French minister to lay out concerns on ballistics, regional role in Iran visit France’s foreign minister was in Iran on Monday to reaffirm Europe’s commitment to a nuclear deal that opened the Iranian economy to investment, but also to echo concerns raised by U.S. President Donald Trump who has threatened […]
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Powerful quake hits central Papua New Guinea, disrupts oil and gas operations A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea’s Southern Highlands province early on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, prompting oil and gas companies to immediately suspend operations in the energy-rich interior. The tremor hit near the […]
Palestinian leader calls for peace conference by mid-2018 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ruled out the United States as a broker for peace with Israel on Tuesday, calling for an international peace conference by mid-2018 with the key goals of full U.N. membership for the state of Palestine and a timeframe […]
North Korea Dropped Out of Meeting With Pence at Last Minute, U.S. Says Vice President Mike Pence had planned to secretly meet with a high-level delegation of North Korean leaders while he was at the Winter Olympics in South Korea this month, but the North Koreans canceled at the last […]
Signs of progress in Trump’s North Korea pressure campaign Even as fears of open conflict have increased in recent months, the Trump administration has in fact made strides in its strategy against North Korea. The North Korean economy is contracting, trade volume with China is plummeting and economic ties with […]
Trump lets protected Syrians stay longer but caps enrollment The Trump administration said Wednesday that it would allow nearly 7,000 Syrians to remain in the United States for another 18 months but won’t let more Syrian citizens apply for the special protection program. The decision was a partial relief for […]
As Turkey Attacks Kurds in Syria, U.S. Is on the Sideline When President Trump met with Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, at the United Nations last September, he embraced him as a friend and declared, “We’re as close as we’ve ever been.” Five months later, Turkey is waging an all-out […]
World War 3 warning: USA to turn on China as trade battle looms THE United States is set to turn on China because of a trade deficit, which was at a record high of £198 billion last year, amid fears of World War 3 breaking out between the global super […]
Trump waives Iran sanctions, gives nuke deal ‘last chance’ President Donald Trump has delivered an ultimatum to America’s European allies to fix the “terrible flaws” in the Iran nuclear deal, or he’ll pull the U.S. out in a few months’ time. Trump made the threat Friday as he extended waivers […]
Florida officer wrestles with 3.81-metre python A Florida police officer likely won’t forget Thursday night for a while — instead of wrangling a criminal, he had to catch a 3.81-metre long, or 12.5-foot, Burmese python in the heart of the Everglades. Officer Joseph Cabrera with Pembroke Pines Police Department was […]
