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Risk of nuclear war now highest since WWII, U.N. arms research chief says
The risk of nuclear weapons being used is at its highest since World War II, a senior U.N. security expert said on Tuesday, calling it an "urgent" issue that the world should take more seriously. Renata Dwan, director of the U.N. Institute for Disarmament Research ...
In joint resolution, LDP and Komeito rebuke lawmaker Hodaka Maruyama over 'war' comment
The ruling coalition said the comment made by lawmaker Hodaka Maruyama “runs counter to pacifism” and “significantly undermines Japan’s national interest.”
New Ukrainian leader dissolves parliament after being sworn in
Ukrainian TV star Volodymyr Zelenskiy was sworn in as the country's new president on Monday, promised to stop the war in the country's east against Russian-backed separatists and immediately disbanded parliament, which he has branded as a group only interested in self-enrichment. Even before he ...
Citing free speech, Japanese lawmaker who alluded to war with Russia refuses to resign
The Lower House member says the Diet, as a place for free speech, is “signing its own death warrant” with the motion.
Convicted Russian agent Maria Butina appeals for money in U.S. prison video
A Russian gun rights activist serving a U.S. prison sentence for acting as an unregistered foreign agent has released a video asking for money to help pay her legal costs. Maria Butina was sentenced in April to 18 months after she admitted gathering intelligence on ...
Regime poison gas use alleged as Syrian army fails to retake Latakia mountain
Syrian rebels held onto a commanding position in a mountain range in the coastal province of Latakia, the ancestral home of Syrian President Bashar Assad, after government forces were forced to withdraw. They said the army's attempt was the latest of several costly campaigns to ...
A Japanese mountaineer died after falling from a dormant volcano on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on Friday, local authorities said. Minoru Sawada, whose office is in Kawasaki, was confirmed dead Saturday after suffering a fall on Kamen, the peninsula's second-highest volcano, his friend told Kyodo News. Two ...
First Republican lawmaker says Trump engaged in impeachable conduct
U.S. Rep. Justin Amash, a frequent critic of President Donald Trump, on Saturday became the first Republican lawmaker to say the president has engaged in impeachable behavior. Special counsel Robert Mueller's report on the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election reveals that Trump ...
Austrian Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache resigns in wake of 'Ibiza affair'
Just days before key European Union elections, Austria's coalition government was plunged into crisis Saturday when far-right Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache resigned following explosive revelations from a hidden-camera sting. "I tendered my resignation as vice chancellor of Austria to Chancellor (Sebastian) Kurz, and he accepted ...
U.S. President Donald Trump could only be delighted to have his attorney general in El Salvador, dealing with his biggest issue: illegal immigration. Yet Barr did even better for his boss. In interviews from the Central American country, he's been offering cryptic comments suggesting ...
After fleeing regime and Russian bombs, Syrian families shelter in olive groves near Turkey border
Families who fled Syrian government and Russian strikes in northwestern Syria are sleeping in an olive grove near the Turkish border without enough food and no place else to go. They are some of the 150,000 people who have escaped an upsurge in violence in ...
