US deploying 1,000 more troops to Middle East as Iran tensions soar
Shanahan says additional soldiers are for ‘defensive purposes to address air, naval, and ground-based threats,’ US not looking for conflict with Tehran WASHINGTON —… Read More ›
Shanahan says additional soldiers are for ‘defensive purposes to address air, naval, and ground-based threats,’ US not looking for conflict with Tehran WASHINGTON —… Read More ›
Washington – A wide range of U.S. companies told a hearing in Washington on Monday that they have few alternatives other than China for… Read More ›
Hong Kong – Hong Kong has once again burnished its reputation as a thorn in the side of the Chinese Communist Party and its leader,… Read More ›
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenberg admitted his firm made mistakes that were “not acceptable” in handling a safety feature that’s been implicated in two deadly… Read More ›
Washington – The US is escalating cyber attacks on Russia’s electric power grid and has placed potentially crippling malware inside the Russian system, The New… Read More ›
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday the attack on two oil tankers on June 13 was one in a list of Iranian… Read More ›
Washington – More than 600 companies and trade associations, including Walmart and Target, have signed a letter telling President Donald Trump that an escalating… Read More ›
More than 600 companies and trade groups sent a letter to the Trump Administration warning of catastrophic effects on American consumers from the escalation… Read More ›
Four tankers off the UAE port of Fujairah had been struck on May 12, a month before the incident on June 13. The most recent… Read More ›
Iranian state media says Iran has taken in all 44 people onboard the ships; one vessel operator says its ship appeared to have been hit… Read More ›
New York – A former sergeant on the nation’s largest police force who helped prosecutors build cases against his former colleagues in the biggest… Read More ›
Hong Kong – This week’s violent protests in Hong Kong against a controversial extradition bill couldn’t come at a worse time for China’s stability-obsessed Communist… Read More ›
President Donald Trump on Tuesday boasted to reporters that details of his new Mexico deal were “secret” — but he was also holding notes… Read More ›
New York – A New York City man plotted to use guns, grenades and suicide vests to bring bloodshed to Times Square, federal prosecutors said… Read More ›
During his Monday morning interview with CNBC, President Donald Trump claimed that China has “lost 15 to 20 trillion dollars in value since the day… Read More ›
Namdar Zanganeh said that “the US has reached an ‘evil maturity’ in tightening the noose on Iran’s economy,” according to Radio Farda. Iran’s oil… Read More ›
New York – Wall Street’s major indexes charged higher on Friday, as sharply slowing U.S. job growth boosted hopes for Federal Reserve interest rate cuts… Read More ›
Democratic presidential candidates hammered Trump for touting his security deal with Mexico to avoid being slapped with heavy tariffs from the United States. Many… Read More ›
Japan warns ‘market confidence could be eroded’ if there is no rapid resolution to the ongoing conflict between Beijing and Washington FUKUOKA, Japan (AFP)… Read More ›
Chicago – Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg has been quickly growing his upstart campaign, expanding its footprint in early states, adding veterans of previous… Read More ›