Could Trump expect another warm welcome and traditional sword dance in Riyadh? Would the Saudis choose to buy all those billions of weapons from the US if it hands Jerusalem to the Israelis? Doubtful Amid three catastrophic Middle East wars, it would be difficult to imagine anything more provocative, ... Read More »
The missile was launched from Sain Ni, near the capital of Pyongyang, and splashed down into the Sea of Japan, according to the Pentagon. The missile landed inside Japan’s Economic Exclusion Zone. Following the test, President Trump told reporters that the U.S. “will take care of it. … It is a situation that ... Read More »
Blast left streets full of damaged cars and littered with debris Two people have been killed and at least 30 injured after an explosion in a port city in China. The blast in Ningbo south of Shanghai knocked down buildings and left streets littered with damaged cars and debris. The early morning explosion struck ... Read More »
Pontiff’s arrival follows days after US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson accused state of carrying out ‘ethnic cleansing’ of persecuted minority Pope Francis had landed in Yangon, the start of a delicate visit for the world’s most prominent Christian to majority-Buddhist Burma, which the United States has accused of “ethnic ... Read More »
President Sisi pledges extreme force in revenge for Egypt’s worst atrocity Egypt was reeling on Saturday from the worst atrocity it has suffered in recent years, with officials putting the death toll from the bomb and gun assault on a Sinai mosque at 305. The figure includes 27 children. A ... Read More »
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s three top leaders gathered Wednesday to celebrate the country’s 74th Independence Day, meeting for the first time since Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced his resignation earlier in the month. President Michel Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri and Hariri assembled at Shafiq Wazzan Avenue in Beirut’s Central District, where military ... Read More »
PANAMA CITY: Latin America and the Caribbean is the most violent region in the world for women, the United Nations said Wednesday, highlighting Central America and Mexico as particularly dangerous. In a report presented in Panama, UN Women and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) found assaults on women persisted in ... Read More »
What if there were a new leader of her Christian Democrat movement with a more sceptical view of the value of freedom of labour? The departure of “mutti”, or “mummy”, as the Germans like to call their head of government, would, you’d imagine, be bad for Europe, and for Germany ... Read More »
BEIRUT: Pope Francis prayed for the stability of Lebanon during a mass held at the Vatican Sunday, the state-run National News Agency reported. As many as 6,000 people attended the mass at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, during which Francis renewed his “appeal from the heart to the international ... Read More »
Zimbabwe’s ongoing crisis descended into outright chaos on Sunday after president Robert Mugabe failed to announce his resignation as widely expected in a national address on live television. Instead, in a rambling 30 minute address, Mugabe offered no concessions to his critics, the tens of thousands who marched calling for ... Read More »
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