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US President Donald Trump warned on Tuesday that Iran will have "bigger problems" if it restarts its nuclear program, according to Xinhua News Agency. Key quotes. "They're not going to be restarting anything. If they restart it, they're going to have big problems, bigger than they ever had before".

TALDYQORGHAN, Kazakhstan -- The chief of the KazTAG news agency in Kazakhstan, Aset Mataev, who was sentenced to five years in prison in 2016 on a tax-evasion conviction he disputes, will be transferred to a lower-security facility. A court in the southeastern city of Taldyqorghan ruled on April 24 ...

N. Korea to suspend nuclear and missile tests, says N. Korean news agency ... Un said his country no longer needed to conduct nuclear tests or intercontinental ballistic missile tests because it has completed its goal of developing nuclear weapons, state media Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has issued a presidential decree relieving Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour of his position, state news agency SUNA reported on Thursday. The news agency did not provide any further details or say who would be appointed in his place.

By Mohamed Fahd. ABU DHABI. The Emirati military on Wednesday said it had “intercepted” an “explosive-laden” Houthi drone -- of Iranian manufacture -- in the skies over Yemen, according to the UAE's official WAM news agency. “The Emirati Armed Forces' anti-aircraft defense unit successfully ...

The detention of three journalists at the left-wing ETHA news agency is part of a wider press crackdown on anti-government press in Turkey, German state broadcaster Deutsche Welle said . Turkish-German journalist Adil Demirci was on holiday in Turkey last week when he was detained alongside two ...

Grand Island, Neb., Mar 8, 2018 / 04:18 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A bill is being considered in Nebraska that would offer lower-income families a greater variety of educational opportunities. Bishop Joseph Hanefeldt of Grand Island is a major supporter of the bill, and has said every Nebraskan student deserves an ...

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Washington D.C., Mar 8, 2018 / 04:32 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Three major abortion providers received more than $1.5 billion in taxpayer funds over a three-year period, with a significant portion of the funds going to Planned Parenthood affiliates under legal scrutiny for allegedly selling fetal tissue and other violations.

San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy, Mar 8, 2018 / 12:05 am (CNA).- Sister Consolata di Santo, one of the first religious sisters to work in the hospital developed by St. Padre Pio, died March 2 at age 101, according to the Italian publication Avvenire. Born 1916 in Sant'Eramo al Colle, Italy, she was the youngest of 10 children, who ...

Washington D.C., Mar 8, 2018 / 10:09 am (CNA/EWTN News).- As a sign of solidarity with Catholics in the Middle East, the National Council of Catholic Women has set up a pen-pal exchange pairing Catholic schools in the United States with those in the Holy Land. “We determined that a very effective way to assure them ...

The tech giant promised a new algorithm to flag suspicious stories last summer and renewed its commitment to fighting fake news at the start of 2018. But now it is enlisting the help of the Associated Press to double down on its efforts. The AP announced that it will be working with Facebook to “identify and ...

SEOUL, March 8 (Yonhap) -- A former Yonhap News Agency chief editorialist was nominated on Thursday to be the president of South Korea's key news agency. The Korea News Agency Commission (KONAC), the largest shareholder of Yonhap News Agency, decided to recommend Cho Sung-boo as the ...

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Dublin, Ireland, Mar 5, 2018 / 01:00 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Ahead of the upcoming World Meeting of Families in Ireland this August, a government minister has warned that the event should not express “intolerance” of LGBT groups or same-sex couples. “There should be a welcome for all. And never again should public ...

Vatican City, Mar 5, 2018 / 07:32 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Monday, Pope Francis and Europe's youngest political leader met at the Vatican, where they discussed an array of issues including migration, nuclear disarmament and the need to promote peace and solidarity. Sebastian Kurz, 31, is the Chancellor of Austria ...

Vatican City, Mar 5, 2018 / 04:07 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A former president of the Institute of Religious Works - the so-called “Vatican Bank” - and his lawyer have been ordered to stand trial at the Vatican on charges of embezzlement and money laundering. According to a press release from the institute, Angelo Caloia, 78 ...

Democratic Party (PD) leader Matteo Renzi arrives for a news conference, the day after Italy's parliamentary election, in Rome, Italy March 5, 2018. REUTERS/Remo Casilli Reuters. By Isla Binnie. ROME (Reuters) - Former Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi resigned on Monday as leader of the center-left ...

A news website in the Turkey, repeatedly shut down by the authorities is refusing to give up the fight to publish, reports Malaysian newspaper “The Sun Daily”. Jin News Agency, which is staffed only by women, operates from the Kurdish city of Diyarbakır in Turkey's south-east and focuses reporting on ...

An email address, a digital wallet, a phone number, and a minimum of $50 is all you need in Australia to own some crypto coins. A new report indicates approximately 1200 regional news agencies in the country have taken up selling Bitcoin and Ethereum in a bid to attract customers to stores as newspaper ...

TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA) – Deputy Minister of Oil Hamid Reza Araqi put the daily export of gas to neighboring Turkey at 30 million cubic meter (mcm) and said, “under the contract, pertinent gas export income will be injected into the public treasury fund.” Speaking in 4th “Sustainable Gas Production” ...

TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA) – About five years ago, when former US President Barack Obama spoke of a military strike in Syria, Zbigniew Brzezinski, former US National Security Adviser, who is also a prominent foreign policy strategists, objected to the call of the White House. He noted that the United States ...

TEHRAN, Apr. 22 (MNA) – The secretary general of Hezbollah says fighters from the Lebanese resistance movement have defended the southern sector of Lebanon against Israel's acts of aggression. Addressing an election campaign ceremony via a televised speech broadcast live from the southern ...

TEHRAN, Apr. 21 (MNA) – The deputy commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Hossein Salami says if any war happens between Iran and Israel, it will definitely be followed by Israel's total destruction. Brigadier General Hossein Salami made the remarks before the Tehran Friday Prayers ...

TEHRAN, Apr. 21 (MNA) – On Fri., Italian legend Franco Nero took part in a Q&A panel as part of the FIFF36 programs. He believes that luck had played a part in his international exposure and landing him as many as 220 roles all across the world. “If I ever win an Oscar, I will dedicate it to all the great ...

Turkish-German journalist and translator Adil Demirci was detained by authorities last week, one year after his ETHA news agency colleague, German journalist and translator Mesale Tolu, was herself detained and subsequently arrested. Demirci lives in Germany and was on vacation in Turkey when he ...

TEHRAN, Mar. 07 (MNA) – Iranian lawmaker told the Armenian ambassador to Tehran that speedy implementation of agreements between Iran and Armenia can boost the level of bilateral relations between the two countries. “The speedy implementation of the agreements between the Iranian-Armenian ...