Afghanistan War: 100,000 dead in last 10 years alone – UN
More than 100,000 Afghan civilians have been killed or injured over the past decade, the United Nations reported Thursday, as it renewed calls to...
2019: A year of tosses and turns for Trump
President Donald Trump has shattered norms and niceties on the world stage in his nearly three years in office. Entering an election year, Trump...
China to lower import tariffs from January
Beijing will lower import tariffs on more than 850 products including frozen pork from next month, the finance ministry said Monday, as authorities battle...
US sanctions cannot stop gas pipeline to Europe: Russia FM
Russia's foreign minister insisted on Sunday that a flagship project to pipe natural gas to Europe would be finished, despite the United States slapping...
Jewish lawmakers demand Trump to fire his “White Supremacist Aide”
Stephen Miller, one of Donald Trump's most radical Senior Advisors, is known for his unswerving defense of a resolutely anti-immigrant policy. Miller also wrote...
No threat in training Saudis: US Pentagon
The Pentagon said Thursday it had conducted background checks on all Saudi military personnel currently training in the United States and found no "immediate...
US lawmaker says Trump treated worse than Jesus before crucifixion
A US Republican lawmaker said Wednesday that President Donald Trump, undergoing impeachment proceedings led by Democrats, has been treated worse than Jesus before his...
Trump, Syria and Facebook: the volatile cocktail of the 2010s
The Arab Spring gave way to bloodletting in Syria, a refugee exodus and surging jihadist violence. Obama gave way to Trump. The United Kingdom...
US standing behind terrorist groups & Beijing’s minority issues
Opinion | Over preceding weeks and months, the Western media have reported that Beijing is detaining anywhere from one million to 1.5 million Uyghur people,...
US to announce 4,000-troop drawdown from Afghanistan: media
The Trump administration will announce as early as this week plans to withdraw around 4,000 troops from Afghanistan, US media reported. Talks between the United...
US lawmakers demand names of Khashoggi’s killers
The quest for accountability in Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s death took a step forward this week with United States lawmakers calling on their intelligence...
Ban on hijabs, turbans and kippahs: Canada’s secular law under fire
The Quebec Court of Appeal Thursday refused to suspend the Quebec law that bans most public servants from wearing religious symbols while on the...