Trump’s coronavirus task force holds briefing as COVID-19 cases surge – 3/31/2020
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq – US Central Command (CENTCOM) on Friday claimed to have assisted almost 1,500 commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz in recent months, allowing for the passage of nearly 750 million barrels of oil through the contested waterway. In a video statement, CENTCOM chief Admiral Brad Cooper declared that efforts…
The Israeli airstrikes followed the IDF’s interception of a rocket that had been fired from Gaza. The IDF struck an underground rocket factory in the Gaza Strip Sunday night in response to a rocket that was fired toward Israel on Saturday, according to the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit. The IDF report added that its tanks unit attacked…
Washington — Republican Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana was the only House member to vote against a bill that would require the Justice Department to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein. The bill passed the House on Tuesday in a 427-1 vote after months of delay and pushback from GOP leaders, and then went on…
All roads lead to Rome, as the saying goes, and the most prestigious is the Appian Way, the strategic highway for the Roman Empire now hoping to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A paved road of more than 500 kilometres (310 miles) begun in 312 BC by Roman statesman Appius Claudius Caecus, the “Via…
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in North Korea to a red carpet welcome on Tuesday night at the start of his first visit to the totalitarian state in 24 years. Mr Putin was met on the tarmac by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and – flanked by a military guard of honour – the…
BEIJING (AP) — China on Monday warned other countries against making trade deals with the United States to China’s detriment. Governments including those of Taiwan, Japan and South Korea have begun negotiations with Washington after President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs against almost all of America’s trading partners on April 2. The import taxes were…