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After latest threats from North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho against Trump at the UN, US president says Ri and Kim Jong Un 'won't be around much longer' if they continue threatening the US. US President Donald Trump said on Twitter on Saturday North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho and leader Kim Jong Un "won't be around much longer" if Ri echoed the thoughts of "Little Rocket Man," an apparent reference to Kim. Ri told the United Nations General Assembly earlier on Saturday that targeting the US mainland with its rockets was inevitable after "Mr Evil President" Trump called Pyongyang's leader "rocket man." "Just heard Foreign Minister of North Korea speak at UN If he echoes thoughts of Little Rocket Man, they won't be around much longer!" Trump tweeted. Kim and Trump (Photo: AFP) Trump and Kim have traded increasingly threatening and personal insults

Ankara continues exerting pressure on the Kurds in hope of cancelling referendum in northern Iraq in two days; Turkish military conducts large-scale drill on Iraqi border, while parliament extended mandate to send Turkish troops to Iraq; Turkish PM says not ruling out military operation in Iraq. ISTANBUL/BAGHDAD - Turkey's parliament voted on Saturday to extend by a year a mandate authorizing the deployment of Turkish troops in Iraq and Syria, stepping up pressure against an independence referendum in northern Iraq's Kurdish region in two days' time.     Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Turkey would take security, economic and political steps in response to the referendum, which President Tayyip Erdogan's spokesman described as a "terrible mistake" that would trigger new regional crises. The United States and other Western powers have, like Turkey, urged authorities in the semi-autonomous Iraqi region to

On Saturday, Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani said at an event in the Council on Foreign Relations in the US that Pakistan and the Taliban are responsible for the ongoing war in Afghanistan. “What would you like us to do when the capital of the country is attacked and every single civilian space is attacked, every mosque is attacked; should we hold our hands behind our back and offer surrender? We are not responsible for this war; the Taliban are. Let’s understand who is responsible for elevation of military use of force,” Ghani said at the event. Furthermore, Ghani argued that Pakistani government refused many peace proposals during previous negotiations. However, Gahni stressed that Afghanistan is still willing to negotiate with Pakistan to solve their disagreements. Ghani statement against Pakistan can be considered as an extension of statements of the US administration that accused Pakistan of hiding the Taliban leadership, and aiding its activities in Afghanistan.

AA Photo On Saturday, the Turkish Parliament voted for a motion to extend approval for the deployment of Turkish troops in Iraq and Syria for another year. The decision was made in an extraordinary session and came ahead of an independence referendum (scheduled for September 25) in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region and the nearby areas held by Peshmerga forces, a military force of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). The motion said that Turkey evaluates high the protection of Iraq’s territorial integrity, national unity, and stability. Turkey, Iran, the US as well as the UN, the Iraqi Federal Government and other sides have all stand against the KRG’s will to turn the norhern part of Iraq into an independent Kurdish state. However, the KRG remains adamant in its decision to hold the vote. The only state that publicly supports the KRG move is Israel. Meanwhile, about 100 units of battle tanks, howitzers and other military equipment are participating in the ongoing Turkish mili

YAHYA ARHAB / EPA On September 22, the Houthis media wing announced that Houthi fighters captured two Saudi soldiers during raids inside Saudi Arabia. The two captives are Abdullah Bin Ali al-Sheli, an officer of the Saudi Army, and Za’r Mutliq al-Atibi, a Saudi soldier. The Houthis stated that they were treating both Saudi soldiers as prisoners of war. The two soldiers called the Saudi government to exchange them with Yemeni captives in a video released by the Houthis media wing. On June 24, the National Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs in Yemen announced that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been obstructing a comprehensive prisoner exchange deal among the all parties in Yemen. In a separated development, Yemeni sources revealed that dozens of fighters of the Saudi-backed pro-Hadi forces protested in the Ras Abbas military camp in Aden city on September 22 after their commanders refused to pay their salaries. The sources added that the fighters were al

A screenshot from the video Iran has tested its newly  revealed Khorramshahr ballistic missile. The state-of-the-art ballistic missie has a range of 2,000km and is capable of carrying multiple warheads. Iran conducted the missile tests just days after the UN general assembly where US President Donald Trump described Iran as a “murderous regime” and vowed that Iran nuclear deal has to be revised.

There are lots of chemicals to worry about in the foods on our grocery stores’ shelves, whether it’s the pesticides on our fruit and vegetables or the unpronounceable preservatives found in pretty much everything on the lunchmeat and snack aisles. However, a new tactic that ISIS is believed to be planning could make those chemicals look relatively tame by comparison. According to  Zero Hedge , ISIS is calling on sympathizers to poison food in American supermarkets by injecting it with cyanide. Documents discovered when Mosul University was recaptured by special forces from Iraq indicate that they have already tested out the idea in Nazi-like experiments using prisoners, and it resulted in some very painful deaths. They are calling for attacks in the U.S. as well as Europe and Russia to coincide with the “sacrifice feast” of Eid al Adha. While the group has mostly employed assault rifles, trucks and knives in the past, it now appears they are widening their scope in hopes of