Cannon salute marks centenary of Passchendaele battle of WWI A dawn cannon salute in western Belgium has marked the start of one of World War I’s bloodiest battles 100 years ago. Around 100 people gathered Monday at the Welsh memorial in Langemark, near where the Third Battle of Ypres, known […]
Trump intends to sign Russia sanctions bill, White House says President Trump intends to sign a new package of sanctions against Russia, Iran and North Korea that the Senate approved this week, the White House said Friday in a statement.The legislation bars Trump from easing or waiving the penalties on […]
2 dead, 4 wounded in shooting at nightclub in Germany A shooting in a German discotheque claimed two lives Sunday, including that of the gunman, and wounded four people, three of them seriously, police said. A tweet by police in the town of Konstanz in Germany’s southwestern Baden-Wurttemberg state said […]
Oil hits two-month high on tighter U.S. market, Venezuela sanctions risk Oil prices hit a two-month high on Monday, lifted by a tightening U.S. crude market and the threat of sanctions against OPEC-member Venezuela. Brent crude futures were at $52.82 per barrel at 0443 GMT on Monday, up 30 cents […]
Trump and Japan’s Abe talk about ‘grave and growing’ North Korea threat Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday and agreed on the need for more action on North Korea just hours after the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations said Washington is “done […]
Thousands rally in Istanbul against Israel’s Al-Aqsa mosque measures Thousands of people rallied in Turkey’s largest city on Sunday against security measures Israel has imposed at the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, shortly after Israel removed other measures that led to two weeks of violent Palestinian protests. The rally in Istanbul, […]
Deadly protests mar Venezuela ballot as voters snub Maduro assembly Deadly protests rocked Venezuela on Sunday as voters broadly boycotted an election for a constitutional super-body that unpopular leftist President Nicolas Maduro vowed would begin a “new era of combat” in the crisis-stricken nation. Anti-Maduro activists wearing hoods or masks […]
Putin says U.S. must cut 755 diplomatic staff, more measures possible President Vladimir Putin said the United States would have to cut its diplomatic staff in Russia by 755 people and that Moscow could consider additional measures against Washington as a response to new U.S. sanctions approved by Congress. Moscow […]
New White House chief of staff Kelly is a combat leader who will try to impose discipline Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, President Trump’s choice to replace Reince Priebus as chief of staff, is a retired Marine general and combat leader who will now face the challenge of bringing order […]
North Korea: ICBM test could have reached U.S. mainland North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Saturday the second flight test of an intercontinental ballistic missile demonstrated his country can hit the U.S. mainland, hours after the launch left analysts concluding that a wide swath of the United States, including […]
