AM
US President Donald Trump is set to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in the Vietnamese capital to hold their second bilateral meeting following a 2018 summit in Singapore that ended in the establishment of relations between the two states. Read More »
Trump says he'll maintain some troops in Syria, media says 400 ‘peacekeepers’ to stay
February 23, 2019 at 08:16 PM
The US plans to keep a total of 400 troops in Syria, half in the Kurd-held northern part of the country and half at the southeastern border, at Al-Tanf base, a media report says citing an administration official. Read More »
Moscow: US Goal is to Split Syria and Create Quasi-State on Euphrates West Bank
February 21, 2019 at 11:34 AM
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov addressed the situation in Syria amid the US' announced troop pull out, warning Washington and its allies against non-legitimate steps in the region. Read More »
‘We Are Equal’: Trans Woman Running For Prime Minister of Thailand
February 21, 2019 at 11:30 AM
Pauline Ngarmpring, well known in Thailand’s soccer sphere, now wants to become the country’s first transgender prime minister. Ngarmpring is skeptical about her prospects for victory, but says the important thing is the campaign itself. Read More »
Pentagon Does Not Confirm Plan to Pull Out From Syria Through Iraq by April 1
February 21, 2019 at 09:21 AM
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - A Pentagon spokesperson did not confirm an Iraqi official's statement that the United States will withdraw its forces from Syria through Iraqi territory by April 1. Read More »
Netanyahu Admits to Shelling Syria, Vows to Do 'Whatever is Needed' Against Iran
February 18, 2019 at 12:04 PM
On Monday, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported that Israeli tank shells had hit a demolished hospital and an observation post in Quneitra province in southern Syria near the border with Israel and that no one was hurt in the shelling. Read More »
There are no independent countries in the world, Putin says
February 18, 2019 at 09:41 AM
Europe can’t oppose the US deployment of missiles, even if it is contrary to their interests, because no country can be truly independent these days, Vladimir Putin believes. Read More »
Israel and Arab nations discuss 'common interests of war with Iran' - Netanyahu
February 14, 2019 at 11:42 AM
Israel and Arab countries are in talks “in order to advance the common interest of war with Iran”, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said, although the translation from Hebrew was later downgrade to mere “struggle.” Read More »
Trump says he found $23 billion for Wall from ‘other sources’
February 14, 2019 at 09:11 AM
Unfazed by a congressional deal giving him only $1.3 billion for a barrier on the US-Mexico border, President Donald Trump is saying he found twenty times that much for overall border security “from other sources.” Read More »
