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Viewers Corner News correspondent reported that the United States has imposed sanctions on two North Korean companies accused of facilitating the export of workers from North Korea in violation of United Nations sanctions. The U.S. Treasury Department announced on Tuesday that the two companies are the Korea Namgang Trading Corp and China-based North Korean lodging
Some of those accused of taking part in Ukraine plane disaster had been arrested according to the statement made by the Islamic Republic of Iran. Iranian government has faced escalating confrontation with the West after it shot down Ukraine’s plane last week Wednesday, killing all 176 people on board. President Hassan Rouhani of Iran said
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (63 years) from Democratic Progressive Party has won re-election on Saturday in a landslide victory. The self-ruled island’s president, Tsai Ing-wen got 57 percent of the vote to defeat her main opponent (Han Kuo-yu). Han Kuo-yu got 39 percent of the vote and had conceded defeat on Saturday. Han Kuo-yu congratulated
The Sultan of Oman, Qaboos bin Said al-Said (one of the Middle East’s longest serving rulers who maintained Oman’s neutrality in regional disputes) is dead. Qaboos bin Said al-Said (79 years) died on Friday, 10 January 2020. Qaboos had been sick for years and went for medical treatment in Belgium last month. Oman and other
The United States on Friday imposed more sanctions on Iran in retaliation for Iran’s missile attacks on the facilities housing U.S-led coalition forces in Iraq. President Donald Trump vowed to impose additional sanctions if Iran continues in it’s terrorist activities or pursues its nuclear program. In the new sanctions against Iran, United States targeted Iran’s
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After days of denial, Iran on Saturday admitted that its military mistakenly shot down Ukraine’s plane, killing all 176 people on board. The Islamic Republic of Iran said that its air defence were fired in error while trying to strike on U.S targets in Iraq. Iran’s top Revolutionary Guards commander Amirali Hajizadeh said on Saturday
Viewers Corner News correspondent in London reported that the British Parliament has finally approved the historic Brexit deal on Thursday. This will allow the country to leave the European Union on 31 January 2020. Britain’s Members of Parliament approved Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal with EU by 330 to 231 votes. Though seen as
The United States House of Representatives voted on Thursday to limit President Donald Trump’s military actions against Iran. According to the report our correspondent gathered, the resolution was introduced by Rep. Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat from Michigan and passed with a vote of 224 to 194. The resolution directs President Trump to seek approval from
According to multiple reports, the U.S intelligence believed that the plane (Flight 752) belonging to Ukraine International Airlines that crashed shortly after taking off from Iran’s Imam Khomeini airport on Wednesday was mistakenly shot down by Iranian missile, as the country’s surface-to-air missile systems were active at the time of the crash. The plane crashed
It was reported that a 17 year old British who described himself as neo-Nazi was recently sentenced to six years and eight months in prison by a Manchester Crown Court for planning a terrorism attack. According to the police report, the teenager whose name cannot be mentioned for legal reasons had researched details of recent