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Pompeo Inks Deal for US Troop Move from Germany to Poland
August 16,2020
WARSAW — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday sealed a defense cooperation deal with Polish officials that will pave the way for the redeployment of American troops ...
Russia Puts Forth Initiatives to Resume Talks Among Parties to Iran Nuclear Deal - Lavrov
August 12,2020
MOSCOW - Russia has come up with a number of initiatives to resume full-fledged interaction among the parties to the Iran nuclear deal, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said ...
Hong Kong’s Apple Daily Vows to ‘Fight on’ After Lai’s Arrest
August 12,2020
Hong Kong's Apple Daily has responded with defiance to the arrest of its owner under a new national security law imposed by Beijing, promising to "fight on" in a front-page ...
UN Says Facebook Has Not Shared ‘Evidence’ of Myanmar Crime
August 12,2020
NAYPYITAW - The head of a UN investigative body on Myanmar said Facebook has not released evidence of "serious international crimes", despite promising ...
Belarusian Opposition Leader Flees Abroad After Bloody Clashes
August 12,2020
MINSK - Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanouskaya said on Tuesday she had fled abroad for the sake of her children, after two nights of clashes following ...
German Social Democrats Tap Olaf Scholz as Chancellor Candidate
August 11,2020
BERLIN - Germany's Social Democrats have proposed Olaf Scholz, the finance minister and their most high-profile and popular politician, to run to succeed Chancellor ....
Mauritania’s President Appoints a New Government
August 11,2020
NOUAKCHOTT - Mauritania's president has appointed a new government after the names of several former ministers appeared in a report on the financial dealings of ex-leader Mohamed ...
Belarus: Lukashenko Wins Election Marred by Protests
August 11,2020
MINSK - Long-serving Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has won a sixth term, the central electoral commission said, after elections marred by violence as police cracked ...
Lebanon’s Justice Minister Resigns
August 11,2020
BEIRUT - Lebanon's Justice Minister Marie Claude Najm, Information Minister Manal Abdel Samad, and Environment Minister Damianos Kattar have all resigned from their posts...
Trump Extends Coronavirus Relief as Talks with Congress Falter
August 10,2020
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump has signed executive orders partly restoring enhanced unemployment payments to the tens of millions of Americans who lost jobs in the coronavirus ...
India Begins Examination of Plane’s Black Box After Deadly Crash
August 10,2020
NEW DELHI - Indian investigators on Sunday began examining the black box of a Boeing-737 that overshot a runway on its second attempt, killing 18 people in the country’s worst aviation ...
UK PM Says Schools Must Open in September
August 10,2020
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said reopening schools in September was a social, economic and moral imperative and insisted they would be able to operate ...
Several Killed in Czech Apartment Building Fire, Suspect Arrested
August 10,2020
PRAGUE - A fire at a high-rise apartment block in the Czech Republic killed 11 people, including three children and five other people who jumped to their deaths ...
Malaysia’s Najib Gets 12 Years in Jail for 1MDB-Linked Graft Case
July 29,2020
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has been sentenced to serve up to 12 years in jail after a court in Kuala Lumpur found him guilty of corruption ...
Lebanon’s Hezbollah Accuses Israel of Fabricating Border Clash
July 29,2020
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Hezbollah denied its fighters staged an "infiltration attempt" that led to clashes with Israeli forces on Monday calling ...
Xi Sends Congratulations on Start of Assembly of ITER Project
July 29,2020
BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to the ceremony for the start of assembly of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor ....
UK Defends Quarantine Decision After Spanish PM Says It Was Unfair & An ‘Error’
July 29,2020
LONDON - The UK says it “respectfully” disagrees with Madrid’s position on its call to impose a quarantine on travelers returning from Spain after Prime Minister ...
World’s Biggest Coronavirus Vaccine Study Begins
July 28,2020
The world's biggest COVID-19 vaccine study got underway Monday with the first of 30,000 planned volunteers helping to test shots created by the US government along with Moderna Inc - one of several ...
