Israel goes public on 2007 destruction of suspected Syrian reactor, warns region Israel for the first time confirmed that it bombed a suspected Syrian nuclear reactor in 2007, saying on Wednesday that the strike removed a major threat to Israel and the region and was a “message” to others. The […]
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Trump Attacks Iranian Government in Nowruz Holiday Message President Donald Trump used the annual presidential statement marking the Persian holiday of Nowruz to criticize Iran’s government and military leaders with sharp-tongued language rarely before seen in a celebratory presidential message. “The history of Nowruz is rooted in Iran, where for […]
Taiwanese author and political campaigner Li Ao dies, aged 82 He passed away peacefully on Sunday morning at the Veterans General Hospital in the Taiwan capital Taipei following a battle with brain cancer. The 82 year-old, who was born in Harbin and brought up in Beijing, was diagnosed with a […]
We’re Losing the Fight’: Tuberculosis Batters a Venezuela in Crisis CARACAS, Venezuela — His family thought he just had a bad cold, nothing serious. But Victor Martínez kept getting worse. By mid-January, he lay in a hospital ward, wasting away from tuberculosis. A month later, at his wake, stunned relatives […]
U.S.-South Korea Military Drills to Test Kim’s Desire for Talks Annual U.S.-South Korea military exercises will start on April 1, in a move that risks irking North Korea ahead of planned summits with the leaders of South Korea and the U.S. The exercises on the Korean Peninsula would be of […]
Sudan, World’s Last Male Northern White Rhino, Dies Sudan, the world’s last male northern white rhinoceros, died in Kenya Monday, leaving his species one step closer to complete extinction, even as a group of scientists undertake an unprecedented effort to try to keep this animal from vanishing entirely. Sudan was […]
Turkish Forces Seize Syrian City Of Afrin Turkish forces have seized control of the Syrian city of Afrin. A source in President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s office said in a statement, that as of Sunday morning, the Turkish military and its Free Syrian Army allies have seized control of the city […]
China urges U.S. to ‘correct mistake’ on Taiwan BEIJING – China has called on the United States to “correct its mistake” after President Donald Trump approved new rules allowing top-level U.S. officials to travel to Taiwan to meet with their Taipei counterparts. U.S. representatives can already travel to democratic Taiwan […]
Steel tariffs strain India’s ties with Donald Trump The relationship between Narendra Modi and Donald Trump is facing its biggest test yet after the US president’s decision to raise tariffs on imported steel and aluminium started a broader fight over each other’s trade policies. India and the US have both […]
U.K. Wants Brexit Transition Locked in at Key Summit This Week Theresa May’s Brexit negotiators want to secure a written promise of a transition deal from the European Union at a key summit this week, to help reassure businesses that they will get the grace period they desperately want. Michel […]
