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President Barack Obama on Thursday called for retaliation against Russia for the hacking of Democratic National Committee emails that federal authorities believe was meant to sway the presidential election in President-elect Donald Trump’s favor. “I think there is no doubt that when any foreign government tries to impact the integrity …

New York  – Russian President Vladimir Putin topped the charts most influential figures in the world for four consecutive years through the recent list issued by the US business magazine, Forbes. Guardian reported the news portal, will be President of the United States (US), Donald Trump was upset when she …

ALEPPO – Muslim world to protest the atrocities committed against the Syrian people when the convoy to evacuate civilians and wounded rebel army still attacked even though a ceasefire has been reached. The leader of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani was among the first to express his sympathy to announce …

Washington – China has completed all seven artificial islands in the South China Sea as antiaircraft defense system and anti-missile, according to the think tank the United States (US) based on recent satellite images. Maritime Asia Transparency Initiative (MTI) at the Center for Strategic Studies said they also detected the …

Thursday, 15 December 2016 ALMATY – Turkmen President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov’s Democratic Party has nominated him as a candidate in the February 2017 election. He is widely expected to secure a third term in office. Berdymukhamedov has run the gas-rich nation of 5 million people since 2006, succeeding president-for-life Saparmurat Niyazov …

Thursday, 15 December 2016 JAKARTA: A 27-year-old Indonesian woman arrested for allegedly planning to mount a suicide-bomb attack on the presidential palace in Jakarta had worked in Singapore as a maid. Dian Yulia Novi said she was first exposed to radical Islam through Facebook, while working as a maid. The …

Thursday, 15 December 2016 BEIJING: China has warned Taiwan that declaring independence would be a “dead end”, after the island’s democratically-elected president phoned Donald Trump in a precedent-breaking move. According to a briefing by Taiwan Affairs Office spokesman, Beijing’s stance of opposing and blocking “Taiwan independence splittism” is “firm and unmovable”. …

Thursday, 15 December 2016 Tokyo: The US Marines suspended their controversial Osprey flights in Japan as anger mounts over an accident that saw the aircraft apparently crash land off the southern island of Okinawa. Five crew members aboard the MV-22 Osprey were injured late Tuesday when the tilt-rotor aircraft suffered …

Thursday, 15 December 2016 A terror attack in Jakarta, Indonesia, has been thwarted as police thwart a suspected bomb attack on the presidential palace. These arrests are the latest in a security crackfrown before the New Year holiday season and come as fears have been heightened or a rise in …

Harare – Zimbabwe’s ruling party says the country’s 92-year-old president, Robert Mugabe, is certain to be endorsed as the party’s presidential candidate for elections in 2018. Ignatius Chombo, secretary for administration of the Zanu-PF party, said on Wednesday that Mugabe will get the endorsement at the party’s annual conference this …