Israel, US test long-range missile defense system in Alaska
Israel and the United States completed a series of tests of the new long-range missile defense system in Alaska. The tests were conducted at Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska in Kodiak. MDA Director Vice Adm. Jon Hill says the success in Kodiak helps …
Libyan officials: Airstrike hits field hospital, 5 killed
Libyan health authorities say an airstrike hit a field hospital south of the capital, Tripoli, killing at least four doctors and a paramedic. Health authorities did not say which side was behind the airstrike, which wounded eight health workers. The …
Syria keeps up deadly bombardment of rebel-held town
Syrian opposition activists and a war monitor say five people have been killed in airstrikes on a town in the country’s northwest as the government keeps up its deadly air campaign against the rebel-controlled region. The Syrian Observatory for Human …
China to Brief on Hong Kong Unrest After Weekend of Protests
(Bloomberg) — China’s top office for Hong Kong affairs plans a briefing on the city’s unrest, after a weekend of demonstrations illustrated the challenge of quelling a protest movement that’s leaderless, unpredictable and widespread.Police deployed te…
Oman In Talks With ‘All Parties’ to Restore Hormuz Stability
(Bloomberg) — Omani officials are in talks with “all parties” to restore stability to the Strait of Hormuz after recent threats to oil tankers and the freedom of navigation, Foreign Minister Yousef Bin Alawi said after discussions with Iranian officia…
UPDATE 1-Iran says meeting with parties to nuclear deal constructive
An emergency meeting with parties to Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with major powers was “constructive”, Iranian official Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday, but said Tehran would continue to reduce its nuclear commitments if Europeans failed to salvage the pact….
China says all parties at Vienna nuclear meeting aim to safeguard nuclear deal
All parties to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran want to safeguard the accord and strongly oppose Washington’s decision to unilaterally re-impose sanctions on Tehran, the head of the Chinese delegation said after a meeting of the pact members. The remai…
Media and Democrats lead response to Trump’s racist Cummings attack
* Baltimore Sun: ‘Better to have some vermin than to be one’ * Mulvaney insists Trump not racist, just fighting back * David Simon: Trump is a ‘simplistic, racist moron’In its response to Donald Trump’s racist attack on congressman Elijah Cummings…
Iran says meeting with parties to 2015 nuclear deal was "constructive"
An emergency meeting with parties to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal was “constructive”, the nation’s senior nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi said after the talks in Vienna. Discussions were good. The parties met in Vienna for talks called in response to …
U.K. Starts No-Deal Brexit Meetings as It’s Now a Real Prospect
(Bloomberg) — Follow @Brexit on Twitter, join our Facebook group and sign up to our Brexit Bulletin.U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s high-level Brexit cabinet holds its first meeting Monday, and will gather every day to ensure the country leaves th…
Few German Mothers Go Back To Work Full-Time. These Are The Challenges They Face
German women have achieved top political positions, but in the business world, progress has lagged. Until 1977, married women had to receive their husbands’ permission to work outside the home.
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