Kim Jong Un makes first public appearance in 20 days, state media reports
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. North Korean state media has claimed that the country’s dictator, Kim Jong Un, made his first public appearance in 20 days amid a flurry of speculation … Read More
Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 1 May 2020
Greetings from Tyler, We were warned that hospitals would be overrun. They were sure to run out of ventilators, if not hospital beds. Car companies were recruited to manufacture ventilators instead of cars. Now nobody knows what to do with … Read More
Environmental disasters across world in April 2020
Authorities in Afghanistan warn more than 7 million people still at risk as 56 people die from severe flooding. ANKARA The fourth month of 2020 saw numerous environmental disasters that impaired climate change and vice versa, including severe flooding in … Read More
11 European ambassadors warn Israel against West Bank annexation
Envoys from UK, France, Germany, other states say move would violate international law, harm regional stability, Israel’s international standing. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu points at a map of the Jordan Valley as he gives a statement, promising to extend Israeli … Read More
Trump says he’s seen evidence suggesting coronavirus emerged from Wuhan lab, compares WHO to PR agency
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. President Trump said Thursday he has seen evidence suggesting that the coronavirus originated from a laboratory in China while continuing his criticism of the World Health Organization‘s … Read More
Abbas says Palestinian accords with Israel, U.S. null if Israel annexes West Bank land
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in remarks aired on Wednesday that his administration would regard agreements with Israel and the United States “completely canceled” if Israel annexes land in the occupied West Bank. “We have … Read More
Egyptian TV show about Israel’s destruction opens real world rift
Israel’s foreign ministry reminds Egypt of peace deal after sci-fi drama El-Nehaya airs. Egyptian children play with fireworks at the start of Ramadan. Photograph: APAImages/Rex/Shutterstock An Egyptian science fiction drama that predicts Israel’s destruction has provoked an angry reaction from … Read More
Iran threatens Germany for ban on Hezbollah, says will have to face consequences
German special police gather near the Al-Irschad center in Berlin, Germany, April 30, 2020, after Germany banned Iran-backed Hezbollah on its soil and designated it a terrorist organization. (Reuters) Iran has slammed Germany’s ban on the activities of Lebanon’s Hezbollah … Read More
Germany faces huge economic slump due to coronavirus pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic will hit Germany’s economy harder than any other calamity in decades, according to Economy Minister Peter Altmaier. An expert told DW that projections of recovery in 2021 were “wishful thinking.” With the coronavirus pandemic unleashing a wave … Read More
Boris Johnson set to signal lockdown restrictions to stay for months to avoid disaster of second peak of virus
Back in charge: Johnson due to front No 10 briefing for the first time since his illness BORIS Johnson will signal this evening that Britain will have to endure the restraints of the coronavirus lockdown for months to come with only a … Read More
Russia warns US against any attempt to use low-yield missiles
‘In line with the Russian military doctrine, such actions are seen as warranting retaliatory use of nuclear weapons by Russia’ The Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Tennessee returns to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia (photo credit: REUTERS/MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST … Read More
Germany bans Hezbollah, raids mosques
A police officer walks out of Al-Irschad Mosque during a raid in Berlin, as dozens of police and special forces stormed mosques and associations linked to Hezbollah in Bremen, Berlin, Dortmund, and Muenster early Thursday. – AFP – Odd Andersen … Read More
Hamas: Israel has no right to exist
Hamas spokesman says Israel will continue to be an enemy because it “stole” the rights and land of the Palestinian people. Hamas — Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash 90 Abdel Latif al-Qanoa, a spokesman for the Hamas terrorist organization, on Wednesday denied … Read More
