The World Health Organization chief said Monday there are around seven or eight “top” candidates for a vaccine to combat the novel coronavirus and work on them is being accelerated.
Tuesday, 12 May , 2020Whatever the economic benefits to be reaped from closer ties to China, the military and strategic alliance with the US is of paramount importance to Israel’s security.
Tuesday, 12 May , 2020Mike Pompeo is attempting to pressure the UN to extend an arms embargo on Iran or reimpose much more crippling sanctions on the country.
Sunday, 10 May , 2020A nationalist tabloid controlled by the Chinese Communist Party has dismissed claims by the Trump administration that the novel coronavirus originated from a laboratory in Wuhan.
Tuesday, 5 May , 2020After extended tensions between the U.S. and China, President Trump on Thursday renewed threats to slap new tariffs on Chinese goods as retaliation for China’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak.
Sunday, 3 May , 2020Hundreds protested Saturday in cities across America against coronavirus-related lockdowns as resentment grows against the crippling economic cost of confinement.
Sunday, 19 April , 2020Germany, seeking a path out of lockdown, begins broad random testing for antibodies.
Sunday, 19 April , 2020French President said he has secured the agreement of three UN’ Security Council to back a call by the UN for a global ceasefire so the world can focus on the coronavirus epidemic.
Wednesday, 15 April , 2020Donald Trump issued another tweeted threat to Iran on Wednesday, saying he would retaliate if the Tehran government struck again at U.S. interests in Iraq.
Thursday, 2 April , 2020Amid worldwide concerns over the new coronavirus, an age-old but now “extremely alarming” problem is developing in several countries that represents “an unprecedented threat to food security and livelihoods” as the start of growing season approaches for these parts of the world, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
Tuesday, 24 March , 2020President Trump reached out to North Korea, offering help to its leader to stem the spiraling coronavirus pandemic, according to a report by the country’s official state media, KCNA.
Tuesday, 24 March , 2020A new rocket attack against a base in Iraq housing servicemembers left three American troops wounded, according to the Pentagon.
Sunday, 15 March , 2020The Trump administration is making available to Congress two secret documents related to the United States’ peace agreement with the Taliban.
Tuesday, 3 March , 2020Violence in New Dehli has left more than 45 dead and hundreds injured after a Hindu nationalist rampage, stoked by the rhetoric of Narendra Modi’s populist government.
Tuesday, 3 March , 2020Fifty former European prime ministers and foreign ministers have condemned U.S. President Trump’s Middle East peace plan in an open letter.
Sunday, 1 March , 2020Donald Trump said on Sunday he is ready to sign a peace deal with the Taliban in Afghanistan if a temporary truce holds in America’s longest war.
Monday, 24 February , 2020The UK has officially left the European Union after 47 years of membership – and more than three years after it voted to do so in a referendum.
Sunday, 2 February , 2020Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said he is cutting security ties with Israel and the U.S. on Saturday, in reaction to a U.S.-brokered peace plan.
Sunday, 2 February , 2020Russia fears an escalation between Iran and Israel and wants to avoid it at any cost.
Sunday, 2 February , 2020The eighth case of the novel strain of coronavirus in the U.S. was announced on Saturday, as officials struggle to stem a soaring outbreak.
Sunday, 2 February , 2020