Yearly Archives: 2018

Clashes flare as UN seeks solution in Yemen’s Hodeida

Saudi Arabia and its allies in a regional military coalition on Wednesday launched an offensive aimed at retaking the Red Sea city of Hodeida, home to the country’s most valuable port which is controlled by the Iran-backed Huthis.

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Suspect dead, 20 hurt in shooting at US arts festival

At least 20 people were hurt early Sunday in a shooting at an all-night arts festival in Trenton, the state capital of New Jersey, that also left one suspect dead, a local prosecutor said. “Multiple individuals opened fire” inside the festival venue shortly before 3:00 am, Mercer County chief prosecutor Angelo Onofri told reporters. Among the injured at the Art …

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Turkey says its air strikes kill 35 Kurdish militants in northern Iraq

Turkish warplanes killed 35 militants from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in air strikes in northern Iraq’s Qandil mountain region on Friday, the Turkish military said. Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan had said on Saturday that Turkish warplanes had struck a meeting of the outlawed PKK in Qandil, where he believed high-profile militants had been hit.

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US and South Korea poised to halt war games but will 'restart immediately if talks break down', says Trump

The US and South Korea are reportedly set to halt joint military exercises as early as this week, just days after Donald Trump promised to halt something he said was both costly and “very provocative” to Kim Jong-un. During his summit with the North Korean leader last week in Singapore, Mr Trump said he wanted to halt the exercises and …

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