America
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Jared Kushner to head to Middle East
Aug 29, 2020 09:21Trump's son in law and his senior adviser, Jared Kushner, will go to the Middle East this weekend to try to convince multiple Arab leaders to attend a splashy signing ceremony at the White House for the recent normalization deal between the United Arab Emirates and Israel.
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Retired Gen: Bolton lied, nearly started conflict with Iran
Aug 29, 2020 09:01Retired Army Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg called former National Security Adviser John Bolton 'an architect of failure' and said that he watched him lie to US President Donald Trump to nearly starting a military conflict in Iran.
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US to reduce troops in Iraq to about 3,500
Aug 29, 2020 08:18The Pentagon will cut one-third of US military presence in Iraq, bringing US troops number in the country from about 5,200 down to 3,500.
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Latest statistics of coronavirus tolls in world
Aug 29, 2020 07:20The global death toll nears 842,000 with more than 24,900,000 confirmed cases, according to the World Health Organization.
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Takht-Ravanchi: US unilateralism undermining United Nations
Aug 29, 2020 05:38New York (IP) - Iran's permanent representative to the United Nations, in response to the recent claim of US officials that Iran's sanctions should be returned, said that US unilateralism is undermining the United Nations and the UN Security Council.
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Black Americans protest in Washington to express racial injustice
Aug 29, 2020 03:14Black Americans gathered in the US capital to commemorate the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom while expressing racial injustice in America.
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First COVID-19 reinfection diagnosed in US: Study
Aug 29, 2020 01:22A man in Reno, Nevada appears to have contracted virus twice, each infection representing different strains, according to a recent study.
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Canadian economy plummets in 2nd quarter amid coronavirus
Aug 29, 2020 00:35The Canadian economy was devastated in the second quarter due to the ongoing pandemic, according to figures released Friday.
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UN official: Jacob Blake shooting shows issue of racism in US police
Aug 28, 2020 22:22The force used against Blake people was "excessive," said a UN spokesman. Robert Colville also criticized gun laws in the US contributing to the murders of two people who were shot dead in the ensuing protests.
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Hurricane Laura hits US severely, leaving path of destruction
Aug 28, 2020 22:10Hurricane Laura struck Louisiana as one of the most powerful storms in U.S. history, leaving widespread destruction across the state.