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PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron said that he will meet with the United States President Donald Trump ahead of the NATO Meeting in London on 3-4 December. Macron tweeted that on Monday night he had an “excellent discussion” with Trump about Syria, Iran and the alliance with the NATO …

BRUSSELS – France, Germany, Britain and the European Union said Tuesday that they are “extremely concerned” about Iran’s renewed uranium enrichment activities and what they call “regrettable acceleration of Iran’s disengagement” from commitments it made under the 2015 agreement regarding the country’s nuclear program. In a joint statement released Monday, …

KABUL – A quarterly report by the United States Special Inspector to Afghanistan, or SIGAR, released on Oct. 30, reveals that the US provided up to $7.9 billion to support and develop the Afghan Air Force, or AFF, between 2010 to 2019. The report says $1.7 billion of the total …

WASHINGTON – With data on two Al-Qaeda members in the Arabian Peninsula, the United States offered a reward of up to $10 million. The US State Department said it would pay up to $6 million for Saad bin Atef Al Awlaki, head of the operations of the terrorist group in …

XINGTAI, CHINA – Nine people, one with a suspended death sentence, were imprisoned by a Chinese court on Thursday for smuggling fentanyl into the United States, saying that this was the first such case on which the two countries worked together. China faced US criticism for not doing enough to …

TEHRAN – Iran has declared that it will take the next step, step by step, to move away from its historic nuclear deal by injecting gas at its Fordow fuel enrichment plant into 1,044 centrifuges. Previously, the centrifuges spun blank under the terms of the 2015 agreement, when Iran agreed …

SEOUL – North Korea on Tuesday lashed out at the United States for mentioning Pyongyang in its annual report on state sponsors of terrorism, saying the report is an example of Washington’s “hostile policy” that is limiting chances for dialogue. The US State Department on Friday published its 2018 Country …

WASHINGTON – The United States announced on Monday a new set of economic sanctions targeting key aid to Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Speaking to journalists on Monday, a senior U.S. official described Iran’s “so-called democracy” as a “sham.” “The power in Iran is not held by elected officials …

WASHINGTON – The US said it imposed sanctions on the Iranian construction sector and trade in four materials used in its military and nuclear programs on Thursday, even as it suspended sanctions to allow foreign companies to pursue non-proliferation work in Iran, reports Reuters. The decisions announced by the US …

WASHINGTON – Less than a week after Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died during a secretive US forces raid on a compound in north-western Syria, the general who conducted the mission said despite his death, the terrorist organization is still dangerous. Gen. Kenneth McKenzie Jr., the commander of the …