Kremlin official says Russian navy to stop West’s seizure of merchant ships
Russian official says Western powers seizing sanctioned vessels carrying Moscow’s oil commit ‘piracy-like attacks’.

Russian official says Western powers seizing sanctioned vessels carrying Moscow’s oil commit ‘piracy-like attacks’.








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The US and Iran reached an understanding on key “guiding principles” at indirect nuclear talks in Geneva.
Prominent Trump supporter Amer Ghalib says US decision to nix deportation protection for Yemenis ‘very unfortunate’.
Israel’s Xtend recently won US Defense Department contract, is bidding for another before merger with JFB Construction.
Judge says Trump administration has made ‘one empty threat after another’ to deport Salvadoran national to Africa.
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Backlash came swiftly for basketball star LeBron James after saying he’s heard “nothing but great things” about Israel.
President Donald Trump’s campaign against alleged drug boats has resulted in at least 145 deaths since September.
Tehran’s chief diplomat says some ‘guiding principles’ are agreed, but the supreme leader presents a different tone.

The 1980s bring revolutionary wars, CIA-backed conflict and the violent birth of a new democratic era.

US civil rights activist Jesse Jackson, one of the most influential black political figures in US history, has died.
Ukraine’s lead negotiator says Tuesday’s ‘talks in Geneva focused on ‘mechanics of possible solutions’.