NATO-member Turkey has tested its Russian-made advanced air defense missile system, Turkish media reports said Friday, raising the specter of a new standoff with the United States.
The founder of the World Economic Forum (WEF) has said there must be a “Great Reset” of economies, politics, and societies in light of the devastation wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic. In an article published Monday, WEF Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab wrote: “We will need to reconsider our collective commitment to ‘capitalism’ as we have known it.”
France is mourning a middle school teacher who was beheaded in a Paris suburb Friday, after showing pupils cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. Authorities said French police killed the knife-wielding teenager and detained several people.
During Friday’s session, Prime Minister Sadyr Zhaparov also became interim president of the Central Asian nation of 6.5 million, closely allied with Russia.
Oxford University scientists announced Thursday that they have developed a test that can detect COVID-19 in less than five minutes, the Daily Caller reports. According to the university, the test is highly accurate and is able to differentiate the COVID-19 virus from “negative clinical samples” and “common respiratory pathogens.”
Islamic terrorist organization Al-Qaeda condemned the normalization of ties between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain Tuesday and issued a call for Muslims to mobilize and overthrow what it called the “toadies of the West,” the Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) reports.
Germany has agreed to give $662 million in aid to some 240,000 Jewish Holocaust survivors struggling under the burdens of the coronavirus pandemic, the group involved in the talks said.
A stunning new poll conducted by an Arab-American pollster has found that the people of Saudi Arabia are increasingly receptive to “normalization” of relations with Israel.
The U.S. military carried out a drone strike Thursday, killing two senior Al Qaeda operatives in northwest Syria.
The global economy’s recovery from the pandemic recession is tentative and uneven and “marked by significant uncertainty” as confirmed coronavirus cases spread in many countries, international finance ministers warned Thursday.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday urged Saudi Arabia to normalize diplomatic ties with Israel and committed to enhancing defense and security cooperation between Washington and Riyadh.
European governments rush to impose harsh measures to halt a massive increase in coronavirus infections across the continent. The partial lockdowns and other regulations impact millions of people from East to West.
Authorities in Belarus have authorized police to use lethal force if necessary against anti-government protesters, prompting more European Union sanctions. The move comes after officials confirmed that at least 713 people were detained since Sunday during mass protests against the reelection of the country’s authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko in a disputed vote.
China and Russia were among 15 countries elected to the UN Human Rights Council on October 13, drawing sharp criticism from rights groups and the United States over their abysmal human rights records.
In a major policy shift, the World Health Organization (WHO) has urged world leaders to stop “using lockdowns as your primary control method” against the coronavirus amid fears they lead to as many as 100 million deaths.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) nuclear watchdog has found that Iran is currently enriching even more uranium than the regime had originally intended, World Israel News (WIN) reports. The IAEA published its findings in report released on Saturday.
Azerbaijan and Armenia accuse each other of deadly attacks over the contested territory of Nagorno-Karabakh despite a ceasefire deal brokered by Russia over the weekend. The clashes reportedly killed at least seven people and injured dozens.
The White House is moving forward with three sales of advanced weaponry to Taiwan, sending in recent days a notification of the deals to Congress for approval, three sources familiar with the situation said on Monday.
Authorities in Kyrgyzstan have detained a former president, banned protests, and imposed a curfew in the Central Asian nation’s capital, amid mounting unrest over disputed elections. At the same time, Kyrgyzstan’s divided parliament appointed as the new prime minister a convicted kidnapper who escaped from prison with help from his supporters.
Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to a ceasefire in their battle over the contested region of Nagorno-Karabakh. But, shortly after the agreement came into force, both sides already accused each other of breaking it.