By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Pope Francis will make the first visit by a pope to Iraq from March 5 to March 8 next year, the Vatican said on Monday, a risky trip that has ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea warns of ‘medical collapse’ as it races to control coronavirus surge
The growing cases has delivered a blow to South Korea's vaunted pandemic-fighting system, which successfully blunted previous waves. ( read original story ...)
Myanmar’s Ethnic Army Abductee Recalls Mistreatment and Extortion
After her family went into debt to pay a ransom for her release, Daw Khin Myint Htay tells The Irrawaddy she now lives in fear. ( read original story ...)
Iran Says US ‘Got the Message’ on Tense Exchanges in Gulf
Iran said Monday it was glad the United States “got the message” and modified its behavior in the Persian Gulf, after the top U.S. Navy official in the region said his forces had reached a state of ... ( read original story ...)
Iran Says ‘Smart Satellite-Controlled Machine Gun’ Killed Top Nuclear Scientist
Prominent Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh is seen in Iran in this undated photo taken before his death. Official Khamenei Website/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo ... ( read original story ...)
Iran Centrifuge Plan Alarms European Trio
Plans by Iran to install advanced centrifuges at its main nuclear enrichment plant in Natanz are "deeply worrying", France, Germany and the UK said on Monday. The three governments, dubbed the E3, ... ( read original story ...)
European powers rebuke Iran after uranium enrichment announcement
European powers rebuke Iran after uranium enrichment announcement ... ( read original story ...)
‘I don’t know what Iran wants’: Mariam Claren’s fight to free her mother
Iranian Nahid Taghavi, 66, has been detained in Evin for seven weeks with no outside access ... ( read original story ...)
Turkey will not bow to threats in east Med, wants negotiation -Erdogan
Turkey will not bow to threats in its dispute with Greece and Cyprus over maritime claims in the eastern Mediterranean, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday as European Union foreign ministers met ... ( read original story ...)
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has launched roast turkey, cranberry sauce, and cornbread dressing to astronauts on the International Space Station
It's the first mission for SpaceX's updated Dragon cargo model, which Elon Musk named after the 1963 folk song "Puff the Magic Dragon." ... ( read original story ...)