With US leaving, rival powers seek to move into Syria’s east
AP, Beirut :The planned U.S. troop withdrawal opens up a void in the north and east of Syria, and the conflicts and rivalries among all...
AP, Beirut :The planned U.S. troop withdrawal opens up a void in the north and east of Syria, and the conflicts and rivalries among all...
PeopleA former adviser for President George W. Bush has laid out one possible – and fast-approaching – end to the presidency of Donald Trump: He...
The Washington Post :A newly diverse House of Representatives has passed a rule that, for the first time in 181 years, allows head coverings to...
AFP, Beijing :China has tested its most powerful non-nuclear weapon, dubbed the “Mother of All Bombs” by official media in areference to a US munition...
Somalia refuses to take back expelled UN envoyAFP, United Nations UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday agreed to appoint a new UN envoy to Somalia...
AFP, Thiruvananthapuram :Twin arson and bomb attacks rocked southern India Saturday, continuing a violent backlash that followed the entry of two women into a Hindu...
Reuters, Shanghai :China’s armed forces must strengthen their sense of urgency and do everything they can to prepare for battle, President Xi Jinping told a...
AP, Cairo :U.S. television network CBS says Egypt’s president has told it in an interview that his country and Israel, with whom it fought four...
New Japan emperor’s era to be announced April 1AP, Tokyo Japan’s prime minister confirmed in his New Year’s news conference that the era name for...
Reuters, London :A majority of Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party members oppose her Brexit deal with the European Union, according to a survey published...
AP, Washington : Everywhere President Donald Trump looks, he sees a wall. As he lobbies for money for his long-promised border wall, Trump keeps talking up...
Reuters, Paris :Three-quarters of French people are unhappy with the way President Emmanuel Macron and his government are running the country, with a majority keen...