The United States is seeking UN Security Council backing for the peace deal it signed with the Taliban aimed at ending America's longest war and bringing US troops home from Afghanistan. A US draft resolution, would welcome the February 28 announcement of the agreement, AP reported, citing the document. It would also encourage “the sustained...
United by grief across oceans and continents, families who lost loved ones when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down in 2014 hope that a trial starting next week will … Click to Continue »
Asian shares slipped Friday as fears about the virus outbreak once again dominated financial markets. Japan's benchmark Nikkei dived 2.7% to finish at 20,749.75. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 lost 2.8% to … Click to Continue »
China's central province of Hubei, excluding the provincial capital Wuhan, reported zero new cases of coronavirus over 24 hours for the first time during the outbreak, as authorities continued to contain imported infections in other parts of the country.
North Korea said Friday it has released about 220 foreigners from a quarantine imposed as part of its vigilant prevention efforts to avoid an outbreak of the coronavirus that has … Click to Continue »
A surge in Arab voter turnout was key to depriving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nationalist allies of a parliamentary majority in this week's Israeli election. Undercutting Netanyahu's ambitions … Click to Continue »
Big swings in the stock market are jarring, but normal in abnormal times. And these are abnormal times. More often than not in the past two weeks, the S&P 500 … Click to Continue »
