US Secretary of State John Kerry called for support of the new Iraqi government at a meeting of 35 countries at the United Nations Security Council on Friday, September 19. Kerry said the meeting showed the need for countries to cooperate to ‘put an end to ISIL’s unfettered barbarity.’ Credit: YouTube/State Department
Tension between Israel and Iran should not distract from the situation in Gaza and the first priority of the international community should be ending the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said. Fidan was speaking in Istanbul on Saturday during a visit by Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, who urged Iran and Israel to exercise restraint.
With a 19-gun cannon salute and a religious ceremony Kenya on Saturday paid a military tribute to its army chief who died in a helicopter accident this week.In June 2021, at least 10 soldiers died when their helicopter crashed during a training exercise to the south of Nairobi.
South Korea's leading doctors' body on Saturday rejected a revised medical reform plan from the government, the initial version of which sparked a strike two months ago.The main opposition Democratic Party has also criticised Yoon and urged him to revise the reform plan.
Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh began talks with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on Saturday as Middle East tensions run high, Turkish media reported.According to press reports, that have never been denied, Haniyeh and other Hamas leaders were in Istanbul when the attacks were launched.
Before the Columbine High School shooting, schools prepared for fires and natural disasters. After the 1999 massacre, states enacted lockdown and active shooter drills.
One person was killed and eight wounded in an overnight explosion at an Iraqi military base housing a coalition of pro-Iranian armed groups, officials said Saturday.The Iraqi security forces' media unit said "an explosion and a fire" hit the Kalsu base in the early hours of Saturday, leaving one person dead and eight wounded.
Passover is a major Jewish holiday, celebrated over seven or eight days each year, commemorating the exodus of ancient Israelites from slavery in Egypt, as recounted in the Bible. This year, for many Jews, the holiday’s mood will be somber due to the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and the rise of antisemitic incidents elsewhere. WHEN IS PASSOVER THIS YEAR? Passover – known as Pesach in Hebrew -- begins on April 22.
Index concentration has been a running theme for well over a year, and it's not limited to the S&P 500's "Magnificent Seven" stocks. The small-cap Russell 2000 index has its own set of outperformers, the "Micros."
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A man who set himself on fire on Friday outside Trump's court trial has died, according to police.
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China's foreign minister on Saturday accused Western powers in the AUKUS security pact of provoking division and risking nuclear proliferation in the South Pacific.AUKUS also "raises serious nuclear proliferation risks", the Chinese foreign minister told reporters after meeting with his Papua New Guinea counterpart Justin Tkatchenko.
Ukraine launched a wave of drones at Russia in the early hours of Saturday, setting a fuel depot ablaze, officials said, as both sides accused each other of deadly attacks on civilians.Ukraine has in recent months pleaded for more air defences from its Western allies as it struggles to fend off a surge in deadly attacks on civilian infrastructure.
Death Valley has ping ponged between severe drought and record rainfall, giving rise to extra-tall wildflowers, an ephemeral lake and dead bushes.
The historic first criminal trial of a former US president begins with opening statements on Monday.
Donald Trump, largely confined to a Manhattan courtroom for most of the past week, will reemerge on the campaign circuit Saturday in North Carolina, where the stakes of the Republican’s trial-to-trail presidential campaign are especially high.
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Three officials with his campaign outlined the former president’s strategy.
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