US and Iran trade fire, threatening fragile truce
WASHINGTON, May 08 (Agencies): US President Donald Trump said the ceasefire with Iran was still in place despite an Iranian attack on three American destroyers in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, which he dismissed as "a trifle."The US military said it carried out strikes on Iranian military targets in...
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Israeli strikes kill 12 in Lebanon
BEIRUT, May 08 (AFP): Lebanon's health ministry reported at least 12 people killed, including two children and a paramedic, in a series of Israeli airstrikes on Thursday in spite of a ceasefire.The new deaths came a day after Israel killed a Hezbollah commander in its first attack on Beirut's southern...
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South Korea parliament drops constitutional amendment vote tied to martial law
SEOUL, May 08 (Reuters): South Korea's parliamentary speaker Woo Won-shik said on Friday that a bill to amend the constitution to tighten rules on martial law would not proceed to a plenary vote after a filibuster by the opposition conservative People Power Party (PPP).Six political parties, including the ruling Democratic...
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Vatican's careful words on Pope-Rubio meeting imply deep Trump tensions
VATICAN CITY, May 08 (Reuters): A Vatican statement after Pope Leo's meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, which said the two had pledged to improve bilateral relations, was a recognition of unprecedented tensions, insiders and analysts said.Rubio's meeting on Thursday with Leo, the first US pope, garnered wide...
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