The president of the European Council, who represents EU leaders in Brussels, on Friday, warned against further escalation in Iraq after US forces killed an Iranian general. “The cycle of violence, provocations and retaliations which we have witnessed In Iraq over the past few weeks has to stop,” former Belgian premier Charles Michel said. “Further […]

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Tehran to protest against American “crimes”, an AFP correspondent reported, after United States strikes killed a top Iranian commander in Baghdad Friday. Chanting “Death to America” and holding up posters of the slain commander, Qasem Soleimani, the demonstrators filled streets for several blocks in central […]

At least eight fighters affiliated with the Taliban group were on Friday killed when their attack on government forces’ checkpoints was repelled in the Northern Province of Kunduz. Esmatullah Muradi, the provincial governor spokesman disclosed this in Kunduz. READ ALSO: French troops kill 33 militants in Mali The offensive was triggered when a group of […]

A home-grown electric ship on Friday conducted a trial operation in central China on the Yangtze River, China’s longest waterway. Junlyu is the first electric ship weighing above 1,000 tonnes to sail the Yangtze. It took two years to build the vessel by altering an oil-powered ship. With powerful lithium batteries, the 53-metre-long ship can […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cut short a visit to Greece and flew home Friday as Lebanon’s Hezbollah demanded revenge for the killing of a top Iranian commander in a US strike. A source in Netanyahu’s office said that the premier was returning from Athens but did not elaborate. Following Friday morning’s killing of Major […]