Bill ending Chinese infiltration of universities passes US House
Odessa American, Texas(TNS) Sep. 10—WASHINGTON, D.C. — Homeland Security Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence Subcommittee Chairman August Pfluger’s legislation, H.R. 1516, the DHS...
View ArticleNorth Korea launches suspected ballistic missile, South Korea says
Soo-Hyang ChoiBloomberg News(TNS) North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile off its east coast early Thursday, South Korea’s military said, days after leader Kim Jong Un vowed to bolster his...
View ArticleChina frees US Pastor jailed almost 20 years in show of goodwill
Bloomberg News(TNS) China has released an American pastor after nearly two decades in prison, presenting an olive branch to the U.S. that had repeatedly called for his release. U.S. citizen David Lin...
View ArticleNorth Korea sends top envoy to Russia as it girds for friction with Seoul
Jon HerskovitzBloomberg News(TNS) North Korea sent its foreign minister to Russia for her second trip in less than a year to the major backer of Kim Jong Un’s regime. The move comes as Pyongyang...
View ArticleGermany has not approved war weapons exports to Israel since March
Michael Fischerdpa(TNS) Berlin — The German government has not approved any war weapons exports to Israel since March, according to answers, seen by dpa, to a parliamentary inquiry made by a member of...
View ArticleWhat to know about the Israel-Hezbollah conflict, which could bring...
Tracy WilkinsonLos Angeles Times(TNS) WASHINGTON — Clashes in the last year between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group in southern Lebanon have largely been confined to a tit-for-tat border...
View ArticleMexican lawmakers back military’s takeover of the National Guard
Andrea NavarroBloomberg News(TNS) Mexico’s senate passed President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s plan to bring the National Guard under military command, shrugging off warnings that it will give the...
View ArticleNew NATO secretary general praises Trump for defence spending boost
dpa(TNS) Brussels — New NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte credited former US president Donald Trump with persuading allies to increase their defence spending. “Thanks to (Trump)” allies increased...
View ArticleGerman authorities arrest woman suspected of spying for China
dpa(TNS) Karlsruhe, Germany — German police arrested a woman on allegations of spying as a Chinese agent, prosecutors announced on Tuesday. The woman, a Chinese citizen identified only as Yaqi X, was...
View ArticleShould North Korea and South Korea even bother trying to reunify?
Max KimLos Angeles Times(TNS) SEOUL, South Korea — It is a dream that has been sacrosanct in South Korea for seven decades: reunification with North Korea. Which is why one politician’s recent comments...
View ArticleIsrael vows retaliation for massive Iranian missile attack
Henry Meyer and Marissa NewmanBloomberg News(TNS) Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to retaliate against Iran after it fired about 200 ballistic missiles at Israel, a major escalation that world powers fear...
View ArticleIsrael hits Beirut as world awaits its response against Iran
Henry MeyerBloomberg News(TNS) Israeli warplanes bombed Beirut and traded hostilities with Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon as the country’s forces kept up their campaign against the Iran-backed...
View ArticleIran summons German ambassador over remarks about attack on Israel
dpa(TNS) Tehran — Iran summoned the German ambassador on Thursday, over differences concerning the situation in the Middle East which continues to escalate. Alongside the new ambassador Markus Potzel...
View ArticleIran’s supreme leader defends attack on Israel during Friday prayers
dpa correspondentsdpa(TNS) Tel Aviv — Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has defended the recent rocket attack his country launched on Israel and encouraged Iran’s allies in the region. “The...
View ArticleNetanyahu and Biden to speak as Israel’s Iran response nears
Dan Williams, Ethan Bronner and Henry MeyerBloomberg News(TNS) U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are set to speak on Wednesday amid frantic efforts by Washington to...
View ArticleGreta Thunberg slams German police for shutting down protest camp
dpa(TNS) Dortmund, Germany — Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has accused German authorities of “silencing” protesters after police shut down a pro-Palestinian camp in the western city of Dortmund which...
View ArticleIsrael considers US warnings in calibrating new Iran strikes
Dan WilliamsBloomberg News(TNS) Israel said it’s weighing U.S. misgivings over a planned counter-strike on Iran, after a report suggesting the government is keeping nuclear and energy facilities off...
View ArticleSouth Korea: North Korea sent 1,500 troops to Russia, more expected
Fabian Kretschmer and Ciarán Sunderlanddpa(TNS) Seoul/Brussels — South Korea said on Friday that North Korea has decided to send 12,000 troops to support Russian forces fighting in Ukraine and that...
View ArticleSeoul summons Russian envoy over North Korea’s dispatch of soldiers
dpa(TNS) Seoul — The South Korean Foreign Ministry has summoned the Russian ambassador in Seoul over the apparent deployment of North Korean soldiers to Russia, the Yonhap news agency reported on...
View ArticleIsrael uncovers spy network working for Iran
dpa(TNS) Tel Aviv — A network of Jewish Israelis spying for Iran has been dismantled, Israel’s Shin Bet domestic intelligence agency and police reported on Monday. Seven people from the port city of...
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