Saudi Arabia is prepared to deploy ground troops to Syria to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) if US-led coalition leaders agree to the offer. Saudi’s air force has targeted ISIL with air strikes since the campaign began in Syria in September 2014, but the Gulf[…]
At a memorial for her Jewish mother who died in 2012, Tami Gold put a white scarf she bought in Palestine on the gravestone, closing her eyes and singing John Lennon’s Imagine. It had been the favourite song of her mother – an opponent of Israel’s occupation of Palestine –[…]
The U.S. Justice Department has begun talks with Mexican authorities about extraditing drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to the United States, a spokesman said on Thursday. Guzman’s extradition to face charges in the United States was discussed on Tuesday at a meeting in Miami between Arely Gomez, Mexico’s attorney[…]
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has ordered an expansion of the country’s ballistic missile development programme, in a move seen as a response to possible new US sanctions against Iranian officials and businesses. In a letter to the defense minister on Thursday, Rouhani said Iran will not accept any limitations on[…]
The United States has delivered a fresh supply of ammunition to Syrian Arab fighters ahead of an expected stiff battle with Islamic State as they push toward the Syrian town of, a key logistics hub for the group, U.S. officials tell Reuters. The munitions were shipped into Syria over land[…]
Two senior U.N. officials said Monday they are “sickened by blatant manifestations of hatred and intolerance” by public figures and others, particularly against Muslims, in response to recent extremist attacks. Adama Dieng, the special adviser on the prevention of genocide, and Jennifer Welsh, the special adviser on the responsibility to[…]
Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump on Monday called for a “total and complete” block on Muslims entering the United States, in the wake of last week’s mass shooting in California by a Muslim couple believed to have been radicalised. A statement from Trump’s campaign team said the halt on Muslims[…]
Brussels will remain under the highest level of alert for another week due to an ongoing “terrorism” threat, but schools and the underground train system could reopen from Wednesday, according to Charles Michel, Belgium’s prime minister. The army and police will continue to be deployed in force and the country[…]
The origin of recent terror attacks can be traced to interventions by the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) in Middle Eastern and North African countries, SA Communist Party (SACP) general secretary Blade Nzimande said on Sunday. “The SACP expresses condolences to the communities who have been[…]
Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard was released on parole from a US prison on Friday after having served 30 years in jail of a life sentence. Pollard, 60, is a former US navy intelligence officer convicted of turning over classified information to Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was quick to[…]
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