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Syria airstrike: US military bombs pro-Assad forces
Posted on Friday, May 19, 2017
A coalition airstrike in Syria on Thursday targeted pro-regime forces who were threatening a coalition base where advisers train anti-Islamic State fighters, the U.S.-led coalition command said.
Trump to give ‘inspiring’ speech on Islam in Saudi Arabia
Posted on Wednesday, May 17, 2017
US President Donald Trump will urge unity between the world’s major faiths on an ambitious first foreign trip that will take him to Saudi Arabia, the Vatican and Jerusalem, the White House said Tuesday.
French Elect Emmanuel Macron as its New President
Posted on Monday, May 8, 2017
Three years ago, hardly anyone knew his name. But in a once-unimaginable scenario, Emmanuel Macron — at 39, the boy wonder of an aging political establishment — won the French presidency Sunday with a tidal wave of popular…
Trump, Putin talk Syria, North Korea in phone call
Posted on Tuesday, May 2, 2017
President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed in a phone call Tuesday to work together to end the civil war in Syria, according to the White House, with both men saying the suffering in that country has…
Trump says China pressuring North Korea on missile, nukes
Posted on Sunday, April 30, 2017
President Donald Trump said in a television interview to be aired Sunday that he believes China’s president has been putting pressure on North Korea as it pursues its missile and nuclear weapons programs.
U.S. hits Syria with new sanctions
Posted on Monday, April 24, 2017
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin announced new sanctions Monday against Syria for its chemical weapon attack, targeting 271 Syrian individuals involved in the Bashar Assad regime’s chemical weapons program.
Terror Strikes Paris as ‘ISIS’ Fighter Attacks Police with AK-47
Posted on Friday, April 21, 2017
A police officer was shot dead and two others were seriously wounded Thursday in the Champs-Elysées area of Paris – and ISIS is claiming its “fighter” carried out the AK-47 ambush just three days before the French presidential…
U.S. launches cruise missile strike on Syrian airfield near Homs
Posted on Thursday, April 6, 2017
American warships stationed off the Syrian coastline fired a salvo of cruise missiles against a Syrian military base in the western part of the country, days after a regime chemical strike left nearly 100 civilians wounded or dead.
Britain files for EU divorce, triggering 2 years to Brexit
Posted on Thursday, March 30, 2017
Britain formally filed for divorce from the European Union Wednesday, walking out on a 44-year relationship, enacting the decision made by U.K. voters in a referendum nine months ago and launching both Britain and the bloc into uncharted…
Iran says it’s ‘completely ready’ to restart nuclear program
Posted on Thursday, March 23, 2017
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warned Monday that Tehran is “completely ready” to restart its nuclear program if the US fails to live up to its commitments under the July 2015 nuclear deal.
