POLITICS
Trump orders top US diplomats to leave
The new administration of US President Donald Trump has told four top State Department officials that their services were no longer required.
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Poland, Lithuania won’t host new CIA 'black sites'
Poland and Lithuania have announced that they won't host any new secret CIA jails.
INTERVIEWS
‘US uses torture to terrorize people’
“The main reason America uses torture is not to get information, it’s for control, it’s to scare people, it’s to terrorize people," says Stephen Lendman.
FOREIGN POLICY
Days of US, UK interventionist policy over: May
"The days of Britain and America intervening in sovereign countries in an attempt to remake the world in our own image are over," Theresa May says.
YEMEN
Yemeni snipers shoot dead two Saudi troopers
Yemeni soldiers and their allied fighters have shot and killed two Saudi soldiers in two separate retaliatory attacks in the kingdom's southwestern border region of Najran.
FOREIGN POLICY
Mexico president cancels meeting with Trump
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has canceled a scheduled meeting with US President Donald Trump.
CULTURE
Iran actress boycotts Oscars over Trump ‘racist’ plan
‘Trump’s visa ban for Iranians and others is a racist move and unacceptable', Taraneh Alidoosti tweets.
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Gambia’s new president returns home
Adama Barrow is back in The Gambia to take office after his predecessor agreed to hand over power and went into exile.
EGYPT
Egypt bans overseas travel for rights lawyer
The Egyptian lawmakers have recently passed a new law that puts heavy restrictions on non-governmental organizations.
FOREIGN POLICY
UK signals shift in policy on Syria's Assad
Britain accepts that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should be allowed to run for re-election in the event of a peace deal in Syria, UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has said.
SAUDI ARABIA
Saudi court drops case on Mecca crane crash
The criminal court in Mecca says it has no jurisdiction over the case of a 2015 crane crash that killed 100 pilgrims in Grand Mosque.
EU
Austria gets new president amid far-right fears
The professorial Van der Bellen was sworn in Thursday, vowing that he would do his best to implement Austria’s constitution.
PALESTINE
Israel okays 153 more settler units amid US silence
In a blatant violation of a UN anti-settlement resolution, Tel Aviv approves the construction of 153 more illegal settler units in the occupied territories.
PALESTINE
Water shortage worsening in besieged Gaza
Rebhy Al-Sheikh, the deputy chairman of the Palestinian Water Authority, says over 90 percent of the water in the aquifer in Gaza is unfit for domestic use.
POLITICS
Trump voices support for torture, waterboarding
US President Donald Trump has said he believes waterboarding ‘absolutely’ works.
TURKEY
Greek court blocks extradition of Turkish officers
The Supreme Court in Greece rejected Ankara's request to extradite eight Turkish servicemen over their alleged role in the failed coup last July.
SOCIETY
UK govt. alarmed by poor NHS service
The response time by NHS ambulance services is “getting worse,” according to a UK government watchdog.
POLITICS
Syria, Iran urge ceasefire reinforcement
Tehran and Damascus say a successful truce could pave the way for the restoration of permanent peace to Syria.
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