North Korea steps up sanctions-busting: UN report
North Korea is flouting tougher new UN sanctions with more ingenuous tactics, circumventing trade bans by relying on middlemen and front companies, notably in Malaysia and China, a report...
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Iran complying with nuclear deal, says UN watchdog
Iran is complying with the landmark nuclear deal it sealed with major world powers in 2015, according to a report from the UN watchdog seen by AFP on Friday....
Trump badmouths Sweden, Germany, Paris
Oxon Hill (United States) (AFP) – US President Donald Trump intensified his verbal attacks on Sweden, France and Germany Friday, painting swaths of Europe as a jihadist-infested hellscape.
Straight Out of Sci-Fi: Hoverbike 'Surfs' Through the Air in Test
The hoverbike prototype, dubbed Scorpion-3, is capable of lifting itself and a driver into the air. Think of it as half drone, half motorcycle: A new hoverbike prototype aims...
Proud Mexico spurns U.S. aid under review by Trump
Mexico does not need financial aid from the United States, Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong said on Friday, after President Donald Trump ordered a report on U.S. assistance...
Nevada plans July pot sales despite warning of US crackdown
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada still plans to launch recreational marijuana sales in July despite warnings this week of a federal crackdown by the administration of President Donald...
State Department to resume briefings in March after six-week hiatus
By Yeganeh Torbati WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department will resume news briefings the week of March 6, a spokesman said on Friday, breaking a silence under Secretary...
China's New Frigate Design Looks Awfully Familiar
The three-hull design is more heavily armed than the American ship that inspired it.
SpaceX Is Delaying Its Mars Mission Until 2020
With so much going on, SpaceX can't commit to a 2018 mission to the red planet.
Sessions Memo Hints At Expansion Of Federal Prison Population
The federal prison population shrunk for the first time in more than 30 years under Obama, but a memo on private prisons hints at an increase under Trump.
