The Trump administration is deploying a carrier strike group and bombers to the Middle East in response to troubling indications and warnings from Iran and to show the United States will retaliate with unrelenting force to any attack, national security adviser John Bolton said on Sunday. With tensions already high between Washington and Tehran, a… Read More U.S. deploys carrier and bombers to the Middle East
A ceasefire to end a surge of deadly violence in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel took hold on Monday after hundreds of Palestinian rocket attacks and Israeli air strikes. The latest round of hostilities erupted three days ago, peaking on Sunday when rockets and missiles from Hamas Islamist-run Gaza killed four civilians in Israel,… Read More Calm returns to Israel-Gaza border following ceasefire agreement
Political veteran Laurentino ‘Nito’ Cortizo won Panama’s presidential election in a close race on Sunday, with the electoral tribunal declaring him winner by just over two percentage points. In his victory speech, Cortizo called for national unity, after winning 33.2 percent of the vote with the Central American country divided about its choice in the… Read More Laurentino Cortizo wins Panama presidential election
The U.S. military said two of its warships sailed near islands claimed by China in the South China Sea on Monday, a move that angered Beijing at a time of tense ties between the world’s two biggest economies. The busy waterway is one of a growing number of flashpoints in the U.S.-China relationship, which also… Read More Two U.S. warships sail in South China Sea
Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex and wife of Britain’s Prince Harry, gave birth to a boy on Monday, the seventh-in-line to the throne and described by his proud father as absolutely to die for. The baby, who has not yet been named, was born in the early hours of the morning weighing 7 lbs 3oz… Read More Duke and Duchess of Sussex Prince Harrry, Meghan welcome a baby boy
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