
FOREIGN POLICY
Britain in peril after Brexit: Tony Blair
Tony Blair has called for “serious statesmanship” in the negotiations with the EU that will shape the future of the UK after Brexit, warning “our nation is in peril.”

Tony Blair has called for “serious statesmanship” in the negotiations with the EU that will shape the future of the UK after Brexit, warning “our nation is in peril.”

A commentator says President Assad's remarks show that the US coalition in Syria is fraying and its splits are emerging into the public view.

A UNICEF report has found that 3.6 million children are at risk from increasing violence in Iraq.

The European Union formally extends the economic sanctions against Russia until January 2017.

Germany tightens the Turkey travel advisory in the wake of recent attacks at the Istanbul Ataturk Airport.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu meet for the first time since the two countries broke ties after Turkey’s downing of a Russian jet last year.

Muslim pilgrims joining this year's Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia will have to wear an electronic safety bracelet.

A senior Iranian commander says the S-300 long-range missile defense system is to go operational in Iran by the end of the Iranian calendar year.

An author says the Al Saud regime does not care about the humanitarian situation and deaths of civilians in Yemen.

More than 500 clinics across the United States are marketing unapproved stem cell treatments for patients, a new study finds.

Argentinean police search several properties owned by former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.

S&P has cut the credit rating of the European Union after last week’s referendum by the UK to leave the union.

President Xi says China will never compromise on its national sovereignty.

Israeli forces kill two Palestinians in two separate incidents in the occupied territories.

US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has pushed back on claims that he is ready to endorse rival Hillary Clinton.

Europe had repeatedly refused to extradite one of the Istanbul attackers to Russia, where he was wanted for terror charges.

A political commentator says Saudi Arabia’s statement on Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units is absurd, because Riyadh is fanning the flames of sectarianism in the Middle East.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says Western countries pursue a double-standard approach vis-à-vis Syria, while doing the United States’ bidding in the process.