EXCLUSIVE: 10,000 Iran-trained Syrian soldiers posted on Israel border

posted in: Middle East, News

Syrian soldiers arrive to Syria’s Quneitra border crossing between Syria and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Thursday, July 26, 2018.  AP Photo/Ariel Schalit The move could explain PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to maintain government amid political crisis Two new Syrian military divisions, … Read More

Iran’s nuclear chief Salehi: We are running out of patience with EU

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“If we cannot sell our oil and we don’t enjoy financial transactions, then I don’t think keeping the deal will benefit us anymore.” Iran’s nuclear chief said on Tuesday he was warning the European Union’s top diplomat that Tehran’s patience … Read More

US-Mexico border violence deepens immigration divide

posted in: News, United States

After the tear gas and riots at the US-Mexico border, attitudes to immigration have become even more entrenched on both sides of political Washington. A solution to the impasse does not appear to be in sight. How should the US deal … Read More

Magnitude 6.1 earthquake hits western Taiwan

Taipei, Nov. 26 (CNA) A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck western Taiwan at 7:57 a.m. Monday, according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB). The earthquake’s epicenter was located at sea about 101.9 kilometers west of Penghu County Hall, at a depth … Read More

China and EU agree to work together to tackle Trump’s higher tariffs

posted in: European Union, News

Two sides confirm importance of conducting trade under WTO rules. European Commission Vice President Jyrki Katainen and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He shake hands in Beijing on June 25   © Reuters BEIJING (Kyodo) — China and the European Union agreed … Read More

Czech president vows to move embassy to Jerusalem in speech to Knesset

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Czech President Milos Zeman, pictured July 2018, released a joint statement with other Czech political leaders saying the opening of a “Czech House” in Jerusalem would be “the first step in the plan to move the Czech embassy” there  Michal Cizek … Read More

Migrants in Tijuana Run to U.S. Border, but Fall Back in Face of Tear Gas

TIJUANA, Mexico — A peaceful march by Central American migrants waiting at the southwestern United States border veered out of control on Sunday afternoon, as hundreds of people tried to evade a Mexican police blockade and run toward a giant … Read More

California’s Camp Fire now 100 percent contained, officials say

The most destructive and deadly wildland inferno in California history has been fully wrangled into submission by firefighters, who have been battling the ferocious blaze for 18 days, authorities announced on Sunday. The catastrophic Camp Fire in Northern California’s Butte County that … Read More

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