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BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — Dozens of rockets were fired from Syria on the Israeli-occupied Golan overnight, a war monitor said Thursday, without confirming Israeli reports they were fired by Iranian forces. “After the first Israeli bombardment on the town of Baath, dozens of rockets were launched from Quneitra and the southwest of the adjacent Damascus countryside on the occupied part of the Golan Heights,” the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. It did not specify […]
ANDREWS AIR FORCE, United States (AFP) — A plane carrying three Americans freed from imprisonment by North Korea arrived near Washington early Thursday. On hand to greet them in the middle of the night at Joint Base Andrews was President Donald Trump, who is preparing for a historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. © Agence France-Presse
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) — At least 27 people died when their homes were swept away after a dam burst in southern Kenya following heavy rains, police said Thursday. The incident in Solai, near the Rift Valley city of Nakuru, occurred Wednesday evening, regional police chief Gideon Kibunjah told AFP by telephone, adding that 36 people had been hospitalized. “The search and rescue exercise is ongoing and more bodies have been retrieved. The death toll is now […]
SEOUL, North Korea (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hailed a planned meeting with US President Donald Trump as a “historic” opportunity during talks with America’s top diplomat Mike Pompeo in Pyongyang, according to state media Thursday. Kim, who is at the center of a whirlwind of diplomacy as the international community looks to curtail the North’s nuclear program, said his summit with Trump “would be a historic meeting” and an “excellent first […]
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) — Iraq, which on May 12 holds its first parliamentary election since declaring victory over the Islamic State group, is oil-rich but has been ravaged by a series of wars since the 1980s. Cradle of civilization During ancient times the lands now comprising Iraq were known as Mesopotamia (“Land Between the Rivers”), a region located between the Tigris and the Euphrates. Its extensive alluvial plains gave rise to some of the world’s […]
DAMASCUS, Syria (AFP) — Israeli missile strikes fired at Syria hit military bases, as well as an arms depot and military radar, Syrian state media said Thursday, without specifying the location. The official SANA news agency added that “dozens of missiles were shot down by anti-aircraft systems in Syrian airspace,” saying a number of missiles had reached their targets. © Agence France-Presse
by Paul HANDLEY Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — CIA nominee director Gina Haspel said Wednesday she would not reinstate the spy agency’s interrogations program even if ordered by President Donald Trump, but expressed no regrets for her part in detainee torture after the September 11, 2001 attacks. Facing opposition over her role at a secret CIA prison in Thailand in 2002 where Al-Qaeda detainees were waterboarded, Haspel made clear she would not […]
TEL AVIV, Israel (AFP) — The state of Israel has become a major power in the Middle East since it declared its birth as a nation 70 years ago. It has fought multiple wars and occupied the West Bank and east Jerusalem, while the Israel-Palestinian peace process has been dead since 2014. Here are some facts about the country. Military powerhouse Israel is considered the leading military power in the Middle East and believed to be […]
ASUNCION, Paraguay (AFP) — Paraguay announced Wednesday that it intends to move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, becoming the third country to do so after the United States and Guatemala. In a brief statement, Paraguay’s foreign ministry said it had “begun the process of executing the presidential decision.” “We are very pleased by the important decision to move the Paraguayan embassy. This decision by (President Horacio) Cartes is fair and brave,” […]
by Anna Malpas © Agence France-Presse MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for talks, after expressing his “deep concern” over US President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal. Netanyahu, who has backed Trump’s decision on Iran, Israel’s arch-foe, said after the meeting that he shared his “views on issues that include Iran’s secret nuclear archive” and the “current tension” with the Russian leader. “I […]
JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) — Iranian forces in Syria have fired around 20 rockets and missiles at Israeli army positions in the part of the Golan Heights occupied by Israel, the Israeli army said early Thursday. The missiles, some of which were intercepted by Israel’s anti-missile system, did not cause any casualties, army spokesman lieutenant-colonel Jonathan Conricus told journalists. He added that the Israeli army responded, but did not explain the nature of the retaliation. The […]
by Andrew Beatty © Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump will greet three Americans released by North Korea at an airbase near Washington Thursday, underscoring a much needed diplomatic win and a stepping stone to a historic summit with Kim Jong Un. Trump will make the short helicopter ride from the White House to Joint Base Andrews to meet Kim Hak-song, Tony Kim and Kim Dong-chul in person, after their […]
