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‘Super-gonorrhoea’ is not the only sexually transmitted infection becoming drug resistant

Posted on Monday, April 2, 2018

The report of the first ever case of 'super-gonorrhoea' - a bug which is resistant to frontline antibiotics - comes as no surprise to experts in sexually transmitted diseases.

US to leave Syrian battlefield ‘very soon,’ Trump declares

Posted on Thursday, March 29, 2018

US President Donald Trump insisted Thursday that US forces would pull out of Syria 'very soon' and lamented what he said was Washington’s waste of $7 trillion in Middle East wars.

Russia Says It Will Expel 60 U.S. Diplomats in Retaliation for Trump’s Move

Posted on Thursday, March 29, 2018

Russia is expelling 60 U.S. diplomats and ordering the closure of the American consulate in St. Petersburg, mirroring the expulsion of Russian diplomats by the U.S., Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

Haley: US won’t fund more than 25 percent of UN peacekeeping budget

Posted on Thursday, March 29, 2018

The United States will no longer provide more than a quarter of the funding for the United Nations’s peacekeeping efforts, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley told the organization Wednesday.

North and South Korea prepare for joint summit

Posted on Thursday, March 29, 2018

Top-level officials from North and South Korea met near the border to prepare for an upcoming summit between the leaders of the two countries, the South confirmed on Thursday. The officials were discussing the details and possible dates…

European powers press for Iran sanctions to buttress nuclear deal

Posted on Thursday, March 29, 2018

France, Britain and Germany sought on Wednesday to persuade their EU partners to back new sanctions on Iran to preserve a nuclear deal with Tehran that U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to pull out of in May,…

Mattis: U.S. Nearly Bombed Russians in Syria a Second Time

Posted on Wednesday, March 28, 2018

U.S. military forces in the Middle East nearly bombed a group of Russian mercenaries working with pro-government forces in Syria for a second time, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis revealed Tuesday.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un makes first visit to China, Beijing confirms

Posted on Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Beijing ended the guessing game on whether North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had made a secretive visit to the Asian nation, confirming early Wednesday that he was part of the delegation from Pyongyang that arrived at the Chinese…

Nerve agent attack: Dozens of Russian diplomats expelled across globe

Posted on Tuesday, March 27, 2018

More than 130 Russian diplomats have been ordered to leave capital cities across the globe, as the West unites behind Britain over the Salisbury nerve agent attack.

3 Explosive Devices Found at French Supermarket After Deadly Rampage, Official Says

Posted on Monday, March 26, 2018

A French judicial official says three homemade explosive devices have been found in the supermarket in southern France that was the site of a deadly attack by a man calling himself 'a soldier' of the Islamic State group.

Saudi Arabia says 1 person killed in ballistic missile attack on Riyadh by Yemen rebels

Posted on Monday, March 26, 2018

Yemen’s Shiite rebels fired a barrage of ballistic missiles targeting Saudi Arabia late Sunday on the third anniversary of a kingdom-led war in Yemen, with fragments of one missile over Riyadh killing one person and wounding two.

China responds to Trump tariffs with proposed list of 128 US products to target

Posted on Friday, March 23, 2018

The world's second-largest economy has responded to President Donald Trump's controversial trade tariffs.

Trump to announce trade sanctions against China for intellectual property theft

Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2018

On Thursday, US President Donald Trump is set to announce new sanctions against China for stealing US intellectual property, according to a White House official.

Trump seeks Saudi Arabia’s help in eastern Syria

Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2018

The Trump administration is trying to determine its long-term goals in eastern Syria as Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman visits the United States.

U.S., South Korea to restart new round of wargames

Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Top defense officials in Washington and Seoul plan to restart a new round of massive military drills on the peninsula, initially delayed due to the recent winter Olympic games, within the coming weeks in a move assured to…

Trump, South Korea prep for nuke talks with the North

Posted on Sunday, March 18, 2018

President Trump spoke Friday with South Korea President Moon Jae-in about setting up denuclearization talks with the North, said the White House.

Trump administration blames Russian hackers with targeting energy grid, critical infrastructure

Posted on Friday, March 16, 2018

Russian government hackers have spent the last two years waging cyberattacks against U.S. government entities and multiple critical infrastructure sectors, the Trump administration said Thursday, marking the first time the White House has officially accused the Kremlin of…

U.K. expels 23 Russian diplomats over spy poisoning

Posted on Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Britain will expel nearly two dozen Russian diplomats, sever high-level bilateral contacts with Moscow and take both open and covert action against Kremlin meddling after the poisoning of a former spy, the prime minister said Wednesday, plunging U.K.-Russian…

Turkish Newspaper Close To President Erdogan Calls To Form Joint Islamic Army To Fight Israel

Posted on Tuesday, March 13, 2018

On December 12, 2017, ahead of the summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Istanbul, the Turkish daily Yeni Safak, which is close to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his ruling AKP party, published an article…

Britain very close to Brexit transition deal with the EU: minister

Posted on Monday, March 12, 2018

Britain is very close to agreeing the details of an implementation period with the European Union for its transition out of the bloc, junior Brexit minister Robin Walker said on Monday.

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