Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto on Saturday that ditching neutrality and joining NATO would be a mistake that could damage relations between their two countries, the Kremlin said. The two countries said their presidents spoke by phone two days after Finland declared its intention to …

Iraqi warplanes bombed a cave used as a hideout by ISIS militants in Qara Gogh, northern Nineveh, the Security Media Cell (SMC) reported on Saturday. The SMC said that the Iraqi F-16 fighter jets carried out four airstrikes on the cave sheltering members of the extremist group. The attack was …

The Pentagon said that Congress must pass a pending $40 billion Ukraine aid package by Thursday to avoid interrupting US weapons shipments to the Kiev government in its war with Russia.

ISIS on Saturday claimed responsibility for a deadly attack that killed five Egyptian soldiers in the country’s Sinai peninsula on Wednesday, the group said on its Telegram channel. Four others were injured when armed men opened fire early on May 11 at a security post on the coast of northeastern …

The UAE’s Federal Supreme Council has elected Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan as the President of the UAE, the Emirates News Agency WAM reported on Saturday. It makes 61-year-old Sheikh Mohamed the third President of the UAE. Dubai Ruler and Prime Minister of the UAE …

Iraqi authorities have exhumed the remains of 15 people from a mass grave believed to hold dozens more likely killed under former president Saddam Hussein, an official said Saturday.

Diplomats from the Group of Seven (G7) countries threaten to reinforce economic and political pressure on Russia and continue supplying weapons to Kiev as the conflict in Ukraine grinds into its third month with no solution on the horizon.

Thousands of people from all walks of life have staged a mass rally in the United Kingdom to commemorate the 74th anniversary of the ‘Nakba,’ or Catastrophe when more than 700,000 Palestinians were forcibly driven from their homes as Israel proclaimed its illegal existence in 1948. People gathered in front …