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Iran warns of 'regional consequences' of Syria strikes

Iran warned of "regional consequences" on Saturday following a wave of punitive strikes in Syria by the United States, Britain and France. "The United States and its allies have no proof and, withou...

Apr 14, 2018
World News
Western strikes hit bases, chemical research centres around Damascus: monitor

Western strikes early Saturday hit Syrian military bases and chemical research centres in and around the capital, a monitor said, as the US announced a joint operation against the Damascus government...

Apr 14, 2018
World News
Key quotes from Trump's address on Syria

President Donald Trump late Friday announced the launch of a joint US-British-French operation targeting Syria's "criminal" regime in retaliation for a suspected chemical attack that he called a "sig...

Apr 14, 2018
World News
Trump: US, allied strikes aimed at Syria's chemical weapons

The United States, France and Britain launched military strikes in Syria to punish President Bashar Assad for an apparent chemical attack against civilians and to deter him from doing it again, Presi...

Apr 14, 2018
World News
Russia: Missiles aimed at Syrian air base downed

2:50 a.m. (all times local): The Russian military says Syria's Soviet-made air defense systems have shot down all 12 cruise missile aimed at a Syrian air base. The Russian Defense Ministry said tha...

Apr 14, 2018
World News
Trump plans to talk to allies before Syria strike decision

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump has put off a final decision on possible military strikes against Syria after tweeting earlier that they could happen “very soon or not so soon at all.” The White...

Apr 13, 2018
World News
[Graphic News] Which government is the most transparent in Asia?

Japan has the most open government system in Asia, according to the recently released World Justice Project. The report measures whether a country’s basic laws and information on legal rights are pu...

Apr 12, 2018
World
Is Facebook regulation 'inevitable'? Not so fast

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told lawmakers that regulation of his company is "inevitable," but still came to Capitol Hill prepared to defend against proposals he thought went too far. He rarely had...

Apr 12, 2018
World Business
[Graphic News] Moroccans top list of recipients of EU citizenship

Moroccans ranked as the top nationals who have obtained the nationality of a European country, followed by Albanians and Indians, according to Eurostat data. A total of 820 people from North Korea...

Apr 11, 2018
World
257 dead in Algeria military plane crash: official

ALGIERS, Algeria -- An Algerian military plane crashed and caught fire on Wednesday killing 257 people, mostly army personnel and members of their families, officials said. An AFP photographer at th...

Apr 11, 2018
World News
[Graphic News] Facebook scandal affected up to 87m users

Several million Facebook users in the EU who installed the Cambridge Analytica app and their friends may have been affected by the data leak involving the political consultancy. Facebook said last...

Apr 10, 2018
World Business
Facebook to send Cambridge Analytica data-use notices Monday

NEW YORK (AP) -- Get ready to find out if your Facebook data has been swept up in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Starting Monday, the 87 million users who might have had their data shared with...

Apr 9, 2018
World Business
China says US trade talks currently ‘impossible’

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China warned on Monday that trade talks with the United States were “impossible” under current conditions after President Donald Trump reassured markets by suggesting that the...

Apr 9, 2018
World News
[Graphic News] OPCW: Ridding the world of chemical weapons

Russia lost a bid last week at the global chemical weapons watchdog to launch a joint probe with Britain into the spy poisoning scandal. It has sought to press its case at the highest level, calling...

Apr 9, 2018
World
Suspected poison gas kills at least 40 in Damascus suburb

BEIRUT — Suspected poison gas was used to attack the last remaining foothold for the Syrian opposition in the eastern suburbs of Damascus, killing at least 40 people, including families found in thei...

Apr 9, 2018
World News

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