Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Monday he wants to reduce the number of US troops in Afghanistan “with or without” a peace agreement in order to give higher priority to strategic competition with China. The Trump administration is expected to announce plans to withdraw around 4,000 troops from Afghanistan, according ...
Head of the Higher Shiite Islamic Council in Lebanon, Sheikh Abdul Amir Qabalan, denounced on Monday the smear campaign against the House Speaker Nabih Berri. Sheikh Qabalan stressed that the freedom of speech is protected as long as it does not infringe on the dignity of the clerical and political ...
