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N.Korea threatens to resume nuclear tests
Associated Press, Published on 10/10/2019
» SEOUL: North Korea on Thursday called outside condemnation of its weapons launches a "grave provocation" and threatened again to resume nuclear and long-range missile tests.
Teen climate activist sets stare on Trump
Associated Press, Published on 24/09/2019
» WASHINGTON: After teen climate activist Greta Thunberg delivered an emotional speech to world leaders at the United Nations in New York City on Monday, news cameras captured her staring at President Donald Trump when he arrived in the same lobby she was in.
Indonesian airline whose plane crashed a low-cost high flyer
Associated Press, Published on 29/10/2018
» Lion Air, the airline whose plane crashed early Monday while traveling from Jakarta to an island off Indonesia's Sumatra with 189 people on board, is a fast-growing low cost airline with a mixed safety record.
Hurricane gains strength, takes aim at north Florida
Associated Press, Published on 09/10/2018
» MIAMI: Hurricane Michael intensified into a Category 2 over warm Gulf of Mexico waters Tuesday amid fears it would strike Florida on Wednesday as an even stronger hurricane. Mandatory evacuations were issued as beach dwellers rushed to board up homes just ahead of what could be a devastating hit.
'Mission Accomplished' in Syria, Trump declares
Associated Press, Published on 14/04/2018
» WASHINGTON: Allied missiles struck at the heart of Syrian chemical weapons arsenal in a show of force and resolve aimed at punishing the Assad government for a suspected poison gas attack against civilians and deterring the possible future use of such banned weapons.
Trump says he'll fire missiles at Syrian 'Gas Killing Animal' Assad
Associated Press, Published on 11/04/2018
» BEIRUT: A senior Russian lawmaker on Wednesday morning warned the United States that Russia would view an airstrike on Syria as a war crime, but US President Donald Trump then tweeted that "missiles are coming" and called Syrian President Bashar Assad a "Gas Killing Animal".
Syrian monitors say at least 14 killed in missile strike
Associated Press, Published on 09/04/2018
» BEIRUT: Missiles struck an air base in central Syria early on Monday, the country's state-run news agency reported, killing at least 14 people, including Iranians, according to a war-monitoring group.
Trump to Assad: 'Big price to pay' for chemical attack
Associated Press, Published on 09/04/2018
» WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Sunday condemned a "mindless CHEMICAL attack" in Syria that killed women and children, called Syrian President Bashar Assad an "animal" and said there would be a "big price to pay" for resorting to outlawed weapons of mass destruction.
Israel strikes Syria, downs Iranian drone, as F-16 crashes
Associated Press, Published on 11/02/2018
» JERUSALEM: In its most serious engagement in neighbouring Syria since fighting there began in 2011, Israel shot down an infiltrating Iranian drone Saturday and struck Iranian targets deep in Syria before one of its own jets was downed.
9,000-plus died in battle with Islamic State for Mosul
Associated Press, Published on 20/12/2017
» MOSUL, Iraq: The price Mosul's residents paid in blood to see their city freed was between 9,000 and 11,000 dead, a civilian casualty rate nearly 10 times higher than what has been previously reported. The number killed in the 9-month battle to liberate the city from the Islamic State marauders has not been acknowledged by the US-led coalition, the Iraqi government or the self-styled caliphate.