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NATO Chief Says Still at Odds with Turkey over Russia Arms Deal

NATO and key member Turkey have failed to find common ground over Russia’s controversial delivery of a S-400 air defense system to Ankara, the military alliance’s chief Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday. The delivery of the system by Russia to Turkey, in a deal strongly backed by President Vladimir Putin and ...

January 23, 2020

Americas

Trump Downplays Injuries of US troops in Iran Strikes: I heard They had Headaches and Couple of Other Things

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he did not consider the brain injuries suffered by 11 US service members in Iran’s recent attack on a base in Iraq to be serious, as the American military moved more troops out of the region for potential injuries. “I heard they had ...

January 23, 2020

Int'l Organizations

The top UN envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffith

UN Special Envoy Calls for De-escalation of Violence in Yemen

The UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, is deeply alarmed by the latest round of violence in Yemen which resulted in the death of many innocent civilians, according to a statement obtained by Ahmad Hajj Ali, Al-Manar Website Correspondent at UN Office in Geneva. The statement added that Mr. ...

January 23, 2020

African countries

Libya Airport Suspends Flights after Coming under Fire: Spokesman

Rocket fire forced the suspension of all flights into and out of Tripoli’s sole functioning airport on Wednesday, Libya’s embattled UN-recognized government said. Mitiga airport had only reopened early last week following a truce in nine months of fighting for control of the capital with forces loyal to a rival ...

January 22, 2020

Americas

Trump Threatens to Slap 25% Tariffs on European Cars if No US-EU Trade Deal

Donald Trump on Wednesday renewed his threat to impose painful tariffs on EU-made cars if trade talks yield no progress. “The European Union is tougher to deal with than anybody. They’ve taken advantage of our country for many years,” he told Fox News on the sidelines of the World Economic ...

January 22, 2020

Europe

France Will Do ‘Everything’ to Help Resolve Lebanon Crisis: Macron

France will do “everything” to help resolve Lebanon’s “deep crisis”, President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday, as a new government in Beirut faces a tenacious protest movement and a nosediving economy. “We will do everything, during this deep crisis that they are going through, to help … our Lebanese friends,” Macron ...

January 22, 2020

Americas

US CENTCOM Says Additional Troops Flown for Treatment After Iranian Missile Attack

The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said that additional American troops have been sent to a medical facility in Germany for treatment for injuries from the Iranian missile attack that hit bases in Iraq in early January in retaliation to the assassination of top General Qassem Suleimani. “As medical treatment and ...

January 22, 2020

Live News

China’s National Health Commission Says 9 Deaths from Coronavirus Outbreak Confirmed

Chinese National Health Commission Vice President Li Bin said in a statement that at least nine people died from a coronavirus outbreak on Monday. At least 13 Chinese provinces are affected with the virus, Li said. Chinese authorities earlier reported 324 cases of infection and six victims. Another National Health ...

January 22, 2020

Americas

U.S. President Donald Trump reacts after addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. The 50th annual meeting of the forum will take place in Davos from Jan. 21 until Jan. 24, 2020. Left is Ivanka Trump. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

US Senate Votes to Approve Trump Impeachment Trial Rules

The US Senate has approved a resolution outlining the ground rules for Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, which blocks Democrats’ attempts to subpoena more witnesses and documents. In a strict 53-47 party-line vote in the early hours of Wednesday, local time, the senators backed the trial plan offered earlier by Republican ...

January 22, 2020

Europe

Putin Keeps Key Ministers in New Russian Government

Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed a new government on Tuesday, keeping key officials including the ministers of foreign affairs and defense. The list of appointments released by the Kremlin showed Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu would be staying on in the government of new Prime Minister ...

January 21, 2020