Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has indicated that he will not accept the verdict of the upcoming Iraq war inquiry report if it accuses him of committing London to invading the Arab country before he told parliament.... More


Uri Ariel, Israel's Minister of Agriculture

Uri Ariel, Israel's Minister of Agriculture, told the Times of Israel that Tel Aviv should annex the so-called "Area C" of the West Bank since "there are no Arabs at all" living there. ... More


Authorities in France have evacuated 1,850 refugees from a makeshift camp in the north of the country's capital, Paris. Local officials said that the refugees and asylum-seekers were living in tent camps put up at Jardin d'Eole Park, which had also been evacuated a month ago.... More


Israel says it will prevent tens of thousands of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank from visiting their relatives in the besieged Gaza Strip. ... More


Britain's anti-nuclear activists have blocked entrance to a nuclear bomb factory for more than three days, bringing the construction work at the firm to a halt.... More


In an historic step toward justice for victims of civil war violence, a Guatemalan court sent eight former dictatorship-era military officers to trial on Tuesday for crimes against humanity and enforced disappearances carried out under the Central American country’s brutal U.S.-backed military regimes.... More


The impeachment trial of Brazil's suspended President Dilma Rousseff will conclude in the middle of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in August, according to a timeline decided on Monday by the Senate impeachment commission.... More


The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Ecuador's challenge to a $96 million international arbitration award in favor of energy company Chevron Corp. in a dispute over the development of oil fields in the South American country.... More


University students in Honduras’ capital city of Tegucigalpa wrapped up a 36-hour protest on Tuesday when they allowed access to the campus they had occupied for nearly two days as their latest move in a wave of actions demanding high-level reforms at the university and an overhaul of rising tuition costs.... More


Iraqi forces have managed to liberate more areas near the strategic city of Fallujah in Anbar province from the control of the Daesh terrorist group.... More


The United Nations has released new estimates showing that more than 10,000 refugees died attempting to cross the Mediterranean waters into Europe since 2014.... More


Israeli authorities have approved permits for the construction of 82 new settler units in the occupied East Jerusalem in defiance of international calls on Tel Aviv to end the practice.... More


Great Britain is secretly upgrading its Trident submarine-launched nuclear missile program and creating a new nuclear warhead that is going to cost them about $300 billion U$D, without notifying parliament.... More


In the United States, Hillary Clinton has claimed the Democratic presidential nomination.... More


In related news, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders won in the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota. While laying off much of his staff, he has vowed to remain in the race to challenge Hillary Clinton at the convention in July.... More


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