Investigators Find Labyrinth of Underground Rooms at Epicenter of Beirut Explosions, Report Claims
August 12, 2020 at 04:13 AM
As many as 60 people remain missing following Tuesday’s massive blasts in the Lebanese capital, with over 150 killed and up to 6,000 suffering injuries of varying severity. Read More »
Made in China: US Reclassifies Hong Kong Exports Amid Push to Alter Beijing’s WTO Status
August 12, 2020 at 03:42 AM
Due to US President Donald Trump’s recent executive order revoking Hong Kong’s special status, exports from the special administrative region may be “marked to indicate ‘China’” as their place of origin, according to a new memo issued by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Read More »
Iraq Cancels Turkish Defence Minister Visit After Iraqi Soldiers Killed in Kurdistan Shelling
August 12, 2020 at 03:19 AM
Earlier on Tuesday the Iraqi government condemned a Turkish drone strike in the country's province of Erbil that killed two Iraqi soldiers, slamming "repeated military violations" by Ankara as a "dangerous violation of Iraqi sovereignty, international law and the UN Charter". Read More »
Drug Traffickers Minting Money in Pandemic to Smuggle 'Happy Pills' Into India from Europe
August 12, 2020 at 02:58 AM
The Indian government earlier placed absolute restrictions across the country to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More »
Trade War or Turf Fight: What’s Behind India's Plans to Curb Chinese Imports Via Proxy Nations
August 11, 2020 at 07:01 AM
India has upped the ante against Chinese imports in the wake of border tensions in Ladakh. Restrictions have been imposed on power tillers, steel, and bamboo to insulate domestic industries against cheap imports. And apart from Foreign Direct Investments, New Delhi has also barred China from Indian public procurement contracts. Read More »
US ‘Applauds’ Expulsion of Russian Diplomats From Slovakia
August 11, 2020 at 05:48 AM
The United States welcomes the expulsion of Russian diplomats from Slovakia, US Department of State spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said. Read More »
Leaders of Lebanon Received Warnings on Dangerous Explosives at Beirut's Port in July, Report Says
August 11, 2020 at 05:15 AM
A devastating blast in the port of the Lebanese capital of Beirut killed at least 163, injured thousands and destroyed the port itself as well as some 6,000 buildings in the vicinity. Read More »
Tehran Claims European Insurers Responsible for Compensation of Downed Ukraine Jet
August 11, 2020 at 04:02 AM
The head of Iran’s Central Insurance Organization is arguing that European insurance companies, rather than Tehran, should be responsible for covering costs related to the Ukrainian International Airlines (UIA) plane downed shortly after takeoff by Iranian military personnel on January 8. Read More »
Trump Falsely Claims That Spanish Flu Ended Second World War
August 11, 2020 at 02:49 AM
During a news conference on Monday, US President Donald Trump falsely said the 1918-1920 influenza pandemic had a likely role in ending World War II, which did not begin until 1939. Read More »
China Denounces Statement of 5 Western Foreign Ministers on Hong Kong as Meddling
August 10, 2020 at 09:10 AM
The joint statement of the foreign ministers of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States on Hong Kong is yet another instance of interference in China's domestic affairs, the Chinese embassy in Canada said in a statement on Monday. Read More »
