The increased use of sanctions as a restricting foreign policy tool by certain countries, particularly the US, comes as such approaches can have tremendous negative strategic, security and economic impacts on the entire world.

The US Department of State earlier announced new sanctions on Russia over accusations of chemical weapons having been used by Moscow against former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the United Kingdom

Thousands of Arab Israelis on Saturday protested against the controversial "Jewish State" law at Rabin square in Israeli capital Tel Aviv.

Turkish lawyers are calling for US soldiers at Incirlik Air Base to be arrested, alleging they have ties to the movement behind the 2016 coup attempt.

A new poll found that President Donald Trump is as strongly disliked by the American public as former President Richard Nixon was shortly before he resigned from office.

The number of people sleeping rough in Britain increased considerably, according to a report, as many blame government cuts to social services as a main reason.

vowed to stop the planned relocation of a US military base, saying they w ant it off the southern Japanese island entirely.

US State Secretary Mike Pompeo spoke on a phone with his Canadian counterpart Chrystia Freeland and discussed the diplomatic row between Riyadh and Ottawa as well as the US sanctions on Iran, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said.

The Syrian Army troops continued operation in Eastern Badiyeh (desert) of Sweida and advanced more against ISIL, capturing several key points, areas and regions on Saturday.

More than one million Uighur Muslims are estimated to be in detention in "counter-extremism centres" in China's far West, the vice chairperson of a United Nations anti-discrimination committee said, citing credible reports.