US soldiers and officers would return home in coffins in retaliation for the assassination of Major General Qassem Soleiman, secretary General of the Lebanese movement Hezbollah, Seyed Hassan Nasrallah, has said. “When the coffins of American soldiers and officers begin to be transported … to the United States, (President Donald)...
Power blackouts in South Africa caused by flash flooding have shut down mining operations across the country, several mining companies said on Tuesday. Harmony Gold, Impala Platinum and Sibanye-Stillwater, all said they had been forced to cut production since Monday owing to power shortages. “There are very few underground mines that...
Xi Jinping was on Friday unanimously re-elected Chinese President. Xi Jinping was also elected Chairman of the Central Military Commission of China on the platform of the ruling Communist Party of China. The re-election was an outcome of the ongoing session of the 14th National People’s Congress. The event marked the third...
Britain will leave the European Union on January 31 as planned, Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised on Friday after winning a sweeping election victory. Condemning more than three years of political wrangling over Brexit, he said: “I will put an end to all that nonsense and we will get Brexit...
U S. Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in the north suburb Tuesday evening, calling for federal action on assault weapons. The call was coming less than 36 hours after a shooter opened fire at the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, killing seven people. “We’ve got to be smarter as...
Lebanese House Speaker, Nabih Berri, on Monday urged for a quick cabinet formation while warning against famine if the current political paralysis prevails. “We are going to a very dangerous place which we may not be able to avoid later. We need to form a government to deal with economic...
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday said Ukrainian forces had recaptured 6,000 square kilometres (2,320 square miles) of territory from Russia in a counter-offensive this month. “Since the start of September, our soldiers have already liberated 6,000 square kilometres of Ukrainian territory in the east and south, and we are...
Following his historic indictment on criminal charges, Donald Trump was preparing Friday to go where no former US president has gone before — a prosecutor’s office to be booked, fingerprinted and have his mugshot taken. Trump’s pending arrest, expected on Tuesday, throws a political grenade into the 2024 presidential race,...
A regional minister in Lombardy, the Italian region most affected by the novel coronavirus outbreak, has tested positive for the virus. The Lombardy region said in a statement on Monday that the contagion concerns Alessandro Mattinzoli, 60, who serves as Commissioner for Economic Development. The region said the entire 17-member Lombardy...
Democrats in the U.S. House Judiciary Committee are expected to announce articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Tuesday, a lawmaker told multiple U.S. media outlets. Elliot Engel, the House Foreign Affairs Chairman, told reporters that the articles of impeachment were likely be unveiled at a news conference on...