•      Mon Dec 23 2024
Logo
Israel’s 2 main political parties deadlocked after election

JERUSALEM, Sept 18 (AP) — Israel's two main political parties were deadlocked Wednesday after an unprecedented repeat election, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu facing an uphill battle to hold on to his job. The election's seeming political kingmaker, Avigdor Lieberman, said he'll insist upon a secular unity government between Netanyahu's

Israel’s Netanyahu appears to suffer setback in exit polls

JERUSALEM, Sept 18, 2019 (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fell short of securing a parliamentary majority with his

Taliban kill 24 at Afghan president’s rally; Ghani unhurt

KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept 17 (AP) — A Taliban suicide bomber on a motorcycle targeted a campaign rally by President Ashraf

Jihad, history link Taliban to al-Qaida in Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD, Sept 17 (AP) — The Taliban promised Washington during months of negotiations that the United States would never again

Taiwan loses biggest Pacific ally as Solomons embraces China

New Zealand, Sept 17 (AP) — Taiwan has lost its largest ally in the Pacific after the Solomon Islands confirmed

Israelis vote in repeat election centered on PM Netanyahu

By ARON HELLER Associated Press JERUSALEM, Sep 17 (AP) — Israelis began voting Tuesday in an unprecedented repeat election that

Snowden calls on France’s Macron to grant him asylum

PARIS, Sept 16 (AP) — Former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, who leaked classified documents detailing government surveillance

Iran says ‘no plans’ for Rouhani-Trump meet on UN sidelines

TEHRAN, Sept 16, 2019 (AFP) – Iran has not made any plans for President Hassan Rouhani to meet his US

Boris Johnson
Johnson the Brexit ‘Hulk’ finally meets EU’s Juncker

LUXEMBOURG, Sept 16, 2019 (AFP) – Six weeks after he took office and six weeks before he is due to

Saudi Arabia: Drone attacks knocked out half its oil supply

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Sep 15, 2019 (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched drone attacks