4+ hour, 49+ min ago   (317+ words) Jordan Times BEIRUT, Lebanon — Lebanese President Joseph Aoun pledged to achieve an Israeli withdrawal and rebuild the area during a surprise visit to the country's south on Saturday, after Israel captured and blew up a nearby Hezbollah position Official…...

6+ hour, 2+ min ago   (245+ words) AMMAN — Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Maj. Gen. Majdi Harasis, accompanied by heads of security agencies and senior Armed Forces officers, on Saturday visited national service conscripts injured in a bus accident. Harasis checked on the injured at…...

4+ hour, 25+ min ago   (156+ words) AMMAN — Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi on Saturday held a phone call with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Al Saud to discuss regional developments and efforts to promote security and stability. Safadi condemned the drone…...

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5+ hour ago   (335+ words) Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The 19th century American naval theorist Alfred Thayer Mahan stressed that a great maritime empire needn’t control the seas but rather must establish dominance over what he called “the narrows.” We would now say “chokepoints.” The United…...

5+ hour, 38+ min ago   (311+ words) DUBAI — Yemen's government forces said on Saturday that they had struck Iran-allied Houthi fighters in the strategic Red Sea city of Mocha. Following a week-long offensive, the Houthis on Friday captured Yemen's Red Sea coast, cementing their hold on the…...

2+ hour, 50+ min ago   (141+ words) One of the rationales the president and his administration use for attacking Iran is that it’s a country where people chant “Death to America.” Last week, Nebraska saw its first State Fair debate since 2018, between Sen. Pete Ricketts and Dan…...

12+ min ago   (511+ words) From Havana to Tehran to Moscow, economic pressure has become America’s default response short of war. Sanctions are everywhere with the EU working on the 22nd sanctions package against Russia and the US imposing sanctions on targets such as Cuba, Iran,…...

21+ min ago   (243+ words) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman thanks Iran for active participation in brics Summit and productive engagement in Finance Track deliberations Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met Iran’s Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance, Dr Seyed Ali Madanizadeh, in…...

9+ hour, 19+ min ago   (270+ words) Yet that contest of wills gave way to an unusual bond, as each recognized in the other a formidable equal. At a 2018 summit in Washington, Trump brushed a fleck from Macron's suit jacket on camera, declaring it had to be…...