North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, watched the country’s newest 5,000-ton destroyer capsize during its launch last week in an embarrassing military failure. Experts say a technique used to maneuver the ship into the water sideways was part of the problem. It was the first time analysts had observed North Korea using the sideways launch for … Read more
Spain hosts key European and Arab nations to pressure Israel to halt Gaza assault. The Madrid Group has convened in Spain’s capital for a fifth time, in a meeting attended by major European and Arab nations. Pressure on Israel this year has been ramped up, with Spain calling for an arms embargo on Israel and … Read more
The Trump administration is trying to deport a group of eight migrants to South Sudan, a country on the brink of civil war. The men, who are from countries including Vietnam, Cuba and Mexico, are currently believed to be held at an American military base in the East African nation of Djibouti, after a federal … Read more
Israeli attacks on land, wells and greenhouses are exacerbating the already critical risk of famine in Gaza, the FAO says. Less than five percent of the Gaza Strip’s cropland is able to be cultivated, according to a new geospatial assessment from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT). The … Read more
US president continues to fuel global economic uncertainty with erratic trade policy. United States President Donald Trump has backed away from launching a trade war with the European Union, two days after threatening to impose punishing tariffs. Trump said on Sunday that he has agreed to extend trade negotiations with the EU to July 9 … Read more
The head of a group overseeing a contentious new aid program in the Gaza Strip resigned on Sunday, hours before the program was set to start operating, saying that he had found it impossible to perform the job independently. Jake Wood, the executive director of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, stepped down after reports in several news … Read more
Joseph Neumeyer, who is also a German citizen, approached the building on May 19 with Molotov cocktails, officials say. A dual United States and German citizen has been arrested on charges that he travelled to Israel and attempted to firebomb the branch office of the US Embassy in Tel Aviv, federal prosecutors in New York … Read more
It began on Friday afternoon with an immense boom that residents say reverberated throughout the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis. Alaa al-Najjar, a pediatric physician, was at work at the city’s Nasser Hospital when she heard her neighborhood south of the city had been hit in an Israeli airstrike. By the time she arrived, … Read more
With Iran at its weakest point in decades, political scientist Vali Nasr argues that a deal with the US is imminent. With a battered economy and a restless population, Iran is as desperate as the United States to come together, Johns Hopkins University Professor Vali Nasr argues. Nasr told host Steve Clemons that US President … Read more
North Korea has detained three shipyard officials over an accident during the launch of a new warship on Wednesday, state media say. Parts of the 5,000-tonne destroyer’s bottom were crushed during the launch ceremony, tipping the vessel off balance. An investigation into the incident, which North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un described as a “criminal … Read more