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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.

US Secretary of State John Kerry. (AFP/File)

August 25th, 2013 - 07:45 GMT

Kerry pushes Syrian FM to allow UN inspectors access to alleged chemical weapons site

A handout image released by the Syrian opposition's Shaam News Network shows bodies of children wrapped in shrouds as Syrian rebels claim they were killed in a toxic gas attack by pro-government forces in eastern Ghouta, on the outskirts of Damascus on August 21, 2013. AFP PHOTO / HO / SHAAM NEWS NETWORK

August 23rd, 2013 - 06:57 GMT

U.S. unable to "conclusively determine" use of chemical weapons

A police trooper inspects a vehicle at the entrance of the Sanaa International Airport (AFP/MOHAMMED HUWAIS)

August 12th, 2013 - 09:17 GMT

U.S. to reopen 18 of 19 shut embassies

Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, delivers the Eid al-Fitr prayer sermon at Tehran University in the Iranian capital on August 9, 2013. Portrait in the background shows the late founder of the Islamic republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. (AFP)

August 12th, 2013 - 06:35 GMT

Peace talks 'detrimental' to the cause, Iran tells Palestine

Iraqis and policemen gather at the scene of an explosion in Nasiriyah, south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. (AFP/STR)

August 12th, 2013 - 06:06 GMT

Al-Qaeda group claims responsibility for Iraq Eid attacks

RAQ, Baghdad : An Iraqi worker cleans the pavement on August 11, 2013 on the scene of a car bomb attack that occured the day before in the northern Baghdad neighbourhood of Shaab. AFP PHOTO ALI AL-SAADI

August 11th, 2013 - 07:33 GMT

Iraqi attackers branded "enemies of Islam"

Palestinian-Israeli peace talks are to resume in Jerusalem on August 14 (Al Bawaba/file)

August 9th, 2013 - 08:22 GMT

Palestinian-Israeli peace talks to be held August 14 in Jerusalem

YEMEN, SANAA : An image grab taken from an AFPTV video shows people heading to Sanaa International Airport as they prepare to leave Yemen on August 6, 2013. The United States ordered Americans to leave Yemen "immediately" amid a worldwide alert linked to electronic intercepts from Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. AFP PHOTO/AFPTV

August 6th, 2013 - 03:46 GMT

UK withdraws all Yemen Embassy staff

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August 3rd, 2013 - 06:28 GMT

Obama vows to take Al Qaeda threat seriously

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August 3rd, 2013 - 04:47 GMT

U.S. shutters embassies over intelligence reports

US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) meets with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on July 19, 2013 in Ramallah (AFP)

July 29th, 2013 - 06:45 GMT

US hosts renewed Palestinian-Israeli peace talks in Washington

Iran would pump 25 million cubic meters of natural gas per day to the Iraqi power plants

July 24th, 2013 - 05:55 GMT

Washington worries about Tehran-Baghdad gas bond