Trump says US ‘not involved’ in Iranian rocket failure
President Donald Trump on Friday released a photograph of an apparently failed Iranian rocket launch and said that the United States had nothing to do with it. Tehran has made no official comment on the indications from aerial photos that a rocket exp…
UPDATE 1-France to run no-deal Brexit dress rehearsal- minister
France will test run for a month measures it has prepared for Britain’s exit from the European Union so that companies are fully prepared ahead of Britain leaving at the end of October, including if it goes with no withdrawal deal, a government ministe…
Hezbollah: drones were likely flown from Israeli gunboats
The TV station of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group says two drones used in an alleged attack south of Beirut were flown from Israeli gunboats off the Lebanese coast. Al-Manar TV’s report Friday came five days after an alleged Israeli drone crashed i…
Swedish teen climate activist leads protest near UN
Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg drew crowds on land Friday after her two-week sail across the Atlantic as the 16-year-old Swede led a protest march in front of the United Nations. Hundreds of activists, many of them teenagers, surrounded her outs…
Trump Stays Defiant Before Tariffs, Lashing ‘Weak’ Critics
(Bloomberg) — Terms of Trade is a daily newsletter that untangles a world embroiled in trade wars. Sign up here. President Donald Trump showed no sign that he’s going to back down from new tariffs on more than $110 billion in Chinese imports — set to…
Climate activist Thunberg joins hundreds of teens at UN protest
Swedish climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg joined hundreds of other teenagers protesting outside the United Nations Friday in her first demonstration on US soil since arriving by zero-carbon yacht. Thunberg, 16, has spurred teenagers and student…
Boris Johnson Is Campaigning Again, But What Exactly Is He Selling?
(Bloomberg) — Three years after he sold Brexit to the British public, Boris Johnson is back on the campaign trail. The prime minister is still promoting a split from the European Union, but this time without a deal.Officially, he’s selling the idea th…
Swedish teen climate activist takes school strike to gates of United Nations
Swedish teenage activist Greta Thunberg took her weekly campaign for greater action on climate change to the gates of the United Nations on Friday, urging “everyone who cares about our future” to join her when world leaders gather in New York next mont…
UN atomic watchdog: Iran still in violation of nuclear deal
The U.N. atomic watchdog reported Friday that Iran remains in violation of limitations set by the 2015 nuclear deal with major powers and that its stockpile of low-enriched uranium is increasing. In a confidential quarterly report distributed to membe…
Trump news – live: President says decision on whether to order evacuations in Florida will be made on Sunday
Texas man pleads guilty in 2012 so-called honor killing
A Texas man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for what prosecutors call the “honor killing” of an Iranian rights activist who was his sister’s friend. Nasim Irsan pleaded guilty to murder Thursday in Houston. Irsan could have faced life in pri…
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