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U.S. Official: Deployment of Carrier Strike Group to Middle East to Stave Off ‘Potential Preparations by Iranian forces’

Posted on Tuesday, May 7, 2019

U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton says a carrier strike group led by the USS Abraham Lincoln recently deployed to the Persian Gulf is “in response to a number of troubling and escalatory indications and warnings” from Iran.

Trump threatens to hike tariffs on $200B of Chinese imports

Posted on Monday, May 6, 2019

President Donald Trump raised pressure on China with a threat to hike tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods in a tweet that sent global financial markets swooning on Monday.

Fearing attack on its forces, US sends carrier force to Middle East, warns Iran

Posted on Monday, May 6, 2019

A White House decision to dispatch an aircraft carrier and other military resources to send a message to Iran followed “clear indications” that Iranian and Iranian proxy forces were preparing to possibly attack US forces in the region,…

Cyclone Fani hits Indian coast, a million people evacuated

Posted on Friday, May 3, 2019

A powerful cyclone lashed coastal areas of eastern India on Friday with torrential rain and winds gusting up to 200 kilometers per hour (124 mph), but there were no early reports of casualties with a million people evacuated…

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‘Common Diseases Are Becoming Untreatable,’ Greater ‘Global Governance’ Necessary, According to April UN Report

Posted on Thursday, May 2, 2019

'Antimicrobial resistance is a global crisis that threatens a century of progress in health and achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals,” states the opening line of a UN Report to the Secretary-General published last month.

Pompeo: ‘Military force is available’ to oust Maduro ‘if that’s what it takes’

Posted on Wednesday, May 1, 2019

President Trump is willing to use 'military force' to oust Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared Tuesday evening.

Iran says leaving nuclear treaty one of many options after U.S. sanctions move

Posted on Monday, April 29, 2019

Iran said on Sunday it could quit a treaty against the spread of nuclear weapons after the United States tightens sanctions, while an Iranian general said the U.S. Navy was interacting as before with an elite military unit…

Cyclone Kenneth: Entire villages wiped out, says UN

Posted on Monday, April 29, 2019

A powerful cyclone has 'entirely wiped out' villages in Mozambique, according to a UN official.

America Outstripped by China and Russia in Hypersonic Weapons Race

Posted on Friday, April 26, 2019

The U.S. is lagging behind China in its development of hypersonic weapons technologies, according to senior Pentagon officials.

Russia to start S-400 missile defense shipments to Turkey in July

Posted on Thursday, April 25, 2019

A Russian official said Wednesday that Moscow will start delivering its S-400 missile defense systems to Turkey in July.

Iran threatens ‘consequences’ if US takes ‘crazy measure’ of blocking oil sales

Posted on Thursday, April 25, 2019

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday warned the United States of 'consequences' if it prevents Tehran from selling oil, after Washington ended sanction exemptions over the Islamic Republic’s energy exports.

Sri Lanka Easter Sunday bombings ‘in retaliation’ for Christchurch mosque shootings

Posted on Wednesday, April 24, 2019

A Sri Lankan minister says an initial investigation shows the deadly Easter Sunday attacks were carried out in retaliation for last month's Christchurch mosque shootings.

Russia Launches New Submarine Believed Capable Of Carrying Nuclear-Armed Drones

Posted on Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Russia has launched a special-purpose, nuclear-powered submarine that is believed capable of carrying nuclear-tipped underwater drones that when fully developed could threaten U.S. coastal cities.

Iran says ready for U.S. waivers end, as Guards threaten to shut Hormuz

Posted on Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Tehran is prepared for a U.S. decision to end waivers granted to buyers of Iranian crude, an Iranian oil ministry source said on Monday, as the Revolutionary Guards repeated their threat to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz,…

U.S. prepares to end Iran oil waivers; Asian buyers to be hardest hit

Posted on Monday, April 22, 2019

The United States is expected to announce on Monday that buyers of Iranian oil need to end imports soon or face sanctions, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters, triggering a 3 percent jump in crude prices…

Sri Lanka Easter bombing attacks toll hits 290, with 500 wounded

Posted on Monday, April 22, 2019

At least 290 people were killed in a series of bomb blasts that tore through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka, in the worst violence to hit the island since its devastating civil war ended a decade…

No US, Russia Support for UN Call for Libya Truce

Posted on Friday, April 19, 2019

The United States and Russia both said Thursday they could not support a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a cease-fire in Libya at this time, diplomats said, as mortar bombs crashed down on a suburb of…

Iranian-Backed Militias Pick Up Where ISIS Left Off, Terrorizing Iraq’s Christians

Posted on Friday, April 19, 2019

Since the defeat of ISIS, some Christian families are beginning to move back to their communities in Iraq, however, they are now facing new threats from Iranian-back militia groups, according to a report by CBN News.

French Officials Avoid Drawing Hasty Conclusions as Notre Dame Fire Erupts on the Heels of St. Sulpice Arson

Posted on Thursday, April 18, 2019

French investigators are still “favoring the theory of an accident” as the cause of the Notre Dame Cathedral fire that began Monday evening and ended Tuesday morning, despite an unnamed police source telling French reporters that the case…

First U.S. Patients Treated With CRISPR As Human Gene-Editing Trials Get Underway

Posted on Wednesday, April 17, 2019

The powerful gene-editing technique called CRISPR has been in the news a lot. And not all the news has been good: A Chinese scientist stunned the world last year when he announced he had used CRISPR to create…

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