Analysis: Trump’s Iran strikes U-turn underscores war and peace dilemma
Washington – President Donald Trump blinked. By calling off US forces poised Thursday night to launch retaliatory strikes on Iran, Trump stepped back from the… Read More ›
Washington – President Donald Trump blinked. By calling off US forces poised Thursday night to launch retaliatory strikes on Iran, Trump stepped back from the… Read More ›
New York – The rope is no wider than his thumb, the height is 25 stories up and the length is five city blocks,… Read More ›
The S&P 500 closed at a record high on Thursday after the Federal Reserve hinted it could cut interest rates as soon as next month. Analysts… Read More ›
US President Donald Trump also promised to land US astronauts on Mars. US President Donald Trump promised to eradicate AIDS and that his administration… Read More ›
New Delhi – The floor of the Chembarambakkam reservoir is cracked open, dry and sun-baked. About 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) away, in Chennai, India’s… Read More ›
Mirroring 2016 campaign, US president casts himself as political outsider, tears into ‘fake news media’ and ‘unhinged’ Democrats at reelection rally in must-win state of… Read More ›
Sacramento, CA – California public health officials would have oversight of doctors and schools with high numbers of medical exemptions for vaccinations under a… Read More ›
Facebook announced plans to create a new cryptocurrency on Tuesday — and the pushback has already begun. In the US, senior Democratic politicians are calling… Read More ›
The rocket fire comes amid tensions between the US and Iran and as Islamic State continues to threaten Iraq months after its defeat in Syria.… Read More ›
The leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, son of a peasant farmer from a village in the Nile Delta, broke out of jail 2011 and became… 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 ›