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US, Iran both appear to signal desire to avoid further conflict

US, Iran both appear to signal desire to avoid further conflict

REUTERS 2020-01-09 13:33:34

President Donald Trump on Wednesday tempered days of angry rhetoric and suggested Iran was “standing down” after it fired missiles at US forces in Iraq, as both sides looked to defuse a cr...

No US casualties, Iran appears to be standing down: Trump

No US casualties, Iran appears to be standing down: Trump

Reuters 2020-01-08 22:47:18

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that there were no American casualties in the Iranian strikes on military bases housing US troops in Iraq and that Tehran appeared to be standing down. &ld...

'US, Iran should restrain for peace'

'US, Iran should restrain for peace'

Global Times 2020-01-08 19:43:50

In the early hours of Wednesday local time, Iran launched two rounds of missile attacks at military bases in Iraq housing US troops. According to Tehran, the attacks were in retaliation for the US kil...

Seven airlines re-route flights away from Iraq, Iran airspace

Seven airlines re-route flights away from Iraq, Iran airspace

-- 2020-01-08 16:38:11

Several major airlines said on Wednesday they were re-routing flights to avoid airspace over Iraq and Iran after the Federal Aviation Administration banned US carriers from the area following an Irani...

Iran launches missiles against US forces in Iraq, Pentagon confirms

Iran launches missiles against US forces in Iraq, Pentagon confirms

-- 2020-01-08 16:28:14

The Pentagon confirmed yesterday (Tuesday) that Iran has launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles against US military and coalition forces in Iraq. "At approximately 5:30pm (EST) on January 7, I...

FAA issues emergency restriction for Gulf airspace

FAA issues emergency restriction for Gulf airspace

-- 2020-01-08 12:18:28

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued emergency restrictions for the Gulf airspace, as Washington-Tehran tensions are escalating. The FAA said in a statement that it has issued noti...

US warns of 'security risks, rocket fire' at Israel

US warns of 'security risks, rocket fire' at Israel

-- 2020-01-07 13:46:59

The United States warned its citizens in Israel and the Palestinian territories on Monday to be vigilant, citing the risk of rocket fire, three days after a US drone strike killed an Iranian military...

US denies Iran's Zarif a visa to attend UN

US denies Iran's Zarif a visa to attend UN

REUTERS 2020-01-07 12:38:01

The United States has denied a visa to Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif that would have allowed him to attend a United Nations Security Council meeting in New York on Thursday, a US offic...

Over 60,000 Mexicans ‘disappeared’ in drug war

Over 60,000 Mexicans ‘disappeared’ in drug war

-- 2020-01-07 11:59:30

More than 60,000 people have disappeared in Mexico since the start of the country's war on drugs in 2006, according to authorities. The number is far higher than previous estimates of around 40,000....

Pentagon chief denies US leaving Iraq

Pentagon chief denies US leaving Iraq

REUTERS 2020-01-07 11:28:10

The United States has no plans to pull its troops out of Iraq, defence secretary Mark Esper said on Monday, following reports by Reuters and other media of an American military letter informing Iraqi...

Trump vows to hit 52 Iranian targets if Iran retaliates

Trump vows to hit 52 Iranian targets if Iran retaliates

REUTERS 2020-01-05 11:09:37

US president Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to hit 52 Iranian sites “very hard” if Iran attacks Americans or US assets after a drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qass...

Bolivia to hold general elections on May 3

Bolivia to hold general elections on May 3

Xinhua 2020-01-04 16:54:01

Bolivia's Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) has decided to hold general elections on May 3, the court's vice President said on Friday. "The first Sunday in May," the official told reporters at a public e...

US Senate in stalemate over how to proceed with Trump impeachment trial

US Senate in stalemate over how to proceed with Trump impeachment trial

REUTERS 2020-01-04 14:19:19

The US Senate remained at a stalemate on Friday over how to proceed with the impeachment trial of president Donald Trump, as the chamber’s leaders wrangled over whether White House aides will be...

US 'self-defence' argument for killing Soleimani meets scepticism

US 'self-defence' argument for killing Soleimani meets scepticism

REUTERS 2020-01-04 10:50:05

The Trump administration on Friday justified its killing of a top Iranian general as an act of self-defence, trying to deflect accusations that it violated international law and concerns raised by leg...

US slaps sanctions on Cuba's defence minister

US slaps sanctions on Cuba's defence minister

-- 2020-01-03 13:34:18

The US State Department announced on Thursday that it has imposed sanctions on Cuban Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces Leopoldo Cintra Frias. The department claimed in a statement that Cintr...

