The migrant caravan’s next steps may be an even tougher journey They stowed away on trains, slept in shelters and marched in protests as they trekked across Mexico. Soon hundreds of migrants from Central America will find out whether it was worth it. Members of the caravan have just started […]
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Leaders approve Prince Charles to succeed queen as Commonwealth head Prince Charles was approved as the successor to Queen Elizabeth as head of the Commonwealth at a meeting of the group’s heads of government on Friday. “We recognise the role of the queen in championing the Commonwealth and its peoples,” […]
Russia: US did not violate red lines during Syria strikes Russia’s foreign minister said Friday that the U.S. sought out and respected Moscow’s positions in Syria when it launched its air strikes last week. Lavrov noted that despite the escalating tensions between Moscow and Washington, the U.S. made sure it […]
Israeli troops kill four more Palestinians in border protest Israeli troops shot dead four Palestinians on the Gaza-Israel border on Friday, bringing to 35 the death toll in recent weeks among Palestinian protesters demanding the right to return to their former homeland. Gazans used catapults and sling-shots to launch stones […]
Kim Jong Un: North Korea no longer needs nuclear tests, state-run media reports North Korea says its quest for nuclear weapons is “complete” and it “no longer needs” to test its weapons capability, a significant development ahead of diplomatic engagement with both South Korea and the United States. North Korean […]
U.S. Official Calls on Myanmar to Free Journalists DHAKA (Reuters) – U.S. envoy Sam Brownback called on Thursday for the release of journalists jailed in Myanmar while covering the plight of ethnic Rohingya Muslims forced to flee a military crackdown. Brownback spoke in Bangladesh, where he was on a mission […]
Israeli criticism of journalists on Gaza border conflicts with video Jerusalem (AFP) – Israel’s military has suggested that a photo it has distributed shows journalists are willingly being used as human shields by Palestinian militants during recent protests, but video and a witness account of the incident tell a different […]
Australia Has a ‘Perfect Right’ to Sail in South China Sea, Says PM Australia’s prime minister said the Australian navy has a “perfect right” to traverse the South China Sea after a media report Friday that the Chinese navy had challenged three Australian warships in the hotly contested waterway. The […]
US-backed Syrian fighters capture militant linked to 9/11 attacks The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces have captured an individual the US assesses to be Mohammed Haydar Zammar, a Syrian-born German national linked to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. “We can confirm that Mohammad Haydar Zammar, a Syrian-born German national, was captured more […]
Swaziland’s King Wants His Country to Be Called eSwatini A landlocked, rural nation in southern Africa, Swaziland has significant problems. Nearly a third of the country’s population lives in extreme poverty, and about as many are infected with H.I.V., one of the world’s highest prevalence rates for the virus. Life […]
