SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung nominated a five-term liberal lawmaker as defense minister Monday, breaking with a tradition of appointing retired military generals. The announcement came as several prominent former defense officials, including ex-Defense Minister Kim Yong Hyun, face high-profile criminal trials over their roles in carrying out martial…
BANGKOK (AP) — Global markets appeared to take the U.S. strike against nuclear targets in Iran in stride as investors watched to see how Iran will react. The price of oil initially jumped more than 2% but fell back slightly on Monday. U.S. stock futures and most Asian shares declined. The big question is what…
Satellite image of the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic maritime choke point with Iran situated at the top with Qeshm Island and the United Arab Emirates to the South. Imaged 24 May 2017. Gallo Images | Getty Images Iran may be threatening to close the Strait of Hormuz but experts told CNBC that it’s also…
All eyes are on how Tehran will react to the US attack on three key Iranian nuclear facilities early Sunday local time, which thrust America into the Israel-Iran conflict that is entering its 11th day. Early assessments raise questions over whether the US destroyed the bulk of the country’s enriched nuclear material while President Donald…
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan condemned U.S. President Donald Trump for bombing Iran, less than 24 hours after saying he deserved a Nobel Peace Prize for defusing a recent crisis with India. Relations between the two South Asian countries plummeted after a massacre of tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir in April. The nuclear-armed rivals stepped closer to…
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine’s capital overnight killed at least four people and injured others, according to Ukraine’s emergency services, as rescue workers and firefighters sought to remove people they believed trapped under debris in a partially collapsed … Source link
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Marine Corps veteran Adrian Clouatre doesn’t know how to tell his children where their mother went after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained her last month. When his nearly 2-year-old son Noah asks for his mother before bed, Clouatre just tells him, “Mama will be back soon.” When his…
Honolulu police arrested a 21-year-old man Thursday for multiple felonies including unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle in the first degree and promoting a dangerous drug in the third degree, according to a HPD social media post. At around 1:30 a.m. Thursday, District 5 Crime Reduction officers arrested the man and found multiple outstanding warrants…
Iran had communicated to US President Donald Trump that it could activate sleeper-cells terror inside the United States if the country is attacked. Police departments across the US said that they were deploying additional forces to religious, cultural, and diplomatic sites in their cities. (AFP) The communication was made last week, days ahead of the…
TOKYO — Asia’s dependence on oil and gas from the Middle East makes it highly vulnerable to any closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway for oil and gas shipments that is now in Iran’s crosshairs. Whether Iran could close off the chokepoint, through which around 20% of the world’s oil and gas…