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Kim Jong Il and Single-Hearted Unity of the DPRK
ILNA:Minju Joson, newspaper of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Sunday carries an article about the feats Chairman of the National Defense Commission Kim Jong Il performed for the unity of the country on the occasion of the day when he started working at the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (19 June 1964).
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Saudi Arabia’s prince says doesn't want war
ILNA:Saudi Arabia’s crown prince blamed Iran for attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman and called on the international community to take a “decisive stand” but said in an interview published on Sunday that the kingdom does not want a war in the region; Reuters reported.
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Trump says 'it doesn't matter' if China's Xi attends G20: Fox News
ILNA:U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday “it doesn’t matter” if Chinese leader Xi Jinping attends the Group of 20 summit later this month in the Japanese city of Osaka, predicting a trade deal with Beijing would occur at some point anyway.
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Turkey says would retaliate against U.S. sanctions over Russian S-400s
ILNA:Turkey will “take reciprocal steps” if the United States imposes sanctions over its purchase of Russian S-400 defenses, the Turkish foreign minister said on Friday, marking the latest step toward a standoff between the NATO allies.
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EU needs to establish a control on borders for migratory flows
ILNA:The objective propagated by the populists was to change the majority of the European Parliament, and they did not succeed, as they themselves knew well from the outset; the realistically pursued objective, trying to put pressure on the public policies adopted so far by the Brussels summits, was probably successful.
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Hong Kong shuts government offices due to mass protests
ILNA:The authorities in Hong Kong on Thursday closed government offices in the heart of the city after mass protests against a controversial extradition bill that would allow extradition of people to the Chinese mainland.
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Biden is capable of beating Trump in 2020 election; Political analyst
ILNA:"Many Republicans do not want to see Donald Trump re-elected in the 2020 presidential election,” Said former Iranian diplomat, Fereydoon Majlesi.
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Envoy says Sudan talks to resume as strike suspended
ILNA:Sudan’s military and opposition groups have agreed to resume talks on the formation of a transitional council, an Ethiopian envoy said on Tuesday, as an opposition alliance said it was suspending its campaign of civil disobedience and strikes.
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British candidates for PM take aim at favorite Johnson
ILNA:A host of candidates to replace Theresa May as British prime minister launched their campaigns on Monday promising to solve the turmoil of Brexit and taking shots at frontrunner Boris Johnson.
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Sudan: 'Several killed' on first day of civil disobedience
ILNA:At least four people were killed as Sudanese security forces moved to quell a civil disobedience campaign launched on Sunday that left streets in the capital Khartoum largely deserted.
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Investigative journalist put under house arrest in Moscow
ILNA:Russian investigative journalist Ivan Golunov was placed under two months’ house arrest in Moscow on Saturday while he is investigated for drug peddling, as a court rejected a request from investigators to hold him in custody.
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Increasing interest in nationalism flows from global capitalism; Adrian Johnston tells ILNA
ILNA:Capitalist globalization has gone sufficiently far now to generate a yet-to-be-resolved conflict between its economic base and the political form of the nation-state. This conflict is another determining factor in nationalism as a highly overdetermined symptom.
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Trump calls off tariffs after Mexico vows to tighten borders
ILNA:The United States and Mexico struck a deal on Friday to avert a tariff war, with Mexico agreeing to rapidly expand a controversial asylum program and deploy security forces to stem the flow of illegal Central American migrants.
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Moscow ready to send more military specialists to Venezuela if needed: RIA
ILNA:Russia is ready to send more military specialists to Venezuela if needed, Russia’s foreign ministry said according to state news agency RIA.
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Supposedly executed former North Korean nuclear envoy is alive: CNN
ILNA:North Korea’s nuclear envoy, who a South Korean newspaper said last week had been executed, is alive but in custody and under investigation for his role in a failed summit with the United States, CNN reported on Tuesday.
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Donald Trump wades into Britain's Brexit crisis
ILNA:U.S. President Donald Trump arrives in Britain on Monday on a state visit laden with diplomatic peril, having already humiliated outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May over Brexit and challenged her to be tougher in dealing with China’s Huawei.
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Mecca summit hits out at US Jerusalem move
ILNA:Political leaders and heads of state from Islamic nations have condemned countries that have made the "illegal and irresponsible decision" to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel; Aljazeera reported.
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U.S. won't 'tiptoe' around China with Asia stability at threat: defense chief
ILNA:The United States will no longer “tiptoe” around Chinese behavior in Asia, with stability in the region at threat on issues ranging from the South China Sea to Taiwan, acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said on Saturday.
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French minister urges Saudi and UAE to end war in Yemen
ILNA:French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Tuesday reiterated calls for Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to end a conflict in Yemen that he described as a “dirty war”.
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U.S. and Turkey escalate feud over S-400 systems; Ilter Turan
ILNA:“The US objection to Turkey regarding the purchase of Russian-made S-400 systems has a political and security basis,” said Ilter Turan, a professor of international relations at Bilgi University in Istanbul.
