Is peace at hand between the U.S. and Iran, or is talk of an end to the war just more hype and spin? Is the potential agreement, as President Trump insists, a good deal that is much tougher than anything the Obama administration managed to negotiate? Or is it the thinly disguised surrender of a…
THE LAST TIME that Xi Jinping left China was in late October. Since then the world has come to him: a dozen heads of state have visited China. The foreign ministry’s protocol department has handled it flawlessly, setting up grand receptions for its visitors, lining up soldiers and schoolchildren to greet them and flying their…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that negotiating a deal with Iran could “take a few days,” dimming hopes for an imminent end to the conflict after the U.S. conducted what it called defensive strikes in southern Iran. Tehran sees its control of Hormuz and Washington views its blockade of Iranian ports…
Several people are feared dead after a train collided with a school bus in the Belgian town of Buggenhout on Tuesday morning, according to a source at the scene quoted by Reuters. Belgium train collision with school bus leaves several feared dead. (AFP) Belgium’s interior minister Bernard Quintin expressed grief over the accident in a…
Every time Vanny Birungi, a volunteer with the Red Cross in eastern Congo, goes out to raise awareness about the latest Ebola outbreak as suspected cases near 1,000, she faces a double threat. The Ebola outbreak has more than 900 suspected cases and over 220 suspected deaths. (AFP) One is the rare Bundibugyo type of…
South Korean retail tycoon Chung Yong-jin on Tuesday issued his second apology in two weeks as Starbucks’ local operation faces a backlash over a recent marketing campaign that was widely perceived as mocking victims of a bloody military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in 1980. Shinsegae Chairman Chung Yong-jin speaks during a press conference in Seoul…
Qatar on Monday denied reports that it had offered Iran $12 billion to secure a breakthrough agreement aimed at ending the prolonged US-Iran war and easing regional tensions. US President Donald Trump has said negotiations with Iran were ‘proceeding nicely’ but gave no indication a deal was imminent. (AFP) Majed Al Ansari, adviser to the…
Pakistan minister said that joining the Abraham Accords, as ‘mandatorily requested’ by United States President Donald Trump for peace deal with Iran, would be against Islamabad’s “fundamental ideologies,” Pakistani news channel Samaa TV reported. The Pakistani defence minister also questioned the possibility of engagement with Israel (Screengrab/Clash Report) Pakistan’s defence minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif, while…
Cambodia’s new conscription law, which establishes penalties of up to five years in prison for those who evade military service, has come into effect, the country’s Prime Minister Hun Manet said Monday. Cambodian military members participate together with government civil servants in the country’s 70th Independence Day, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023….
With the United States and Iran appearing close to concluding an agreement which would potentially end the conflict in West Asia, there are speculations on the key details which are part of the proposed deal, and uncertainty regarding some sticking points. Tehran has repeatedly insisted, since the beginning of the conflict, that any deal to…