Tehran says EU mechanisms must be in place before US sanctions take effect. Miguel Arias Canete (L), European Union Energy Commissioner, during a meeting with Iranian officials in the capital Tehran on May 19, 2018. Iran said it would wait to … Read More
As David Friedman hails their ‘fervor and devotion’ in NY Times interview, his counterpart Ron Dermer calls devout Christians the ‘backbone’ of US support for Israel. Israel’s Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer, United States Ambassador to Israel David … Read More
(CNN)A small explosion from the Halemaumau crater in Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano at about midnight local time created an ash cloud that reached up to 10,000 feet, according to an alert from the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. More explosive events like the … Read More
Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr speaks during a news conference in Najaf, Iraq, on Thursday. (Alaa al-Marjani/Reuters) A political bloc led by populist Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, a long-time adversary of the United States who also opposes Iranian influence in Iraq, has … Read More
ROZHDESTVENO, Russia — Nazim Soliev is confident that he’s good for Russia. Or more specifically, the 35-year-old native of Tajikistan, the most impoverished of Central Asia’s five former Soviet republics, says his presence here, 200 kilometers northwest of Moscow, is … Read More
Up to 10 people, mostly students, were killed in a shooting at a Houston-area high school Friday morning, and investigators said they found explosive devices at and around the school. Police arrested one suspect and detained another person of interest, … Read More