U.S.-backed fighters in Syria are poised to capture Islamic State’s last, tiny enclave on the Euphrates, the battle commander said on Saturday, bringing its self-declared caliphate to the brink of total defeat. Jiya Furat said the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) had cornered the remaining militants in a neighborhood of Baghouz village near the Iraqi border,…
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused the United States of raising the risk of nuclear war by threatening to spurn a key arms control treaty and refusing to hold talks about another pact that expires soon In a news conference that lasted more than three hours, Putin also backed U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to…
Brett Kavanaugh has been sworn in as US Supreme Court justice on Saturday after weeks of an intense screening process at the Senate. Mired in allegations of sexual misconduct which led to an FBI investigation, the vote eventually ended 50-48 in favour of Kavanaugh making it the closest such Senate vote in more than a…
At a historic ceremony graced by Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu, Senior White House Advisor and President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and his wife Ivanka as well as senior American officials, the American Embassy was opened in Jerusalem amid celebratory speeches and a personal message from President Donald Trump. Jared Kushner, in his speech said,…