Iran to hold joint, four-day navy drill with Russia, China
Iran’s armed forces will hold a joint, four-day naval exercise with Russia and China in the northern part of the Indian Ocean, a spokesman said Wednesday.
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Putin says Russia is leading world in hypersonic weapons
President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia has got a strong edge in designing new weapons and that it has become the only country in the world to deploy hypersonic weapons.
Top Iranian official: Israel ‘will regret’ attacks in Syria
A top Iranian official said that Israel ‘will regret’ its attacks in Syria, which have reportedly targeted Iranian resources and weapons shipments.
Trump says trade deal with China to be signed ‘very shortly’
President Donald Trump on Saturday said the United States and China would ‘very shortly’ sign their so-called Phase One trade pact.
Erdogan says Turkey cannot handle new migrant wave from Syria, warns Europe
Turkey cannot handle a fresh wave of migrants from Syria, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday, warning that European countries will feel the impact of such an influx if violence in Syria’s northwest is not stopped.
Pompeo rolls out new sanctions on Iran for protest deaths
American Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Thursday a new wave of sanctions against Iran for its harsh repression of protests that began on November 15 over austerity fuel prices.
Iran rolls out new line of advanced centrifuges
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced Wednesday his country would employ a new line of advanced centrifuges to speed up uranium enrichment, reducing the time it would take the Islamic Republic to acquire a nuclear weapon to under a year.
Britain threatens Brexit cliff-edge to force EU trade deal by December 2020
Britain set a hard deadline of December 2020 on Tuesday to reach a new trade deal with the European Union, betting that the prospect of another Brexit cliff-edge would force Brussels to move more quickly than usual to seal an accord.
Trump, Boris Johnson discuss ‘ambitious free trade agreement’
President Trump and Boris Johnson spoke Monday about negotiating a free trade agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom.
Boris Johnson eyes parliament vote before Christmas to ‘get Brexit done’
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will “get Brexit done” by Jan. 31 and then agree on a new trade deal with the European Union by the end of 2020, cabinet office minister Michael Gove said on Sunday, vowing to deliver on the government’s top priority.
Trump reaches preliminary trade agreement with China
The Trump administration announced Sunday that it would drop its plans to impose tariffs on $160 billion of Chinese goods in exchange for Chinese investment in American farming as part of the promised trade deal between the two nations.
Trump Signs Off on Trade Deal With China to Avert December Tariffs
President Donald Trump signed off on a so-called phase-one trade deal with China, averting the Dec. 15 introduction of a new wave of U.S. tariffs on about $160 billion of consumer goods from the Asian nation, according to people familiar with the matter.
UK Exit Polls Point to Conclusive Win for Conservatives, Worst Labour Showing in Decades
The Conservative Party looks in line for a decisive win in Thursday’s British general election – the third in less than five years – with exit polls suggesting it would take 368 seats in the 650-seat House of Commons, 42 more than the minimum needed for a majority government.
U.S. Hits Iran With More Sanctions, Hopes For Prisoner Talks
The United States has hit Iran with new sanctions targeting several transport firms it accused of transporting lethal aid from Iran to Yemen and proliferating weapons of mass destruction.
Satellite images uncover new Iranian tunnel in Syria used to hide missiles
Satellite images taken in October revealed a new underground tunnel that Iran is building in Syria, the US government says to hide weapons.
Iran blamed for attacks on US security personnel in Iraq
Iran is thought to be behind 9 attacks near US forces and personnel in Iraq in recent weeks, the State Department now surmises, with the most recent injuring 6 Iraqi soldiers near an airport in Baghdad Monday.
‘Social credit score’: China set to roll out ‘Orwellian’ mass surveillance tool
China is developing a new high-tech system of mass surveillance and coercion aimed suppressing political dissent among its 1.4 billion people, while forcing American and Western businesses to conform to the government’s communist policies if they want to operate there.
Russia, Ukraine agree to ceasefire by year-end at Paris talks
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky agreed to implement a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine by year-end, following their first meeting on Monday at a summit in Paris mediated by France and Germany.
Vladimir Putin says Russia open to extending New START treaty with U.S.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has opened the door to immediately extending the last nuclear arms treaty between the U.S. and Russia that is still active.
Trump warns Kim Jong Un he has ‘everything’ to lose after test at North Korea missile site
President Trump on Sunday said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ‘everything’ to lose by acting aggressively after Pyongyang conducted a ‘very important test’ at a missile site that supposedly had been shuttered.