US to deploy 750 troops to Middle East after embassy attack in Baghdad

US to deploy 750 troops to Middle East after embassy attack in Baghdad

Xinhua 2020-01-01 18:16:57

US Secretary of Defence Mark Esper said Tuesday that the United States will deploy about 750 troops immediately to the Middle East, a move taken hours after demonstrators stormed the US Embassy in Bag...

Mexico prison riots kill 16

Mexico prison riots kill 16

-- 2020-01-01 13:45:22

At least 16 prisoners were killed, five others wounded after riots occurred Tuesday afternoon in a prison in the northern Mexican state of Zacatecas, local media reported. A conflict between differen...

Will US Space Force take hegemony to cosmos?

Will US Space Force take hegemony to cosmos?

Global Times 2019-12-31 18:24:13

After signing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020 on December 20, US President Donald Trump announced the establishment of the US Space Force, the sixth military branch...

Gun ownership, deaths out of control in US

Gun ownership, deaths out of control in US

Global Times 2019-12-30 19:13:55

In 2019, the US saw more mass killings - four or more people in one incident - than any year. A total 41 incidents and 211 deaths were recorded this year. Excluding suicides, gun deaths reached 14,800...

Highway accident in Mexico leaves 11 dead

Highway accident in Mexico leaves 11 dead

-- 2019-12-30 18:28:43

At least 11 people were killed and seven more injured on Sunday after a car collided with a bus in the southeastern Mexican state of Chiapas, local authorities said. According to the Chiapas state At...

Shooter among two dead in livestreamed Texas church attack

Shooter among two dead in livestreamed Texas church attack

-- 2019-12-30 11:04:26

A gunman opened fire in a church in Texas, fatally shooting two parishioners before being killed by an armed member of the congregation. The gunman stood up from a pew at West Freeway Church of Chris...

US strikes in Iraq, Syria target Iranian-backed militia group

US strikes in Iraq, Syria target Iranian-backed militia group

REUTERS 2019-12-30 10:36:13

US officials said on Sunday that air strikes in Iraq and Syria against an Iran-backed militia group were successful, but warned that “additional actions” may still be taken in the region t...

Republican senator 'disturbed' by McConnell's impeachment remark

Republican senator 'disturbed' by McConnell's impeachment remark

BBC 2019-12-26 11:58:22

Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski has said she is "disturbed" by her party's stance before President Donald Trump's impeachment trial. Mr Trump was this month impeached by the Democrat-run House for...

'US provocations on Taiwan will eventually backfire'

'US provocations on Taiwan will eventually backfire'

Global Times 2019-12-25 19:00:14

Two US representatives on Monday introduced a bill in the Congress demanding to upgrade the director of the American Institute in Taiwan's (AIT) Taipei office to the rank of "Ambassador at Large," and...

Two strong earthquakes shake Colombia

Two strong earthquakes shake Colombia

Reuters 2019-12-25 11:48:29

Two strong earthquakes, of magnitude 6.2 and magnitude 5.7, struck central Colombia on Tuesday (local time), the Colombian Geological Service said, but there were no immediate reports of any injuries...

Venezuela arrests 11 after weekend raid of military outpost

Venezuela arrests 11 after weekend raid of military outpost

-- 2019-12-24 11:32:48

Venezuela has arrested 11 people in connection with a weekend raid of a remote military outpost in southern Bolivar state, but some suspects have fled across the border to Brazil with stolen weapons,...

Battle lines harden over Trump impeachment trial witnesses

Battle lines harden over Trump impeachment trial witnesses

REUTERS 2019-12-23 11:40:36

The White House on Sunday signalled comfort with plans by Senate Republicans to avoid new witnesses in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, while a top Democrat seized on a newly released...

16 inmates killed in latest bout of prison riot in Honduras

16 inmates killed in latest bout of prison riot in Honduras

-- 2019-12-23 11:22:34

At least 16 Honduran inmates were killed during a fight between armed gangs of prisoners on Sunday, officials said, the second outbreak of violence to hit Honduras’ beleaguered jails in the past...

Trump invites Johnson to White House in new year: British media

Trump invites Johnson to White House in new year: British media

-- 2019-12-22 12:39:24

US President Donald Trump has invited British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to visit him in the White House in the new year, British media reported on Sunday. The Sunday Times newspaper reported that...

Cuba names first prime minister in decades

Cuba names first prime minister in decades

Reuters 2019-12-22 12:37:14

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Saturday (local time) named tourism minister Manuel Marrero Cruz as the country’s first prime minister in decades, under a new constitution that seeks to dec...