US Envoy in Qatar: Gulf Dispute ‘Gone on Too Long’
July 28,2020
WASHINGTON - The three-year blockade of Qatar by neighbouring Arab nations has gone on for too long and threatens regional security and prosperity, a US envoy has said...
Dozens Killed in Renewed Violence in Sudan’s Darfur: UN
July 28,2020
KHARTOUM - A new round of violence in Sudan's Darfur region has killed more than 60 people, the United Nations said on Sunday, as the country's prime minister promised fresh ...
Around 300,000 Foreigners Receive Russian Citizenship in H1 - Russian Interior Ministry
July 28,2020
MOSCOW - Approximately 300,000 foreigners were granted Russian citizenship in the first six months of 2020, director of the Russian Interior Ministry's General Administration ...
Putin Says Russian Navy to Get Hypersonic Nuclear Strike Weapons
July 27,2020
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday the Russian Navy would be armed with hypersonic nuclear strike weapons and underwater nuclear drones, which the defence ...
France Prepares for Potential Second Wave as Coronavirus Cases Creep Back Up
July 27,2020
PARIS - France’s daily coronavirus infection rate is on the rise again, as more than 1,130 new cases were reported Friday, making July's figures similar to those ...
Jordan Arrests Leaders of Teachers’ Union in Opposition Crackdown
July 27,2020
AMMAN - Jordanian security forces arrested leading members of the opposition-run teacher’s union on Saturday, raided its offices and shut it down for two years, escalating a confrontation ...
UK to Boost Ability to Handle Space Threat from Russia, China
July 27,2020
LONDON - The United Kingdom will boost its ability to handle threats posed by Russia and China in space as part of a foreign, security and defence policy review being conducted ...
Israeli Researchers Develop Method to Turn Watermelon Waste into Fuel
July 26,2020
JERUSALEM - Israeli researchers have found a method to utilize watermelons for fuel production, the Israeli news website Ynet reported Saturday...
Australia Rejects Beijing’s South China Sea Claims
July 26,2020
CANBERRA - Australia has rejected Beijing's territorial and maritime claims in the South China Sea in a formal declaration to the United Nations, aligning itself more closely ...
US Military Claims Russia Sending Military Equipment to Libya
July 26,2020
WASHINGTON - The United States military has said Russia appears to be sending more military equipment to its mercenaries in Libya, including in the flashpoint city of Sirte, in breach ...
UN Security Council Report Claims Up to 6,500 Pakistani Fighters in Afghanistan
July 26,2020
KABUL - The United Nations Security Council said in a report this week that an “estimated 6,000 to 6,500 Pakistani terrorist fighters” were currently in Afghanistan ...
China Orders U.S. to Shut Chengdu Consulate, Retaliating for Houston
July 25,2020
BEIJING - China ordered the United States to close its consulate in the city of Chengdu on Friday, responding to a U.S. demand this week that China close its Houston consulate ...
Trump Tells Putin He Wants to Avoid Three-Way Arms Race with Russia & China
July 25,2020
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Donald Trump on Thursday held rare phone talks, which, in contrast with the current political narrative ...
FBI Hunts for ‘Chinese Military Spies’ All Across US as Pompeo Calls for Global Crusade Against Beijing
July 25,2020
BEIJING - The FBI has claimed that Chinese researchers with secret military ties are active in dozens of US cities, just as the top US diplomat urged ...
Jerusalem Protest Against Netanyahu Results in Dozens of Arrests
July 25,2020
JERUSALEM - Crowds have been calling on Netanyahu to resign in part over corruption charges
Dozens of protesters opposing ...
Egypt’s Parliament Approves Troop Deployment to Libya
July 22,2020
CAIRO - Egypt's parliament authorised the deployment of troops outside the country on Monday after the president threatened military action against Turkish-backed
Putin Sets National Goals of Russia’s Development Through 2030
July 22,2020
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree outlining national goals of the country's development through 2030.
The document is available on the Kremlin ...