This handout photograph released by the University of Grenoble-Alpes on August 19, 2019, shows an artist’s view of the system beta Pictoris. (AFP Photo) A second planet has been discovered circling Beta Pictoris, a fledgling star in our own galaxy offering astronomers a rare glimpse of a planetary system in the making, according to a […]
Continue reading …The Arabic-language al-Watan newspaper reported that the Russian infantry units have been deployed in Bukamal region in Eastern Deir Ezzur and near Iraqi border for the first time. The newspaper quoted opposition sources as saying that the Russian troops have been stationed in the town of al-Jala along the Western bank of Euphrates River and […]
Continue reading …President Donald Trump’s annoyance with an unfavorable poll led him to wrongly assert that he had control over the 2020 presidential debates. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Donald Trump on Sunday slammed his preferred news network over recent unfavorable poll results, saying: “There’s something going on at Fox [News], I’ll tell you right now. […]
Continue reading …© Global Look Press / ZB / Patrick Pleul Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has labeled the idea of selling Greenland to the US as “absurd,” after President Donald Trump said Washington may look into purchasing the icy island. The suggestion of selling off Greenland, a Danish dependency, will not on the table any time […]
Continue reading …Afghan men comfort each other as they mourn during the funeral of their relatives after a suicide bomb blast at a wedding in Kabul [Omar Sobhani/Reuters] Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani has promised to eliminate all safe havens of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) as the country marks a subdued centennial […]
Continue reading …The Iranian tanker Grace 1 sailed from Gibraltar on Sunday night, 46 days after it was detained on suspicion of breaching EU sanctions against Syria. The vessel, now renamed Adrian Darya 1, sailed from British waters around the Rock at about 11.30pm. The ship tracking website Marine Traffic showed the ship sailing east into the […]
Continue reading …The Houthi spokesperson told Al Masirah that the rebels’ drone had attacked a refinery and oil storage facility (AFP) Houthi rebels in Yemen claimed they had attacked the Shaybah oil field in Saudi Arabia, according to a spokesperson speaking to its Al Masirah television channel on Saturday. The Houthi spokesperson told Al Masirah that the drone had attacked […]
Continue reading …The signing ceremony was attended by international dignitaries including Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and South Sudanese President Salva Kiir (AFP) Sudan’s main opposition coalition and the ruling military council on Saturday signed a landmark “constitutional declaration” paving the way for a transitional government. The deputy head of the Transitional Military Council (TMC), Mohamed Hamdan […]
Continue reading …Muftia Tlaib, the maternal grandmother of U.S. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, walks with her son Bassam (R) outside their home in the village of Beit Ur al-Fouqa, in the occupied West Bank on August 15, 2019. (AFP Photo) Israel’s interior minister said Friday he has received and granted a request by Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib to […]
Continue reading …President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Manchester, New Hampshire. | M. Scott Mahaskey/POLITICO MANCHESTER, N.H. — Even as markets show signs of a coming recession, President Donald Trump told New Hampshire voters Thursday that they had to support his re-election campaign or suffer the economic consequences. “I won the election, the markets […]
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