Biden says he expects Iranian strike on Israel 'sooner than later'
President Joe Biden said Friday that he expects Iran will strike Israel soon, and reiterated that the U.S. would support and defend Israel if such an attack occurred.
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Thai foreign minister urges Myanmar’s military to avoid violent attack on border town its army lost
MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) — Thailand’s foreign minister on Friday said he urged Myanmar’s military authorities not to violently respond to its army’s loss of an important border trading town to its opponents, and that so far they seemed to be exercising restraint.
China Feels Boxed In by the U.S. but Has Few Ways to Push Back
President Biden’s effort to build American security alliances in China’s backyard is likely to reinforce the Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s view that Washington is leading an all-out campaign of “containment, encirclement and suppression” of his country. And there is not much Mr. Xi can do about it.
Israeli defense minister says a direct Iranian attack would require appropriate response
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Thursday that Israel would respond directly to any attack by Iran.
O.J. Simpson, former NFL star whose murder trial gripped the nation, dies at 76
O.J. Simpson, the former NFL star who was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife and her friend in a televised trial that gripped the nation, has died of cancer, according to his family.
Vietnamese property tycoon sentenced to death in country’s largest financial fraud, state media reports
The Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan was sentenced to death on Thursday for her involvement in the country's biggest financial fraud case, state media outlet Thanh Nien reported.
Trump is about to face trial on criminal hush money charges. Here's what to know
Donald Trump has used every legal tool at his disposal to try to dismiss, diminish or delay the four active criminal cases against him.
China sanctions two U.S. defense firms for selling Taiwan weapons
BEIJING (Reuters) -- China has banned the senior executives of two U.S. defense companies from entering the country and frozen their property in response to their arms sales to Taiwan, the foreign ministry said on Thursday.