Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday told Russian President Vladimir Putin the international community should “give Israel a strong and deterrent lesson” as punishment for responding so strongly to deadly Palestinian terror rocket attacks.
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday took to social media and urged Palestinians to attack Israel through their armed Hamas wing, calling for them to “stand strong” and “confront the enemy” as terror rockets rained down on Tel Aviv.
Versha Sharma, a top editor at left-wing NowThis News, will replace Alexi McCammond as editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue in the wake of controversy surrounding McCammond’s past anti-Asian and homophobic tweets.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Tuesday they warned U.S. Navy vessels to watch their behavior after Washington said warning shots were fired near Iranian fast attack boats, the latest confrontation between the rivals in the Persian Gulf.
Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry would like a word with you. The two will team up for an Apple TV+ series later this month tackling issues such as “unresolved trauma, loss, or grief” and expect Lady Gaga and Glenn Close to be just two of the entertainers joining them as they strive for a mental health “global conversation.”
GOP-led Missouri lawmakers approved legislation Thursday to honor late radio host and native son Rush Limbaugh, ensuring his January 12 birthday will now be remembered annually.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on the Muslim world Friday to keep fighting Israel, declaring the Jewish state a “terrorist garrison” which must be eliminated.
The Obama-era nuclear deal between the U.S. and Iran could be revived within weeks, a senior State Department official claimed Thursday, adding the decision to do so is entirely up to Tehran.
Major General Hossein Salami, senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), on Thursday scorned the military forces of Israel and the U.S. as “weaklings” as he boasted of the “blistering” military capabilities at the disposal of Tehran.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) and the man behind the U.N. agency’s stumbling response to the coronavirus pandemic, is ready to seek another five-year leadership term.
Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Wednesday rejected pressure to lift a temporary ban on inbound flights from India, saying any early resumption of arrivals from that coronavirus hot spot would erode Australia’s stretched quarantine capability.
Derek Chauvin’s defense attorney requested a new trial Tuesday in the matter of the death of George Floyd, citing numerous grounds including “jury misconduct” and “intimidation” as part of the motion filed in Hennepin County District Court, Minnesota.
Prince Harry’s long-planned AppleTV+ series with Oprah Winfrey will finally air later this month, Winfrey has confirmed, after reports the pair had delayed its debut after a string of setbacks.
An armed man was shot and wounded by FBI agents late Monday night, bringing to an end a two-hour standoff outside CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia.
The U.S. State Department has approved two potential arms deals for Australia totaling $1.94 billion which are destined to provide the key Indo-Pacific ally with new Abram main battle tanks and more helicopters.
Tehran has signed on for China’s global Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) infrastructure project, Iran Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami declared Monday.
China warned Thursday “serious consequences” await Australia after it tore up a Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) agreement between the two countries, cautioning “serious harm” to relations remain possible along with unspecified economic coercion against a country that refuses to be bullied.
Australia tore up a set of agreements Wednesday linked to the contentious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) deal with Beijing. The move is sure to provoke fury in China which has previously warned Australia it will become the “poor white trash of Asia” unless it stops pushing back against the ruling Communist Party.
A Norfolk, Virginia, police officer was sacked after donating to a legal defense fund set up for Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse, officials said Tuesday.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd warned intending Florida residents Monday not to “vote the stupid way you did up north” as he stood beside Governor Ron DeSantis during a press conference.
People who cast insults against Islam’s prophet Mohammed should be treated the same way as those who deny the Holocaust, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said Saturday. He added that claiming “freedom of speech” is no protection against hurting the feelings of observant Muslims.
The United States and China have agreed to cooperate and “curb climate change with urgency” in the lead-up to President Joe Biden hosting a virtual summit of world leaders to discuss the issue. The announcement of further “strong pledges” by Washington and Beijing was made Sunday in a joint statement issued by the two countries.
Iran announced Friday it is now enriching uranium at up to 60 percent purity, its highest level ever, just days after an attack targeted its key Natanz nuclear site.
A gunman shot dead eight people and injured dozens of others at a FedEx warehouse in Indianapolis late Thursday night before killing himself.
Iran’s Navy Commander, Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi, said Thursday no foreign warships would dare enter its territorial waters because of the nation’s seaborne superiority, promising a “grinding response” awaits any intruders that tried.
U.S. health agencies on Tuesday will issue a joint call for Washington to begin an “immediate pause” in the rollout of Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose coronavirus vaccine.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for a wealth tax Monday to help finance the global recovery from the coronavirus pandemic while at the same time expressing his profound disappointment in the international response to the crisis.
More than 70 percent of people in Japan said in a poll they are opposed to holding the rescheduled Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The negative response comes just three months before the event, originally set down for last year but pushed back because of the global coronavirus pandemic, is due to begin.
Cindy McCain, the wife of the late Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), has been tipped to be U.S. President Joe Biden’s nomination for a diplomatic post with the United Nations World Food Programme.
Iran blamed Israel on Monday for a sabotage attack on its underground Natanz nuclear facility, vowing for the second time in a matter of months bloody revenge against those it holds responsible for an “act of terror.”
