January 30, 2020: Senator Cotton Urges China Travel Ban in Wake of Coronavirus
More than 80 people were killed and scores more injured in the blast at a ceremony marking the death of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. The so-called Islamic State claimed responsibility for two devastating explosions that killed 84 people at a commemoration in Iran marking Qasem Soleimani’s assassination by the United States. The Islamist militant extremist…
AMMAN, Nov 21 (Reuters) – Jordan said on Tuesday the army had beefed up its presence along its borders with Israel and warned that any Israeli attempt to forcibly push Palestinians across the Jordan River would represent a breach of its peace accord with its neighbour. Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh said his country would resort…
A top Sudanese general has said the army will press on with its offensive despite international efforts to broker a ceasefire in the 17-month civil war. “Peace talks can go on, but the army will not stop for that,” Assistant Commander-in-Chief Lt Gen Ibrahim Gabir told the BBC. He was speaking just days after the…
North Korean troops deployed to Russia to fight alongside Vladimir Putin‘s forces in the war against Ukraine are taking their own lives to avoid capture, officials have said. Newsweek contacted the Kremlin, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry and the North Korean Embassy in London for comment by email on Monday. Why It Matters Ukraine and South…
The small right-wing populist party Sanseito, which campaigned under the slogan of “Japanese First,” won big in Sunday’s Upper House election, taking 14 seats — the third-most among opposition forces in the poll, after the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP) and the Democratic Party for the People (DPP). The stunning results made the upstart…
HELSINKI, March 26 (Reuters) – Finland’s Supreme Court on Tuesday found a member of parliament guilty and fined her for calling homosexuality a “developmental disorder”, in a long-running precedent case that has turned into a political tussle over the limits of freedom of speech. The court found Paivi Rasanen, a medical doctor and MP for…