Berlin will consider countermeasures if the US imposes sanctions on Nord Stream 2, the pipeline that will deliver natural gas from Russia to Germany, the head of the Bundestag's Committee on Economic Affairs and Energy has said. “The way we shape our energy policy is not of American's concern,” chairman Klaus Ernst said in an...
Nato leaders appeared to mock Donald Trump at a Buckingham Palace reception.
Dozens of Islamists have swarmed the building of the independent Pakistani newspaper Dawn in Islamabad, blocking its entrance for several hours, threatening staff and demanding that its editor should be hanged.
Pakistan has seen unprecedented inflows of foreign money this year. Global investors bought 1-year bonds worth $642 million in November alone. That is expected to reach a record $3 billion by the end of the fiscal year as investors are lured by high interest rates and promises of economic reform. According to Abdul Hafeez Shaikh,...
A senior US State Department official has lauded the Lebanese Army, hours after Washington reversed a hold on $105 million worth of military aid to Lebanon, the Daily Star newspaper reported. Speaking in Washington, the official, who was not identified, said Lebanon's Army had responded in “impressive fashion” to the protests that erupted in Lebanon...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rode a white horse on a sacred mountain during his second symbolic visit in less than two months, as his government warned over any US refusal to make concessions in ongoing nuclear diplomacy by the end of the year.
Kim Jong Un mounted a white horse again as North Korea announced on Wednesday it will soon convene a rare meeting of the ruling party's leaders, steps analysts say may signal preparations for a more confrontational stance with the international community.
