January 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the date the United Nations has chosen to commemorate victims of the Holocaust during World War II.
Pro-government forces this week seized the key town of Sheikh Miskeen in southern Daraa province from rebels and took the last opposition-controlled town in coastal Latakia province, Rabia.
Hamas confirmed on the Twitter account of its armed wing, Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, that Israeli forces “re-kidnap Palestinian Legislative Council member” Abu Tir.
The condemnations came after the Israeli ministry of army on Thursday confirmed that “the lands are in the final stages of being declared state lands”.
Taiwanese stocks are bucking the weaker trend across Asian markets this morning after Tsai Ing-wen was elected as the first female president of the self governing island over the weekend.
His remarks came as Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou said he planned a trip to the Taiwanese-held island of Itu Aba, known as Taiping Island in Taiwan, in the sea, a move a USA official called “extremely unhelpful” in resolving disputes over the waterway.
According to the North’s official KCNA news agency, Warmbier entered North Korea as a tourist and “was caught committing a hostile act against the state”, which it said was “tolerated and manipulated by the usa government”.
The inappropriate comment was supposed to shed a flattering light on the loyalty of Trump’s supporters, but mostly, it’s done the opposite, painting them as even more radical than before.