31 March 2017 IHS Jane's Defence Weekly Turkish prime minister Binali Yildirim has announced that Operation 'Euphrates Shield' in Syria has come to an end. "If a threat comes, Turkey can initiate more cross border operations but under a different name," he said in an interview with Turkey's NTV news channel on 29 March. He...

02 April 2017 (AFP) President Donald Trump of United States of America warned in an interview published Sunday that the United States is prepared to act unilaterally to deal with North Korea's nuclear program if China proves unwilling to help. “Well, if China is not going to solve North Korea, we will. That is all...

Doha 04 April 2017 (QNA) The Foreign Ministry's Diplomatic Institute held a symposium on the relations between Qatar and South Africa, during which Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa Shirish Soni delivered a lecture. The symposium was attended by a number of diplomats and staff of the Foreign Ministry. Ambassador touched on the history...

Doha 3rd April 2017 (NHRC) Mrs. Maryam Bint Abdullah Al-Attiyah, Secretary-General of the National Commission for Human Rights stressed the need to consolidate the foundations of security and stability for the integrity of systems and the establishment of the economy, pointing out that security is the first priority of the individual and the supreme interest...

Moscow, Russia 03 April 2017 (TASS) According to latest reports, ten people were killed by an explosion inside a metro train at the Sennaya Square station in St. Petersburg, emergency services told TASS. According to a source, an unidentified device exploded in a train car. Evacuation of people from St. Petersburg’s metro after an explosion...

Manila 01 April 2017 (PNA) The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Office of the Executive Secretary are now working hand-in-hand to explore a new name for Benham Rise. The DFA confirmed that they were instructed by President Rodrigo Duterte to suggest in renaming Benham Rise on Saturday. The DFA initially said that the...

DAVAO City, Philippines 03 Apr 2017 Daily 'The Philippine Star' Ranking officials of an Indonesian state shipbuilder were reportedly apprehended before the weekend by anti-corruption authorities over a bribery case involving the sale of two warships to the Philippine Navy worth at least P4 billion. PT. PAL Indonesia president director Firmansyah Arifin and corporate secretary...

BOGOTA (Reuters) 02 Apr 2017 A landslide in Colombia's southwestern border province of Putumayo sent mud and debris crashing onto houses overnight, killing at least 154 people and injuring scores, officials said on Saturday. Heavy rains caused several rivers to overflow, pushing sediment and rocks onto buildings and roads in the provincial capital of Mocoa...

Istanbul 01 April 2017 (QNA) 'Absence of women from humanitarian work can actually compound disasters, especially for struck women and children' Sheikha Hessa bint Khalifa bin Ahmed Al-Thani, Special Envoy of the Arab League Secretary General said today. She was addressing at the opening of a two days long int'l conference held in Istanbul on...

Yahoo News 01 April 2017 On Friday, President Trump was scheduled to sign executive orders in front of a press gaggle. Instead of actually signing the orders, Trump seems to have gotten a little bit cranky and walked straight out of the signing ceremony, leaving the orders unsigned. Trump didn't even respond to Vice President...