November 1, 2019

News In Brief

UN envoy to Burundi quits ahead of 2020 voteAFP, United Nations The United Nations envoy to Burundi announced on Wednesday that he planned to step...

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is displayed on a monitor as U.S. Central Command Commander Marine Gen. Kenneth McKenzie at a joint press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington on Wednesday on the Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi raid.

International

November 1, 2019

Pentagon releases video, photos of Baghdadi raid

AP, Washington :The general who oversaw the U.S. raid on Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi provided the most detailed account yet of the operation...

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg spoke to journalists after visiting NATO ships in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odessa.

International

November 1, 2019

NATO demands Russia ‘withdraw all troops’ from Ukraine

AFP, Kiev :NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday welcomed a pullback by the Ukrainian army and Moscow-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, but reiterated calls for...

People watch a TV showing a file image of an unspecified North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea on Thursday.

International

November 1, 2019

N Korea fires 2 missiles in the sea amid stalled talks

AP, Seoul, South Korea :North Korea on Thursday fired two projectiles into its eastern sea, an apparent resumption of weapons tests aimed at ramping up...

International

November 1, 2019

TB drug price slashed in global push to thwart killer disease

AFP, Paris :French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi slashed the price of a key anti-tuberculosis drug on Thursday, boosting the battle against the world’s deadliest disease alongside...

A protester wears tear gas canisters on his fingers and gestures the victory sign during anti-government protests in Karbala, south of Baghdad

International

November 1, 2019

100 dead, 5,500 hurt in week of Iraq violence: HRC

AFP, Baghdad :At least 100 people have died and more than 5,000 injured since anti-government demonstrations resumed in Iraq on October 24, a national rights...

Swedish climate activist, Greta Thunberg, attends a climate rally, in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Friday.

International

October 31, 2019

Activist Thunberg declines climate prize, urges more action

AP, Copenhagen :Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg, who has inspired millions across the world to stage protests urging leaders to better tackle global warming, has...

From left to right: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu attend a press conference a day prior to the Syrian Constitutional Committee meeting in Geneva, at the

International

October 31, 2019

From left to right: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu attend a press conference a day prior to the Syrian Constitutional Committee meeting in Geneva, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland on Tuesday.

International

October 31, 2019

Thai king fires royal guards for ‘adultery’

AFP, Bangkok :Thailand’s king has sacked four royal guards, two of them for “adultery”, in a fresh wave of palace purges a week after his...

International

October 31, 2019

China and West clash over claims Beijing oppresses Uighurs

AP, United Nations :China and the West clashed at the U.N. human rights committee Tuesday over claims that Beijing systematically oppresses ethnic minority Muslims in...

International

October 30, 2019

News In Brief

Turkey will attack Kurdish fighters who remain near borderAP, AnkaraTurkey’s foreign minister said Monday that his country’s military will attack any Syrian Kurdish fighter that...

International

October 30, 2019

Not over yet: New US Syria mission after al-Baghdadi’s death

AP, Washington :Pivoting from the dramatic killing of the Islamic State group’s leader, the Pentagon is increasing U.S. efforts to protect Syria’s oil fields from...