Israel targets Iranian ground assets
Israel says it has hit Iranian targets around the Syrian capital, Damascus. The Israel Defense Forces say the overnight operation…
Good Friday deal to be amended?
British Prime Minister Theresa May is considering solving the Brexit deadlock by amending the Good Friday Agreement (GFA) after abandoning…
France will stay ‘military engaged’ in Middle East
French President Emmanuel Macron stated that France would continue to remain ‘militarily engaged’ in the Middle East region through 2019.…
Brexit in a stalemate
Talks to end the U.K.’s Brexit stalemate appeared deadlocked, with neither Prime Minister Theresa May nor the main opposition leader…
US Senate’s new sanctions on China
U.S. lawmakers revived a bill Thursday that could pave the way for sanctions against China over its mass internment of…
UK in Chaos
Britain’s last-minute scramble to shape an EU exit, its biggest policy upheaval in half a century, was stalled again as…
North Korea envoy in US
A North Korean envoy arrived in Washington on January 17 for expected talks with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and…
African Union urges DRC
The African Union (AU) says there are "serious doubts" about the outcome of elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo…
UN establishes new Yemen Mission
The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved Wednesday the deployment in Yemen of up to 75 monitors in a new mission…
BJP’s new election push
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party is in favour of an expansionary economic policy and does not consider the government’s…
Nancy Pelosi: “Reschedule the SOTU”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asked President Donald Trump to forgo his Jan. 29 State of the Union (SOTU) speech, expressing…
Dwindling Japanese workforce
According to a government study report, it is projected that the country's workforce would decline by 20 per cent by…
Former Fed chairs advocate carbon tax
Four former chairs of the Federal Reserve have joined with leading economists from both major political parties to issue an…
1/3 of UN workers sexually harassed: Survey
Based on a recent report published by the United Nations, one-third of U.N. staff and contractors have experienced sexual harassment…
India’s E-Commerce crackdown
Amazon and Flipkart have been given until the end of January 2019 to comply with new restrictions, announced in late…