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Mideast Conflicts, Brexit to Take Center Stage at UN

Posted on Thursday, September 26, 2019

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the threat posed by Iran and Britain’s fraught exit from the European Union are likely topics Thursday as world leaders gather for a third day of speeches at the United Nations.

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Egypt Arrests More Than 1,000 After Anti-Sissi Protests: NGOs

Posted on Thursday, September 26, 2019

Egyptian authorities have arrested more than 1,000 people, two rights groups said Wednesday, in the wake of rare anti-government protests last week.

At UN, Trump Slams Attempts to ‘Assert a Global Right to Taxpayer-Funded Abortion’

Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2019

President Trump used his address at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday to send a strong pro-life message, telling the world body that 'global bureaucrats have absolutely no business attacking the sovereignty of nations that wish to protect…

Britain, France, Germany, Blame Iran For Saudi Attack, Urge Talks On Nuclear, Missile Issues

Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2019

The leaders of Britain, France, and Germany have backed the United States in assertions that Iran is to blame for the attack on Saudi oil facilities and urged Tehran to choose dialogue over 'provocation.'

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Hundreds Of Egyptians Protest Against Government, Demand Sisi Resignation

Posted on Monday, September 23, 2019

Rare antigovernment protests have broken out in several Egyptian cities, with demonstrators calling for President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to step down.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard ready for ‘any scenario’ as tensions escalate

Posted on Monday, September 23, 2019

Iran will hit back against any aggressor and seek to destroy it, the elite Revolutionary Guard warned Saturday.

Pentagon To Brief Trump On Potential Military Responses To Attack On Saudi Oil

Posted on Friday, September 20, 2019

The Pentagon is set to present a wide range of military options to President Donald Trump as he considers how to respond to an attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil industry that many in the administration have blamed on…

Saudi defense ministry: Attacks “unquestionably sponsored by Iran”

Posted on Friday, September 20, 2019

The Saudi defense ministry presented evidence Wednesday that Iran was behind an attack over the weekend on its largest oil facility, though it said a launch point had not yet been determined.

Pompeo says attack was ‘act of war’ on Saudi Arabia, seeks coalition

Posted on Thursday, September 19, 2019

The United States wants to build a coalition of European and Arab partners to deter Iran after an attack on Saudi Arabia that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo described on Wednesday as 'an act of war' against the…

Saudis Say Weapons Debris Proves Iran Behind Oil Attack, U.S. Denounces ‘Act Of War’

Posted on Thursday, September 19, 2019

Saudi Arabia has put on a display of drone and missile fragments that it said showed a weekend attack targeting the kingdom's crucial oil industry was 'unquestionably sponsored by Iran.'

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Saudi King Calls for International Response to Oil Facility Attacks

Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Saudi King Salman said Tuesday his country is capable of defending itself against the 'cowardly attacks' that knocked out half of its oil production but called on the international community to "clearly confront" the perpetrators.

US evidence points to Iran-Iraq launch site for missile attack on Saudi oil facility

Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2019

US officials revealed evidence Sunday that an attack Saturday on a Saudi oil field and refinery did not come from Yemen as originally supposed.

Trump Says It Looks Like Iran Struck Saudis, Ready To Help Ally

Posted on Tuesday, September 17, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump has said that it is increasingly 'looking like' Iran was behind an attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities over the weekend, but said it was still too early to be sure.

Iran seizes new boat near Strait of Hormuz as tensions spiral

Posted on Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Iran has seized a boat suspected of being used to smuggle fuel and arrested its 11 crew members near a vital oil shipping lane, state television reported on Monday.

Nile dam project: Talks stall between Egypt and Ethiopia

Posted on Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Negotiations between Cairo and Addis Ababa over a Nile dam being built by Ethiopia have stalled, Egypt said on Monday.

Trump: US ‘locked and loaded’ against attackers of Saudi oil facility ‘depending on verification’

Posted on Monday, September 16, 2019

President Trump on Sunday suggested U.S. investigators had 'reason to believe' they knew who launched crippling attacks against a key Saudi oil facility, and vowed that America was 'locked and loaded depending on verification.'

Iran: Republic ready for ‘full-fledged war’

Posted on Monday, September 16, 2019

Iran denied on Sunday it was involved in Yemen rebel drone attacks the previous day targeting the world's biggest oil processing facility and an oil field in Saudi Arabia, just hours after America's top diplomat alleged that Tehran…

Damage from Iran-linked drone attack on Saudi oil facility captured in satellite images

Posted on Monday, September 16, 2019

Saudi oil sites attacked on Saturday -- in a drone assault linked to Iran -- were seen to have sustained damage after satellite images released Sunday captured char marks and smoke billowing from the world’s largest oil processing…

The European Central Bank cut rates to a surprise record low and launched a sweeping round of stimulus

Posted on Friday, September 13, 2019

The European Central Bank on Thursday announced a sweeping round of stimulus for the continent's slowing economy, cutting interest rates to their lowest ever level and introducing a round of quantitative easing.

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18 Years After 9/11, US Drops 80,000 lbs. of Bombs on ISIS-Infested Island, War on Radical Islamic Terror Rages On

Posted on Wednesday, September 11, 2019

A US-led coalition of warplanes conducted an airstrike against an Islamic State stronghold in Iraq on Tuesday, dropping 40 tons of bombs on an island in the Tigris River in order to deny the terror group a safe…

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