Rapidly accelerating diplomacy between the U.S. and the Koreas hit a snag this week when North Korea canceled a set of talks scheduled with the South, then subsequently threatened to pull out of a summit set between Kim Jong Un …
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Fifty-eight Palestinians were killed and 2,700 were injured in one of the most violent days along the Palestinian/Israeli border in years. The violence came amidst protests that began on March 30 and had already seen dozens of casualties.
The protests …
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President Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran nuclear deal last week, his main complaint being that it was a poorly negotiated deal that didn’t include important provisions. The President would like to see the deal expanded to include …
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Iran and Israel have reportedly exchanged military strikes in the Golan Heights, an area on Israel’s eastern border with Syria.
The Israeli military said that it had struck nearly seventy targets including an Iranian military compound north of Damascus, …
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The world has reacted to President Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of the nuclear deal with Iran. The leaders of France, the U.K. and Germany issued a joint statement expressing concern over the U.S.’ decision.
“It is …
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Former Secretary of State John Kerry has been working over the last several months to drum up support for the United States’ remaining in the Iran nuclear deal, according to The Boston Globe.
Kerry, according to the Globe, has …
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North Korea’s plan to denuclearize was not the result of pressure from the United States, the country’s news agency announced this week, adding that the U.S. was intentionally misleading the public by claiming otherwise. The U.S. government has repeatedly claimed …
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The United States Navy is reviving its Second Fleet, the fleet responsible for the North Atlantic Ocean, almost seven years after disbanding it. The fleet was split as a result of cost-saving and restructuring measures.
It is being re-constituted as …
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Newly confirmed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo released a statement this week on Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons. “For many years, the Iranian regime has insisted to the world that its nuclear program was peaceful. The documents obtained by …
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The arts and crafts chain Hobby Lobby has agreed to return some 4,000 artifacts that were illegally purchased to the government of Iraq, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced today. The Oklahoma-based company purchased more than 5,500 artifacts and then …
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President Moon Jae-in of South Korea suggested that U.S. President Donald Trump win the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to broker a peace between North and South Korea. “President Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize. What we need …
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Suicide blasts in Kabul, Afghanistan, have taken the lives of thirty-one people including ten journalists, today. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attacks.
The first explosion happened at around 8 a.m. this morning local time. It took place in the …
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The two leaders of the Koreas met yesterday in an historic summit and promised to work together to bring an official end to the Korean War along with a complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. It was an event sixty-five …
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Soon-to-be Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a secret trip to North Korea to meet with reclusive leader Kim Jong-Un last month in order to lay the ground work for a summit between Kim and President Trump, it was recently …
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A van struck and killed nine people and injured sixteen in Toronto, Canada, this afternoon in what authorities are calling a deliberate act. According to U.S. and Canadian authorities, mental illness seems to be the cause of the incident. There …
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British authorities claim to have identified suspects in the poisoning case of an ex-Russian intelligence officer and his daughter. The suspects are reportedly in Russia.
Sixty-six-year-old former Russian spy Sergey Skripal and his 33-year-old daughter Yulia were found slumped, unconscious …
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For the first time since the middle of the last century the country of Cuba will have a leader not named Castro. Miguel Diaz-Canel officially became the island’s leader on Thursday after Raul Castro stepped down and Canel was sworn …
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