March 17, 2020 North Korea claims it has conquered coronavirus – but does anyone believe them? North Korea has triumphantly declared that it has zero cases of COVID-19, a virus that's turned into a global pandemic and put entire nations on lockdown to slow its speed. However, the problem with Kim Jong Un's chest-thumping proclamations are that no one believes him.
March 17, 2020 Kataeb Hezbollah, the shadowy Iranian-backed militia behind attacks on US troops in Iraq While the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravish and consume the globe, U.S. troops stationed in Iraq continue to battle the threat of Iran-backed militias, in recent days going head-to-head with what is considered one of the most shadowy and lethal units: Kataeb Hezbollah, often called KH.
March 16, 2020 Displaced Syrian family lives in a graveyard as the war enters its 10th year The number of dead continues to pile up in a country that was once one of the most beautiful on earth. The fear of death is never far from the mind of survivors. And some are even forced to live among those who have departed – with nowhere left to go as the last opposition-bastion of Syria’s Idlib is laid to waste.
March 13, 2020 'The Five' rips Chinese official pushing 'bogus' theory the US Army 'brought' coronavirus to China The panel on "The Five" responded Friday to a Chinese government official who took to Twitter to question whether the U.S. Army "brought the epidemic [of the coronavirus] to Wuhan."
March 10, 2020 $300 million of ExxonMobil oil revenue hangs in the balance after contentious election in Guyana remains undecided Prosperity hovered on the horizon of Guyana, a small South American country, after ExxonMobil discovered eight billion barrels of oil off its coast late last year, but a contentious election has left the expected $300 million in revenue without a sworn-in president to control it more than a week after voters cast their ballots.
March 10, 2020 Conservative lawmakers, commentators labeled 'racist' for calling COVID-19 'Chinese' or 'Wuhan' virus Chinese officials are pushing back on the expression "Wuhan coronavirus" - saying the name used frequently by American conservative leaders and commentators to describe the place COVID-19 originated unfairly stigmatizes the Asian nation and borders on being racist.
March 8, 2020 State Department: Amid coronavirus risk, Americans 'should not travel by cruise ship' The State Department is warning all Americans, and not just the sick, to avoid getting on cruise ships in the wake of the coronavirus risk.
March 5, 2020 International Criminal Court gives green light to investigate US for alleged war crimes in Afghanistan The International Criminal Court (ICC) gave the go-ahead on Thursday for its top prosecutor to launch a probe into accusations of war crimes committed by U.S. forces and other parties inside war-torn Afghanistan.
March 4, 2020 'Hero' doctor Shakil Afridi who helped find bin Laden launches hunger strike behind bars after 'losing hope for justice,' lawyer says The Pakistani doctor who aided U.S. intelligence agencies in identifying the whereabouts of September 11 mastermind Usama bin Laden, has launched a hunger strike after languishing for almost nine years behind bars, his lawyer confirmed to 91±¬ÁÏ on Wednesday.
March 3, 2020 Liz Cheney: 'My concerns remain' about Trump's peace deal with Taliban Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., continued to express concern about the Trump administration’s peace deal with the Taliban during a hearing on Capitol Hill Tuesday.