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The Israeli conducted a successful live-fire interception test of its Tamir weapons system, which it describes as a “sea-borne Iron Dome”. IDF Spokesperson Liberman thanked the US Congress in a following statement pointing out that it’s the “highest aid budget … Read More

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake struck about 80 miles east of Kimbre on the island of New Britain at a depth of about … Read More

The Chinese Air Force has conducted a series of exercises in the contested South China Sea and the Western Pacific, where it sent fighter jets and bombers through Okinawa’s Miyako Strait on Friday, labeling the exercises “rehearsals for future wars.” … Read More

How many more sinister steps can Erdogan take before the EU and the U.S. recognize that he is a threat to Western strategic interests? Less than a month ago, the Turkish daily Yeni Şafak ran an interesting article in advance … Read More

Peace and stability in Asia will top agenda at upcoming summit between Beijing, Tokyo and Seoul, former foreign minister says. China still has a significant role to play on the North Korea nuclear issue, regardless of the planned talks between … Read More

President Trump at the White House on Sunday. He has been criticized for not being firm enough with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. CreditAl Drago for The New York Times WASHINGTON — President Trump ordered the expulsion of 60 Russians … Read More

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, accompanied by Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Minister of European Union Affairs Omer Celik, speaks during a news conference at Ataturk International airport in Istanbul, Turkey March 26, 2018. Kayhan Ozer/Presidential Palace/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS … Read More

  U.N. World Food Program Executive Director David M. Beasley visits a house in Havana that was affected by Hurricane Irma. Photo: Yamil Lage / AFP / Getty Images “The head of the United Nations food agency warned [today] that … Read More

Organizers of the March for Our Lives demonstration in Washington, D.C. claimed Sunday that some 850,000 people attended the pro-gun control event, but an imaging company said the turnout was much less. Virginia-based Digital Design & Imaging Service Inc., which … Read More

AN EARTHQUAKE has rattled Australia, waking residents of Darwin hundreds of miles from the epicentre in the Banda Sea of Indonesia. USGS / Bureau of Meteorology   Australia was rattled by a 6.6 magnitude earthquake which hit the Banda Sea in Indonesia. … Read More

WASHINGTON –President Ronald Reagan once likened trade wars to the pie fights in old Hollywood comedies. One pie in the face leads to another. And then another. Pretty soon, Reagan said in a 1986 radio address, “everything and everybody just … Read More

WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – President Donald Trump is preparing to expel dozens of Russian diplomats from the United States in response to the nerve-agent poisoning of a former Russian spy in Britain, two people familiar with the matter said on Saturday … Read More

Bolton is only a by-product of a general policy environment in Washington continually primed to directly confront Iran. In a social media post late on March 22, Trump announced that Bolton will replace Lieutenant General HR McMaster as his chief … Read More

Shaul Mofaz and three other former IDF heads warn of Tehran’s ambitions, but advise against tearing up nuclear deal. Shaul Mofaz speaks at Kinneret College in northern Israel on December 22, 2014. (Flash90) A former Israeli defense minister and chief … Read More

As many as 25,000 asylum applicants and their supporters have demonstrated in central Tel Aviv against plans for a mass expulsion. Rights groups are optimistic that a delay by the top court could keep them in Israel. Migrants and Israelis … Read More