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EU leaders agree to pick new 'Mr or Ms Europe' next month
ILNA:European Union leaders engaged in a first skirmish on Tuesday over who should become the next chief of the European Commission, giving themselves a short deadline to agree on the bloc’s top jobs and a target of assigning half of them to women.
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Trump expects Japan's military to reinforce United States in Asia and beyond
ILNA:U.S. President Donald Trump expects that Japan’s military will reinforce U.S. forces throughout Asia and elsewhere, he said on Tuesday, as the key U.S. ally upgrades the ability of its forces to operate further from its shores.
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North Korean missile test violated U.N. resolution, says Bolton
ILNA:U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton said on Saturday North Korea’s recent missile launches violated a U.N. Security Council resolution and urged leader Kim Jong Un to return to denuclearization talks.
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Theresa May announces resignation amid Brexit chaos
ILNA:Theresa May has announced her resignation as the Conservative leader, and eventually as the prime minister of the United Kingdom, after weeks of deadlock and chaos surrounding several failed attempts to push her European Union Withdrawal Agreement through parliament.
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Risk of nuclear war now highest since WW2, U.N. arms research chief says
ILNA:The risk of nuclear weapons being used is at its highest since World War Two, a senior U.N. security expert said on Tuesday, calling it an “urgent” issue that the world should take more seriously.
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Venezuela's Maduro proposes early elections for opposition-run congress
ILNA:Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday proposed early elections for the National Assembly, which is headed by opposition leader Juan Guaido and is the sole body recognized as democratically legitimate by most Western nations.
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Russia tries to weaken EU in order to level competitive field for itself; Igor Lukes
ILNA:"A large percentage of Europeans feel helpless and abandoned in the new economy. They see fast trains full of prosperous people leaving, while they are left behind on the platform," Professor of International Relations told ILNA.
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U.S. to encourage investment in Palestinians as first part of peace plan
ILNA:The White House will unveil the first part of President Donald Trump’s long-awaited Israeli-Palestinian peace plan when it holds an international conference in Bahrain in late June to encourage investment in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, senior U.S. officials said on Sunday.
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Australia's conservative government revels in 'miracle' re-election
ILNA:Australia’s conservative government celebrated on Sunday its surprise election victory that defied years of unfavorable opinion polls, with U.S. and Israeli leaders welcoming Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s return to office.
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Syria bombings: UN says 'worst fears are coming true' in Idlib
ILNA:The United Nations has warned of a humanitarian crisis unfolding in Syria's northwest province of Idlib, as Western powers challenged Syria and its ally Russia to provide assurances that attacks on hospitals and schools would stop.
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Britain's Brexit talks collapse as May's premiership crumbles
ILNA:Britain’s tumultuous divorce from the European Union was again in disarray on Friday after the opposition Labour Party declared last-ditch talks dead due to Prime Minister Theresa May’s crumbling government.
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Putin says he senses Trump genuinely wants to repair U.S.- Russia ties
ILNA:President Vladimir Putin told U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday that he sensed that U.S. President Donald Trump genuinely wanted to repair battered relations between Russia and the United States.
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After U.S withdrawal the talk with the Afghan will be start; Taliban spokesman told ILNA
ILNA:After United States withdraws from Afghanistan, we negotiate with the Afghan government, Suhail Shaheen, a Taliban spokesman told ILNA news agency.
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Erdogan tells Putin: Syria targeting Turkish-Russian ties by ceasefire violations in Idlib
ILNA:Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that the Syria government targeted the Turkish-Russian cooperation in Idlib by violating the agreed ceasefire, a statement from Erdogan’s office said.
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UAE says four vessels subjected to 'sabotage' near Fujairah port; Reuters
ILNA:Four commercial vessels were targeted by “sabotage operations” near the territorial waters of the United Arab Emirates without causing casualties, the foreign ministry said on Sunday, without giving details of the nature of the sabotage.
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Gunmen storm five-star hotel in Pakistan, killing at least one
ILNA:Gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in Pakistan’s southwestern port city of Gwadar on Saturday, killing at least one guard and battling security forces inside, officials and the army said.
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UN: Yemen's Houthis to withdraw from Hodeidah port
ILNA:Yemen's Houthi group has unilaterally agreed to withdraw forces from three key ports, the United Nations said on Friday, a move needed to pave the way for political negotiations to end the country's four-year war.
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Pompeo briefs Iraqi leaders on U.S. security concerns
ILNA:U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made an unannounced visit to Baghdad on Tuesday and met with Iraq’s prime minister and other top officials to discuss the safety of Americans in Iraq and explain U.S. security concerns amid rising Iranian activity.
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Reuters journalists Wa Lone, Kyaw Soe Oo freed from Myanmar jail
ILNA:Two journalists of Reuters news agency, jailed in Myanmar after being convicted of breaking the Official Secrets Act, have been freed after more than 500 days behind bars.
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US-Taliban peace talks have not stopped; Taliban spokesman told ILNA
ILNA:Talks between the Taliban and the US have not stopped, Suhail Shaheen, a Taliban spokesman told ILNA news agency on Sunday.