South China Sea emerging as a dangerous flashpoint
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Five Lebanese banks were stormed Friday by depositors seeking to unlock frozen savings, the latest in a string of such “heists” in the crisis-hit country that have garnered wide public support. Lebanon has been mired in an economic crisis for more than two years, since the value of its currency began plummeting and banks started…
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have praised the close and decades-old bilateral relations between their two countries during official talks in Moscow. India and Russia are linked by a “privileged strategic partnership,” Putin said at the meeting in the Kremlin. Trade between the two nations had increased by 60% in…
A motive in the shooting that claimed five lives remains unclear. Anderson Lee Aldrich had a fractured family life, according to the suspect’s father. As the 22-year-old arrested in the deadly rampage at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ club made an initial court appearance Wednesday and was ordered held without bond, pieces of the suspect’s past…
CAIRO – An Iranian Revolutionary Guards senior official said on March 2 that the Strait of Hormuz is closed and Iran will fire on any ship trying to pass, Iranian media reported. This is Iran’s most explicit warning since telling ships it was closing the export route on Feb 28, a move that threatens to choke…
Images show protesters scaling walls of Swedish Embassy in Iraq Iraq has severed diplomatic ties with Sweden Thursday after a planned anti-Quran demonstration unfolded in Stockholm, during which an individual stepped on and kicked the Islamic holy book and Iraqi flag. The move came after images emerged of protesters storming the Swedish embassy in Baghdad…
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The World Bank said it will not consider new loans to Uganda after the East African country earlier this year enacted an anti-gay bill that rights groups and others have condemned. The World Bank had deployed a team to Uganda after the law was enacted in May and determined that additional measures were necessary to…