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Kim Il-sung Square and government building decorated with national flag of Democratic People's Republic of Korea in central Pyongyang.(Shutterstock/ File Photo)

December 13th, 2018 - 04:00 GMT

Sally Shakkour

U.S. Adds N. Korea, China, Myanmar, Pakistan on Violating Religious Freedom List

The United States has designated North Korea, China, Myanmar, Pakistan, and six other countries violators of religious freedom.

Defense Secretary James Mattis with Qatar's emir Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani. (AFP/ File Photo)

April 11th, 2018 - 05:00 GMT

State Department Approves Weapons System Sale to Qatar After Emir's Visit

Victims of toxic gas attack by allegedly pro-government forces in the Damascus suburb of Ghouta. (AFP/ File Photo)

April 11th, 2018 - 07:17 GMT

Chemical Weapons Definitely Used in Syria Attack, U.S. has 'Own Mechanisms' to Probe

Qatari army forces during military parade (AFP/File Photo)

April 10th, 2018 - 12:56 GMT

U.S. Approves $300 M Sale of Guided Missiles to Qatar

USAID, sometimes aid tends to go to wrong places (AFP/File Photo)

April 4th, 2018 - 10:04 GMT

Norwegian NGO Supports Terrorist Organization with USAID Money

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to a crowd gathered at the Local 18 Richfield Facility of the Operating Engineers Apprentice and Training, a union and apprentice training center specializing in the repair and operation of heavy equipment on Mar. 29, 2018 in Richfield, Ohio. President Trump's remarks centered upon infrastructure investment in the economy and labor statistics.
(JEFF SWENSEN / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)

March 30th, 2018 - 09:02 GMT

Trump: US Leaving Syria 'Very Soon'

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (AFP/File Photo)

March 28th, 2018 - 08:09 GMT

US Official to Visit Turkey and Iraq

The three arms sales deals which worth over $1 billion amid Saudi Arabia and the United States is estimated to make the KSA militant the most powerful ally in the region. (AFP/ File Photo)

March 27th, 2018 - 09:20 GMT

3 Arms Deals Worth Over $1 Billion Made a Day After Bin Salman's Visit to White House

Scene of the attack (AFP/File Photo)

March 25th, 2018 - 12:02 GMT

'Not the End of the Process': Father of US Veteran Killed by Palestinian Assailant

US President Donald Trump is considering expelling a group of Russian diplomats from the United States over the poisoning of a former Russian double agent in Britain issue. (AFP/ File Photo)

March 25th, 2018 - 07:34 GMT

US President Considers Expelling 20 Russian Diplomats

Soldiers from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force set up PAC-3 surface-to-air missile launch systems during a temporary deployment drill at Yokota Air Base, the United States Air Force base in Fussa, in western Tokyo, on August 29, 2017. (AFP/ File Photo)

March 21st, 2018 - 03:10 GMT

Lavrov: US Missile Deployment in Japan Directly Affects Russia’s Security Interests

Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump has debated the possibility of a coming meeting. (AFP/ File Photo)

March 21st, 2018 - 07:54 GMT

Trump Congratulates Putin on Election Win, Discuss Meeting

The war in Yemen has killed more than 6,000 people, half of them civilians (AFP/File Photo)

March 20th, 2018 - 09:12 GMT

US Senate to Vote on Whether to End the US Involvement in Yemen War