Jan 11 Taiwan’s leader reelected as voters back tough China stance By Elaine Kurtenbach, Johnson Lai, Associated Press Tsai Ing-wen was reelected as Taiwan's president by a landslide Saturday in a victory that signaled strong support for her tough stance against China among voters determined to defend their democratic way of life. Continue reading
Jan 11 Sultan Qaboos bin Said, who modernized Oman, dies at 79 By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Oman’s Sultan Qaboos bin Said, the Mideast’s longest-ruling monarch who seized power in a 1970 palace coup and pulled his Arabian sultanate into modernity while carefully balancing diplomatic ties between adversaries Iran and the U.S., has died. He was 79. Continue reading
Jan 11 Under pressure, Iran admits it shot down jetliner by mistake By Nasser Karimi, Joseph Krauss, Associated Press Iran's Revolutionary Guard on Saturday acknowledged that it accidentally shot down the Ukrainian jetliner that crashed earlier this week, killing all 176 people aboard, after the government had repeatedly denied Western accusations and mounting evidence that it was responsible. Continue reading
Jan 10 Watch 6:58 News Wrap: Standoff over Senate impeachment trial to end next week In our news wrap Friday, the impasse over a Senate impeachment trial of President Trump is ending. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she'll move next week to send the articles of impeachment to the Senate. Also, the final U.S. jobs… Continue watching
Jan 10 Watch 10:12 Will fallout from Soleimani killing drive U.S. troops from Iraq? The fallout from the Trump administration’s killing of Qasem Soleimani continues to unfold -- and it could affect the presence of U.S. forces in Iraq. On Friday, Sec. of State Mike Pompeo rejected Iraqi calls for the U.S. to plan… Continue watching
Jan 10 Watch 9:59 This dissident leaked explosive documents depicting China’s brutal treatment of Uighurs By Malcolm Brabant The U.S. says more than a million Uighur Muslims are in detention or camps in China’s vast northwest Xinjiang province. The Chinese government counters that it is focused on the “re-education” of extremists. But in her first television interview, a… Continue watching
Jan 10 Watch 6:37 How France is leveraging a lottery to finance historic preservation By Jeffrey Brown, Frank Carlson From the Eiffel Tower to the Palace of Versailles, France is famous for iconic monuments and other structures. But the country also faces a large and growing challenge with protecting and preserving its lesser-known historic sites, many of which have… Continue watching
Jan 10 Column: 20 global developments to watch over the next 5 years By Vikram Mansharamani We need to look beyond today’s headlines and think about how the world might unfold. Continue reading
Jan 10 U.S. reportedly tried to take out another Iranian leader on the same day as Soleimani strike By Lolita C. Baldor, Robert Burns, Associated Press U.S. officials say the U.S. military tried, but failed, to take out another senior Iranian commander on the same day that an American airstrike killed the Revolutionary Guard's top general. Continue reading
Jan 10 Amid tensions between the U.S. and Iran, Canada grieves By Rob Gillies, Tim Sullivan, Associated Press Canadians are struggling to come to terms with how the killing of an Iranian general last week in a U.S. drone strike may have led to the deaths of dozens of their citizens in a plane crash. Continue reading