Paris Opera musicians on strike over unpopular pension reform plans proposed by the French government delighted passers-by with a free New Year's Eve concert on the steps outside the Bastille opera house. In the Tuesday evening show, the musicians performed classics like the Dance of the Night from Sergei Prokofiev's ‘Romeo and Juliet' and Damnation...
Anti-American sentiment has taken deep root in Iraqi society and ultimately fueled the fiery siege of the US Embassy in Baghdad, as the locals blame Washington for the sorry state of Iraq, military and political analysts tell RT. Chanting “Death to America” and “Death to Israel,” a crowd of protesters surrounded the US diplomatic mission...
North Korea will continue building up its nuclear deterrent to counter US aggression, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said - but the degree to which it expands its weapons program will depend on the US' attitude. Accusing the US of insincerity regarding discussions about the partial lifting of sanctions, Kim held up Washington's “gangster-like...
US President Donald Trump said that the embassy in Baghdad has been secured by US and Iraqi troops, and threatened to hold Iran “fully responsible” for any damages or loss of life at any American facility. “This is not a Warning, it is a Threat,” Trump declared in a tweet on Tuesday afternoon, adding that...
Sporadic tribal clashes between Arabs and non-Arabs continued Tuesday in Sudan's West Darfur province, as the death toll climbed to at least three dozen people, some of them burned to … Click to Continue »
As Iraqi protesters battered the walls of the American embassy in Baghdad, pundits and commentators drew parallels with the deadly assault on the US diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya in 2012. Protesters entered Baghdad's heavily fortified ‘Green Zone' on Tuesday, incensed at an american airstrike that left 25 members of the Kataib Hezbollah militia dead...
