Trump names North Korea a state sponsor of terrorism
(CNN)President Donald Trump, in the latest demonstration of increased tensions on the Korean Peninsula, placed North Korea back on the list of state sponsors of terrorism.
Trump administration asks SCOTUS to allow all of travel ban to go into effect pending appeal
(CNN)The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday night to allow the latest version of its controversial travel ban to go fully into effect, pending appThe third version of the travel ban places varying levels of restrictions on foreign nationals from eight countries: Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Syria, Venezuela, Somalia and Yemen. A district court in Hawaii blocked this iteration of the travel ban from going into effect last month.
US conducts airstrikes on Afghanistan opium labs
(CNN)The US conducted airstrikes targeting opium processing labs in Afghanistan Sunday, Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Michael Andrews tells CNN. The airstrikes were part of a joint US-Afghan operation targeting drug facilities in Taliban-controlled areas in northern Helmand Province.
US conducts airstrikes on Afghanistan opium labs
(CNN)The US conducted airstrikes targeting opium processing labs in Afghanistan Sunday, Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Michael Andrews tells CNN. The airstrikes were part of a joint US-Afghan operation targeting drug facilities in Taliban-controlled areas in northern Helmand Province.
Robert Mugabe to meet with ousted VP as impeachment looms
Harare, Zimbabwe (CNN)Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has agreed to direct talks with the former Vice President he recently fired, the country's military chief said Monday.Emmerson Mnangagwa has been out of the country since Mugabe ousted him earlier this month. His ouster triggered a political crisis amid repeated calls for Mugabe to step down.
Tillerson to meet Myanmar military supremo
US secretary of state Rex Tillerson arrived in Myanmar on Wednesday for talks with the army chief whose forces have been accused of atrocities against ethnic Muslim Rohingya during an operation that drove more than 600,000 to flee to Bangladesh.
ROHINGYA REPATRIATION Dhaka, int’l community for quick return
The Bangladesh government and the international community are preparing to put further pressure on Myanmar authorities next week for ensuring return of Rohingyas as influx of the ethnic minority people into Bangladesh continued amid unrelenting violence in Rakhine State.
Sessions changes statement about Trump campaign and Russia
US attorney general Jeff Sessions acknowledged on Tuesday he was aware of contact between Donald Trump's election campaign and Russian intermediaries, again modifying a previous statement about the extent of connections to Moscow.
400 killed as quake hits Iraq, Iran
More than 400 people were killed in Iran when a magnitude 7.3 earthquake jolted the country, state media said on Monday, and rescuers were searching for dozens trapped under rubble in the mountainous area. At least six have died in Iraq as well.
Threshold of a nuclear conflict in South Asia
IN RECENT months, the whole world has witnessed a campaign launched by the United States and its allies in South-East Asia and NATO against the DPRK because of the ‘nuclear threat from the Pyongyang.’
