World Apr 24 WATCH: Trump dispatching Witkoff and Kushner to Pakistan for new Iran talks, White House says The talks planned for Saturday come as much of the world is on edge over a war that has snarled crucial energy exports through the Strait of Hormuz, clouded the global economic picture and left thousands dead across the Middle…
World Apr 23 Trump orders U.S. military to 'shoot and kill' Iranian small boats choking Strait of Hormuz President Donald Trump’s post on social media came shortly after the U.S. military seized another tanker associated with the smuggling of Iranian oil, ratcheting up a standoff with Tehran over the strait through which 20% of all crude oil and…
World Apr 01 Trump lashes out at NATO allies over unpopular Mideast war, widening transatlantic rift While President Donald Trump's talk of a possible NATO pullout dates back years, his comments to Britain's Telegraph newspaper, published Wednesday, were among the clearest and most disparaging yet — suggesting the fracture has deepened perhaps to a point of…
Science Mar 24 Did you remember to pack the antimatter? CERN takes antiprotons for a short drive Scientists in Geneva took some antiprotons out for a spin — a very delicate one — in a truck, in a never-tried-before test drive that has been deemed a success.
World Mar 18 Both sides in Iran war ratchet up attacks as oil prices surge Israel kept up its campaign of targeting Iran’s leaders on Wednesday, killing the country’s intelligence minister, and an Iranian offshore natural gas field was struck in a sign of the war’s mounting pressure – from both sides -- on the…
World Mar 16 Israel steps up bombing in Lebanon as Iran keeps stranglehold on shipping Massive explosions were heard in Beirut as Israel launched new attacks on the Lebanese capital before dawn.
World Mar 05 Chaos sown by Iran's attacks across the Persian Gulf is key to its strategy Iran's basic strategy is to instill fear about the dangers of a widening war in hopes that allies of the U.S. will apply enough pressure to halt their campaign.
World Feb 22 Greenland prime minister says 'no thank you' to Trump's hospital ship U.S. President Donald Trump said he would deploy a hospital ship to Greenland, alleging that many people there are sick and not receiving care. Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen responded, "It’s a no thank you from here."…
World Feb 18 No breakthrough on bridging differences between Russia and Ukraine, envoys signal The latest U.S.-brokered talks between envoys from Moscow and Kyiv over Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine ended Wednesday with both sides saying the talks were “difficult,” as the war’s fourth anniversary approaches next week.
World Feb 17 After almost 4 years of war, Russian and Ukrainian officials meet in Geneva for U.S.-brokered talks Expectations for any breakthroughs in the scheduled two days of talks in Switzerland were low, with neither side apparently ready to budge from its positions on key territorial issues and future security guarantees.