IRAN DARES USA AGAIN
Friday, 27 July 2018 20:36The war threats between the United States and Iran are intensifying, with the Chief of Army of the Islamic Republic daring President Donald Trump.
Major General Qassem Soleimani vowed that if President Trump started a war, the Islamic Republic would end it by destroying all that the US possessed.
The Commander of the Quds Force of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards was quoted in state media report saying it was his duty as a soldier to respond to threat by Trump.
The United States President in a spat with his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, warned him never to threaten the United States or risk consequences, the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before.
TURKEY ENDS STATE OF EMERGENCY(VIDEO)
Thursday, 19 July 2018 19:29
The Turkish government has ended a nationwide state of emergency after two years of a failed coup attempt
The BBC quoted state media recalling that under the state of emergency, tens of thousands of people were arrested or dismissed from their jobs.
However; the government decided against extending the emergency after seven three-month renewals.
The decision comes weeks after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won re-election.
Opposition candidates had during the campaign, said that the first thing they would do if they won would be to end the state of emergency.
It may interest you to note that the emergency decree led to the removal of more than one hundred and seven thousand people from public sector jobs in Turkey.
ISIS FINANCE AND LOGISTICS CHIEF KILLED
Monday, 02 July 2018 07:07Finance and Logistics Chief of Islamic State, ISIS, Abu Obaida has been killed in a joint Peshmerga and US-led coalition raid.
The Head of Peshmerga forces in Makhmour, Sirwan Barzani disclosed this to the media.
Barzani said the coalition forces killed two more ISIS members around Mount Qarachogh.
Peshmerga forces carried out the raids in coordination with US-led coalition warplanes to trace the whereabouts of ISIS remnants around Mount Qarachogh.
TRUMP ISSUES THREAT TO CHINA
Tuesday, 19 June 2018 11:49The United States President Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on an additional two hundred billion dollars of Chinese goods in a growing trade row.
Trump said the ten percent tariffs would come into effect if China "refuses to change its practices.
The move would be a major escalation of the dispute which has led world stock markets have suffered sharp falls as a result.
China responded by accusing the US of "blackmail", raising fears of a full-blown trade war.
Trump insists that China has been unfairly benefiting from a trade imbalance with the US for years.
PAKISTANI TALIBAN LEADER REPORTEDLY KILLED
Friday, 15 June 2018 16:22Pakistani Taliban leader Mullah Fazlullah has been killed in a U.S.-Afghan air strike in Afghanistan.
This comes after the U.S. military confirmed in Washington that it had carried out a strike aimed at a senior militant figure in the eastern Afghan province of Kunar, which is on the Pakistani border.
Reuters news agency reports that an official at the NATO-led Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan confirmed Fazlullah was killed on Thursday.
A senior Afghan Defence Ministry official quoted in the report said the killing of Fazlullah was likely to ease tension between the United States and Pakistan.