A SENIOR Russian official has offered to mediate between North and South Korea to try to come to an agreement and prevent war from breaking out on the Korean peninsula. Valentina Matviyenko, speaker of the Russian Senate upper house, is … Read More
Coming soon: Maybe a joint exit from the United Nations? After all, the UN has also been critical of Israel How did all this goodness fall upon us? What did we do to deserve it? Like a holiday present, the … Read More
North Korea is believed to be preparing to launch another ballistic missile in retaliation for an upcoming joint naval drill by the US and South Korea, it emerged today.. The US Navy said on Friday that the USS Ronald Reagan … Read More
Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionKurdish and Arab fighters have been pushing back IS since June A deal has been struck to evacuate civilians by bus from the Syrian city of Raqqa, where so-called Islamic State (IS) is surrounded by a US-led coalition … Read More
‘Catastrophic breeding event’ leads to demands for a marine protected area to be set up in East Antarctica London: A colony of about 40,000 Adelie penguins in Antarctica has suffered a “catastrophic breeding event” — all but two chicks have … Read More
Migrants on the German military ship Rhein. Photograph: Alfonso Di Vincenzo/Kontrolab/LightRocket via Getty Images ‘Go Back to Where you Came From’ analyses the problem well but has few solutions As the Syrian refugee crisis spread across Europe in autumn 2015 … Read More
SONOMA, Calif. — The death toll rose to 23 Wednesday and more than 3,500 homes and businesses have been destroyed across Northern California’s wine country as almost two dozen wildfires continued their assault on the region for a fourth day Wednesday. The … Read More
US President Donald Trump. Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images ISRAEL is out on a limb, as the international community waits for Donald Trump’s decision, expected any day, on the fate of the Iranian nuclear deal. Jerusalem has been trying hard to … Read More
Natacha Pisarenko / Associated Press A family sleeps in a shelter after having been evacuated from their apartment in a large complex in Mexico City’s Tlalpan neighborhood.Displaced residents gathered outside the vacant apartment complex, awaiting a chance to enter their … Read More