Belarus releases jailed journalist taken off Ryanair flight to house arrest
A dissident Belarusian journalist who was grabbed off a Ryanair flight forced to land in Minsk has been released under house arrest.
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June 23, 2021 Iran likely had failed rocket launch, preparing for another
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran likely conducted a failed launch of a satellite-carrying rocket in recent days and now appears to be preparing to try again, the country’s latest effort to advance its space program amid tensions with the West over its tattered nuclear deal.
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June 20, 2021 Bolsonaro doesn’t believe in social distancing, masks or vaccines. That wasn’t lost on those protesting
The infection rates are officially between 80,000 and 100,000 people every day. But that is the recorded cases, experts say the real figure could be two, three or even four times higher.
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June 19, 2021 Hard-liner set to become Iran’s new president as rivals concede
The sole moderate candidate in Iran’s presidential election has conceded he lost to the country’s hard-line judiciary chief.
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June 18, 2021 Israel launches more strikes in Gaza Strip over incendiary balloons
For a second time this week, Israel’s military struck what it said were Hamas sites in the Gaza Strip in retaliation for “arson balloons” sent into Israeli territory.
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June 16, 2021 Israel launches air strikes in Gaza after Hamas fires incendiary balloons
Israel mounted air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the first since the end of 11 days of cross-border fighting last month, in response to incendiary balloons launched from the Palestinian territory.
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June 14, 2021 Netanyahu Ousted as Israeli Parliament Votes in New Government
JERUSALEM — The long and divisive reign of Benjamin Netanyahu, the dominant Israeli politician of the past generation, officially ended on Sunday night, at least for the time being, as the country’s Parliament gave its vote of confidence to a precarious coalition government stitched together by widely disparate anti-Netanyahu forces.
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June 12, 2021 Vladimir Putin says he can work with Joe Biden but denies he is a ‘killer’
Vladimir Putin said he hoped that Joe Biden would be less impulsive than his predecessor but warned US-Russian relations were at their lowest point in years ahead of the leaders’ first meeting.
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June 6, 2021 Trump denounces Fauci’s handling of Covid pandemic and demands reparations from China
Former president Donald Trump on Saturday sharply attacked US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, demanded reparations from China and denounced an investigation into his finances in a speech in North Carolina.
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June 5, 2021 Trump vows revenge on Facebook’s Zuckerberg when he’s ‘back in the White House’
Donald Trump has vowed revenge on Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg when he’s “back in the White House” as he dropped another hint he will run in 2024. The former president reacted angrily towards the social media giant’s CEO after Facebook banned him from using its platforms until at least January 2023. And Mr Trump’s latest statement […]
