Iranian military forces have shown off their Naval Missile Facility on the coast of the Persian Gulf and boasted of their extended defensive capabilities. The new facility was built on the Persian Gulf, a hotly contested maritime region that plays … Read More
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps troops on Monday seized the South Korean-flagged MT Hankuk Chemi A South Korean delegation left for Iran on Thursday to negotiate the early release of an oil tanker and its crew seized in strategic Gulf waters … Read More
The U.S. Congress early Thursday certified the Electoral College vote that gave Democrat Joe Biden his presidential victory — after a day in Washington that was marred by pro-Trump protesters storming the U.S. Capitol. Vice President Mike Pence, who had announced he would … Read More
Democrats gain slim Senate majority with sweep of Georgia runnoff elections. Democrat Jon Ossoff defeated Republican former Sen. David Perdue in a bitterly contentious Senate race in Georgia, a win that along with Rev. Raphael Warnock’s defeat of GOP Sen. Kelly … Read More
Germany’s lockdown has been extended for another three weeks; photo / Jens Buettner / dpa / AP. Germany’s state and federal governments agreed on January 5 to extend and expand coronavirus lockdown rules in the country for another three weeks. … Read More