MOSCOW – Russia is not in talks with the Syrian government about supplying advanced S-300 ground-to-air missiles and does not think they are needed, the Izvestia daily cited a top Kremlin aide as saying on Friday, in an apparent U-turn by Moscow. The comments, by Vladimir Kozhin, an aide to President Vladimir Putin who oversees […]

”They’ve been through a lot,” the president said on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland overnight. The three Americans freed from North Korean labor camps waved and smiled as they were greeted by President Donald Trump at a military base near Washington early Thursday. Kim Hak-song, Kim Dong-chul and Kim Sang-duk, who is also known […]

Israel says it has struck almost all of Iran’s military infrastructure inside Syria in its biggest assault since the start of the civil war there. The strikes came after 20 rockets were fired at Israeli military positions in the occupied Golan Heights overnight. Syria’s military said the Israeli “aggression” had killed three people. There was […]

Family members of Tony Kim, one of three Americans reportedly released from North Korea after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit, are thanking God and President Trump for his release, over one year after he was detained. Trump tweeted about the release of the three Americans early Wednesday morning, saying that they “seem to be in good […]

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has addressed US President Donald Trump directly, telling him he “made a mistake” in deciding to leave a multi-country nuclear deal. Mr Khamenei said: “I said from the first day: don’t trust America.” He urged his government to get guarantees from European powers before agreeing to continue with the […]

TOKYO  – Japan and North Korea should begin talks to normalize relations between the two countries and contribute to peace and stability in the region, South Korean President Moon Jae-in told a Japanese newspaper on Tuesday. “In particular, I think dialogue between Japan and North Korea should be resumed,” Moon said in the interview with […]

WASHINGTON — President Trump said Tuesday the United States will withdraw from the Iran nuclear agreement and re-impose sanctions on Iran, a decision likely to anger allies who fear the prospect of a nuclear arms race in the heart of the Middle East. “The Iran deal is defective at its core,” Trump said during a speech at the […]

As Dmitry Medvedev is also confirmed as his prime minister. In the gilded halls of the Grand Kremlin Palace, its construction a nod to the durability of autocracy, Vladimir Putin was on Monday officially returned to the Russian presidency. Hand on the constitution, the fourth-term president, who was first elected in 2000, swore allegiance to his people and country, inspected his presidential […]

A minister in Israel’s security cabinet says it could topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad if he allows Iranian forces to attack Israel from Syria. Yuval Steinitz warned that if there was an attack, Mr Assad “must know that it is his end and the end of his regime”. His comments came amid reports that Israeli […]

China on Friday hit back at French President Emmanuel Macron’s warnings against allowing a single nation to dominate the Indo-Pacific region, where many countries fear Beijing’s growing might. During his visit to Sydney on Wednesday, Macron said that France, India and Australia shared a responsibility to protect the region from “hegemony” — in a remark […]