Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has urged Iran to "take a diplomatic route" to reduce tensions with the West and come in "from the international cold".more
The Royal Navy will accompany ships through the Strait of Hormuz amid soaring tensions in the Middle East, following the US's fatal drone strike on Iran's top general.more
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to hit 52 Iranian sites "very hard" if Iran attacks Americans or U.S. assets after a drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani and an Iraqi militia leader, as tens of thousands of people marched in Iraq to mourn their deaths.more
A huge crowd in Iraq's capital Baghdad is taking part in a funeral procession for the Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in a US air strike on Thursday. Soleimani was the architect of Iran's Middle East operations. Iran has vowed to take "severe revenge" for his death.more
The president of the European Council warned on Friday (3 January) against further escalation in Iraq after US forces killed an Iranian general, triggering fears of a wider conflict.more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the US had the right to kill Iranian general Kasem Suleimani. "Just as Israel has the right to self-defense, so the United States has exactly the same right," he said.more
A U.S. airstrike in Iraq ordered by President Donald Trump killed one of Iran's most powerful generals, sending global markets tumbling on fears of a deepening conflict in the Middle East.more
Starting from June 2, 2020, LOT Polish Airlines will operate direct flights between Warsaw to Washington DC. The airline will deploy its Boeing 787 Dreamliner in three cabin configuration on this sector.more
After a statement from the US ambassador to Poland, Georgette Mosbacher, who defended Poles against the Kremlin's accusations of cooperation with Nazi Germany, the Russian embassy yesterday wrote on Twitter: "Dear ambassador, do you really think you know history?".more
Rescuers have found the remains of six people after a helicopter crashed at the top of a mountain on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, authorities said. The helicopter was carrying seven people. Officials said there were no signs of survivors.more
A man with a white beard has been arrested for allegedly robbing a bank and throwing stolen money in the air while shouting "Merry Christmas" to people on the street.more
Christmas in the US is not just meeting family and unwrapping presents. Americans do not lack fantasy - in December crowds gather races in ugly sweaters or ship parades.more
Deputies are looking for a man who shot an employee of a barbershop in the Houston suburb of Katy during an argument, the Harris County Sheriff's office said in a tweet on Saturday. Witnesses said the argument was over a haircut given to the man's son.more
A fire early Saturday in a Las Vegas apartment building left six people dead and 13 others injured, including a pregnant woman who jumped from the building. Fire officials say people were using their stoves to stay warm.more
13 people were injured in a shootout that took place on Sunday morning local time at a Chicago party, local police said. The condition of four wounded is assessed as critical.more
Donald Trump has become the third US president in history to be impeached by the House of Representatives, setting up a trial in the Senate that will decide whether he remains in office.more
peaking at a leadership event in Singapore on Monday, former President Barack Obama said there would be "significant improvement across the board" if countries were led by women, and that "old men" needed to get "out of the way.more
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and US President Donald Trump said during yesterday's telephone conversation that they expect further close cooperation and negotiations on an "ambitious free trade agreement," Downing Street spokesman said.more
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson received an unquestionable mandate to carry out Brexit - assess the media in the US after winning conservatives in the House of Commons elections. They regard the defeat of the Labor Party as a warning to the Democrats against turning turn.
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President Trump on Thursday set a personal record for use of Twitter in a single day since taking office, blasting out more than 120 tweets or retweets in 24 hours.more
The Empire State Building was been named by the ride-hail app service as the number one tourist attraction in the world that its users traveled to in 2019.more
Six people, including a police officer and three bystanders, were killed in a gun battle on Tuesday that filled the streets of Jersey City, New Jersey, with the sound of heavy gunfire for hours, authorities said.more
