
ECONOMY
US household incomes drop, poverty up
American household incomes dropped last year as the poverty rate slightly increased, according to a new US government report.

American household incomes dropped last year as the poverty rate slightly increased, according to a new US government report.

A report says South Sudan’s army recently attacked rebel positions despite a ceasefire deal.

Gen. Austin, head of US Central Command, admits there are only "four or five" US-trained militants in Syria.

Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn tries to clear his stance on the UK's EU membership.

The presidents of Colombia and Venezuela are scheduled to meet next week to discuss ways to end a border dispute.

A Microsoft Store has opened in Tehran for sales of mobile phones produced by the multinational US technology giant, an Iranian news agency says.

Authorities in Tunisia fire 110 members of security forces for suspected links to terrorist groups.

Japan’s ruling party has pushed a set of controversial security bills through a legislative committee, catching the opposition by surprise.

An Afghan official says Daesh militants are holding 127 people captive in three prisons in Afghanistan’s east.

Conservative politicians like US Senators Ted Cruz and Robert Menendez have long been strongly aligned with Zionists.

Iran says political motives have created divisions in several crisis-hit countries in the Middle East.

A Syrian refugee who was mistreated in Hungary is offered a job as a soccer trainer in Spain.

Nearly 4,000 refugees enter Croatia from Serbia in the past 24 hours.

Mozambique announces it is free of landmines after decades of efforts.

Russia’s energy giant Lukoil is set a sign an MoU for boosting oil recovery, oil exploration and extraction with Iran, an Iranian deputy petroleum minister says.

A Yemeni cameraman is killed in a Saudi airstrike on a residential neighborhood east of the capital, Sana’a.

At least 21 people are killed in two bomb explosions in mainly Shia neighborhoods in central Baghdad.

Civil Rights activists gathered on Capitol Hill to hold a rally demanding justice for African Americans.