Responsibility for the need to withdrawal will be debated by Iraqi Kurds for decades to come, but the blame game has already started The Kurds may have lost 40 per cent of the territory they previously controlled over the last two days as they withdraw from areas long disputed with ... Read More »
THE discovery of life on Mars is edging closer to reality after scientists found that extremely hardy bacteria could thrive in the Red Planet’s tough environment. Experts ran experiments which mimicked the conditions on Mars and found a type of salt in the soil – magnesium perchlorate – ... Read More »
THE German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel voiced his concern about a potential war with Iran if President Donald Trump decides to withdraw the UK from the Iran nuclear deal. Last week President Trump called Iran a “fanatical regime” and refused to sign off a landmark international nuclear deal. The ... Read More »
MADRID — The independence-minded Catalonia region tried again Monday to dodge the question of whether it has declared a formal break with Spain, calling instead for talks and listing its grievances against Madrid’s leaders. The lack of clarity elicited a terse and frustrated response from Spain’s justice minister. “Not valid,” ... Read More »
Donald Trump has repeatedly hinted that military action would be the only solution North Korea has said they are not interested in diplomatic solutions to its tensions with the US until it develops a missile capable of reaching the east coast of America. A North Korean official ... Read More »
Only two Adélie penguin chicks out of a colony of 40,000 in Antarctica survived what researchers are calling a “catastrophic breeding event.” For the second time in four years, the Adélie penguins of Antarctica have suffered a devastating blow to their population. French researchers found the two surviving chicks ... Read More »
North Korea has issued its latest threat against Australia for its relationship with the US and South Korea, but a Turnbull government minister said the nation would “not be cowed” by the rogue state. North Korean state media reported Australia was “showing dangerous moves of zealously ... Read More »
Forces started moving at midnight on Sunday towards oil fields and an air base amid rising tensions after Kurds vote for independence Iraqi forces have reportedly advanced on Kirkuk’s oil fields and air base after the prime minister of Iraq, Haidar al-Abadi, ordered his army to “impose security” ... Read More »
UK will ‘champion a global alliance’ on a transition to coal-free power generation The UK has committed to a programme that will phase coal out of all electricity generation by 2025. Canada has also said it will close its coal power stations by 2030, and both countries are ... Read More »
ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused the US of mistreating a strategic ally, in a blistering speech which appeared to rule out swift resolution to a dispute between two NATO allies jointly fighting Daesh. Hours after Ankara announced officials would meet soon to settle differences, Erdogan accused the ... Read More »
Lebanese Ministry of Information
