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Trump Says Open to Hearing Rouhani’s Peace Initiative at UN

US President Donald Trump said he is open to hearing Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s “Hormuz Peace Initiative” at the UN General Assembly in New York. “I’m always open. I have no plans to meet with them, but I’m always open,” Trump said Sunday in Houston, when asked if he was ...

4 hours ago

Europe

Two People Slightly Injured After Shooting in Lyon, France: Reports

At the moment, there is no official information about any casualties. A French police special unit RAID has been spotted near the site of the incident. According to preliminary reports, a person has barricaded a flat on Avenue Maréchal de Saxe & Rue Paul Bert after shooting at bystanders. According ...

3 days ago

Americas

Trump Got ‘Played’ By Netanyahu, Israeli Officials: Tillerson

Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that Israeli officials “played” Donald Trump during talks, using “misinformation” to manipulate the president. He warned that a “healthy amount of skepticism” is necessary when dealing with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “They did that with the president on a couple of occasions, to ...

3 days ago

Americas

US Favors ‘Peaceful Resolution’ to Saudi Crisis: Pompeo

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said the United States prefers a peaceful resolution to the crisis sparked by the recent attacks on Saudi Arabia’s state-run oil company. “We’d like a peaceful resolution,” Pompeo said on Thursday in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, where he held ...

3 days ago

Americas

Trump Names Hostage Negotiator Robert O’Brien New National Security Advisor

US President Donald Trump announced plans to name U.S. hostage negotiator Robert O’Brien to replace John Bolton as his national security adviser. “I am pleased to announce that I will name Robert C. O’Brien, currently serving as the very successful Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs at the State Department, ...

5 days ago

Live News

Suicide Bomber Detonates inside Gov’t Building in East Afghanistan

A suicide bomber detonated inside a government building in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, a provincial official said, with casualties feared in the latest violence to hit the war-torn country. Witnesses and an AFP reporter also described hearing gunshots immediately after the blast at the electronic identification registration center in Jalalabad, ...

5 days ago

Americas

CIA director Mike Pompeo, who was picked by President Donald Trump to lead US foreign policy

Pompeo Visits Saudi Arabia, UAE

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was to fly to Saudi Arabia Tuesday to discuss “possible retaliation” after Washington said it had “proof” that attacks on Saudi oil installations allegedly originated in Iran. Vice President Mike Pence announced that Pompeo was on his way to Saudi Arabia to “discuss our ...

5 days ago

Live News

Blast in Afghan capital, Kabul (archive)

Blast Outside President Rally in Central Afghanistan Kills at Least 24

A suicide bomber killed at least 24 people outside a campaign rally for Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Tuesday, less than two weeks ahead of elections which the Taliban have vowed to disrupt. A further 32 people were wounded, Parwan hospital director Dr Abdul Qasim Sangin told AFP, adding: “The toll ...

6 days ago

Americas

Trump: Saudis Have to Pay if US Launches Military Action against Iran

President Donald Trump told reporters Monday that “it’s looking like” Iran was behind this weekend’s attack on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia but suggested it was “too early to say for sure”. He also said he was “not looking to get into new conflict, but sometimes you have to.” “Well, ...

6 days ago

Middle East

China: US Accusations of Iran Involvement Irresponsible

China’s Foreign Ministry has censured as “irresponsible” the US accusations that Iran was behind the recent attacks on Saudi Arabia’s key oil installations. “Pondering who is to blame in the absence of a conclusive investigation, I think, is in itself not very responsible,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at ...

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