When the clock stuck midnight, U.S. tariffs on $34 billion in Chinese imports took effect. Beijing vowed to respond immediately in kind, the two biggest economies are on a collision course for a full-blown trade war. China’s customs authority, said … Read More
SAN ANTONIO — Some immigrant U.S. Army reservists and recruits who enlisted in the military with a promised path to citizenship are being abruptly discharged, the Associated Press has learned. The AP was unable to quantify how many men and … Read More
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says his country will stand firm against US threats, and will ‘survive’ sanctions. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has pledged his country will stand firm against threats by the United States to halt Iranian oil shipments. In a … Read More
A recent summit saw the domestic contradictions in EU nations coming to the fore; the focus is increasingly on getting Turkey and Libya to stop those fleeing from conflict. In the last week of June, political developments within Germany and … Read More
Late on Monday (July 2), the Libyan Red Crescent recovered the bodies of 17 migrants, washed ashore near Tripoli. In the first three days of July, more than 200 people drowned while trying to cross the Mediterranean. This year’s death … Read More
The federal budget draft suggests multibillion increase in defense spending for 2019. Over the recent time, the German military has been struggling to cope with shortages in armor and equipment as well as pressure from its NATO allies, who criticized … Read More
South Korean President Moon Jae-in (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on December 14, 2017. Photo: AFP/Nicolas Asfouri With North Korea apparently coming in from the cold, … Read More
> Is Israel ready for the next big earthquake? > Israelis in Japan tell their stories of the Osaka earthquake The Sea of Galilee is seen near Tiberias. (photo credit: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun) Residents of northern Israel were woken up with a bump … Read More
A young boy runs with his tyre past buildings damaged by airstrikes in Saada Old Town. UNICEF says health facilities in the country have been cut by more than half, thousands of schools have been destroyed, and over 2,000 children … Read More
RUSSIAN bombers could soon be equipped with a hypersonic missile capable of travelling at 10 times the speed of sound, putting targets in Europe, the Middle East, the Asia Pacific and the North Atlantic within range – with President Vladimir … Read More