News and Updates from around the Globe by Niv Borsuk
Friday, October 23, 2020
(CNN) Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has responded to President Donald Trump’s recent threats to Tehran on Twitter, saying that the United States “is not in a position to obliterate Iran.” Speaking exclusively to CNN a week after Iran downed a US military drone, Zarif said that US actions have […]
On Monday, South Korean President Moon-Jae in said that North Korea and the United States should both give ground so they can sit down and talk about resolving the nuclear standoff. He chose to spoke a data after willingness for dialogue was expressed by Pyongyang. Since January, South Korea has […]
By now, there is no doubt about the fact that North Korea is not going to hold back from doing things the way it wants despite heavy pressure from the US government as well as its neighbor South Korea. There have been several instances when the US government tried to […]
On Friday, as many as 140 Afghan soldiers were killed in what was termed as the deadliest attack ever made on an Afghan military base. According to officials, Taliban attackers launched the attack as they entered by base dressed in military uniforms. The toll provided by the Defense Ministry stated […]
On Saturday, US Vice President Mike Pence said that it is still possible to reach a peaceful outcome in regard to the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula due to the new engagement of Washington with China. There have been rising fears that a new nuclear test may soon be conducted […]
According to a Reuters witness, the Ivory Coast defense minister and a dozen others were given permission by rogue soldiers to leave a house where they had been trapped on Saturday. This has occurred because some mutineers were not willing to accept a few aspects of a deal aimed at […]
On Saturday, the Iraqi forces closed in on the Tigris River running through the city of Mosul. The forces have advanced parallel to other troops, which has forced the Islamic State to retreat. Mosul is the last major stronghold that the terrorist group has in the country. So far, they […]
On Thursday, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said that all along, he had been against the Iraq war even though he had told Howard Stern, a radio interviewer, in 2002 that he favored it. Hilary Clinton, Trump’s Democratic rival, made a statement that his position on Iraq was similar to […]
