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Trump: I'm reversing North Korea sanctions imposed by Treasury

Islam Times - US President Donald Trump has said he is ordering the reversal of recently announced North Korea-related sanctions imposed by the Treasury Department.

Druze demonstrators in the Golan Heights wave Syrian and Druze flags as they gather in front of a portrait of Syrian President Bashar Assad during a protest against US President Donald Trump, in the town of Majdal Shams, on March 23, 2019. (Photo by AFP)

25 Mar 2019 10:16

Druze in Golan rap Trump's Israeli ‘sovereignty’ comment

Islam Times - Hundreds of Druze demonstrators have gathered in the Golan Heights to protest against US President Donald Trump’s widely-condemned assertion that Washington should recognize the Israeli-occupied part of the Syrian heights as Israeli territory....

25 Mar 2019 10:14

Italy endorses China's new Silk Road plan despite US warnings

Islam Times - Italy has joined China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), an international infrastructure plan, dismissing calls from the United States to shun the project.

Men are standing over the bodies of people they said were killed during US airstrikes in Kunduz Province, Afghanistan, on March 23, 2019. (Photo by AP)

25 Mar 2019 07:08

US airstrike kills 14 members of one family in Afghanistan

Islam Times - The United States has carried out airstrikes in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province after a fatal insider attack, leaving at least 14 civilians dead, mostly women and children.

This US Navy photo obtained January 21, 2019 shows the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74)(L) the Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Ballarat (FFH 155), and the guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53(R), sailing in formation as a C-2A Greyhound, assigned to Fleet Logistics Combat Support Squadron (VRC) 30, detachment 4, conducts a flyover in the Persian Gulf, January 16, 2019, during exercise Intrepid Sentinel.

25 Mar 2019 07:06

Wary of Iran’s missiles, US strikes port deal with Oman

Islam Times - The United States has struck a strategic port deal with Oman in an attempt to get better access to the Persian Gulf region and avoid sending ships through the Strait of Hormuz, a maritime choke point that Iran could easily block using its ...

British Prime Minister Theresa May leaves a press conference on March 22, 2019, on the first day of an EU summit focused on Brexit, in Brussels.

25 Mar 2019 07:03

UK PM ministers planning to topple her in days over Brexit chaos

Islam Times - A number of UK Prime Minister Theresa May's top ministers are reportedly set to topple her within the next few days due to her inability to get parliamentary support for a Brexit agreement with the European Union (EU) weeks before the deadline ...

Hezbollah fighters hold their party flags and stand next to a portrait which shows their slain top commander Imad Mughniyeh, as they attend a rally to commemorate Mughniyeh and two other leaders, Abbas Musawi and Ragheb Harb, in the Shiite suburb of Beirut, Feb. 22, 2008.

25 Mar 2019 06:46

US is mad because Hezbollah resists against its plots for region, Iran says

Islam Times - Iran has rejected as “provocative, meddlesome, and undiplomatic” the latest remarks made by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo against the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses supporters on stage during a campaign rally of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Istanbul on March 24, 2019, ahead of the March 31 local elections. (Photo by AFP)

25 Mar 2019 06:40

Turkish president vows to take issue of occupied Golan Heights to UN

Islam Times - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to take to the UN the issue of the Israeli regime’s claim over the occupied Golan Heights, as the US president is to recognize Tel Aviv’s sovereignty over the Syrian territory.

Serbian men hold a poster with pictures of victims of the 1999 NATO air campaign against Serbia and Montenegro, on March 24, 2019 in the town of Nis. Serbia marks on March 24, 2019 the 20th anniversary since NATO launched an air war to stop the crackdown on independence-seeking Kosovo by the regime of strongman Slobodan Milosevic. (AFP)

25 Mar 2019 06:38

Serbia: Anti-NATO protest held on 20th anniv. of NATO bombing

Islam Times - Hundreds of people gathered for an anti-NATO protest in Belgrade on Sunday, as the country marked the 20th anniversary of the NATO-led bombing campaign against Yugoslavia in 1999.

25 Mar 2019 06:36

Palestine: Night-time protests ignite along Gaza border

Islam Times - Palestinian demonstrators returned to the Israel-Gaza border late on Sunday for night-time protests organized by the so-called "confusion units."

Special counsel Robert Mueller walks with his wife Ann Mueller on March 24, 2019 in Washington, DC. (AFP photos)

25 Mar 2019 05:40

Mueller issues equivocal report, concludes Russia probe

Islam Times - Special counsel Robert Mueller’s findings have failed to implicate US President Donald Trump in collusion with Russia during the 2016 presidential campaigning.

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, center, walks along with his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan and other officials after arrival at Nur Khan Airbase Rawalpindi on March 21, 2019.

25 Mar 2019 04:49

Malaysian PM Mahathir: Israel ‘a state of robbers’

Islam Times - Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has dubbed Israel as “a state of robbers”, saying his country enjoys friendly relations with every country in the world except Israel.

A Palestinian protester uses a slingshot to hurl objects during clashes with Israeli forces across the so-called border fence separating the Gaza Strip from the occupied Palestinian territories on March 22, 2019. (Photo by AFP)

25 Mar 2019 04:46

Trump's Golan remarks only bolster resistance against Israel, supporters: Iran official

Islam Times - US President Donald Trump has only made the resistance front more resolute against the Israeli regime and its supporters following his remarks in recognition of Israel's "sovereignty" over the occupied Golan Heights, says a senior advisor ...

Tribal gunmen loyal to the Houthi Ansarullah movement fighting a Saudi-led war protest with their weapons during a gathering in the capital Sana

25 Mar 2019 04:44

UK’s secret war: British commandos wounded in Yemen

Islam Times - A number of elite British commandos have sustained injuries in direct gunfights with Yemeni forces as part of what appears to be a secretive UK military campaign in Yemen, a new report says, adding a major twist to London’s involvement ...

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 22, 2019. (AFP photo)

25 Mar 2019 04:35

Trump on track for landslide victory in 2020 election

Islam Times - US President Donald Trump could sail to victory in the 2020 presidential elections despite historically low approval ratings and poor public support for his so-called America First agenda, according to multiple economic models.

US army soldiers walk as a NATO helicopter flies overhead at coalition force Forward Operating Base (FOB) Connelly in the Khogyani district in the eastern province of Nangarhar, Afghanistan, August 12, 2015. (Photo by AFP)

22 Mar 2019 17:35

Two US soldiers killed during operation in Afghanistan

Islam Times - Two US soldiers have been killed during an operation in Afghanistan, bringing the tally of US fatalities to at least four this year in the country.

A family reacts inside an ambulance after they lost a member after multiple explosions in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 21, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)

22 Mar 2019 17:32

Daesh will never attain 'ominous' goals: Iran

Islam Times - Iran has condemned several explosions claimed by the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in the Afghan capital of Kabul during celebrations to mark Nowruz, the start of the Persian New Year, expressing confidence that the terrorists will never ...