Genetic study tracks start of Zika's invasion to 2013The Zika virus currently sweeping through the Americas looks to have hitched a ride on a plane into Brazil in 2013 and begun its invasion of the continent from there, scientists said. In the first genome analys More… |
Iraq sets first Kuwait flights since 1990Iraq's state airline will resume flights to Kuwait this week for the first time since former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein invaded the country in 1990, Kuwait said on Tuesday, in a sign of impro More… |
Israel pounds Hamas buildings, reservists mobilisedIsraeli aircraft pounded Hamas government buildings in Gaza on Saturday, including the prime minister's office, after Israel's cabinet authorised the mobilisation of up to 75,000 reservists, preparing for a possible ground invasion even More… |
Israel prepares for possible Gaza invasionIsraeli aircraft pounded Hamas government buildings in Gaza on Saturday, including the building housing the prime minister's office, after Israel's Cabinet authorised the mobilisation of up to 75,000 reservists, preparing the ground for More… |
Iraq 'invasion increased UK terror threat'Iraq posed little threat to Britain just before the 2003 invasion - but the danger of extremist attacks surged afterwards, a former head of the MI5 security service told an inquiry. Eliza Manningham-Buller, chief of the domestic intelligen More… |
Blair says no regrets over Iraq warFormer British prime minister Tony Blair said he had no regrets about the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, saying Saddam Hussein was a threat to the world who had to be disarmed or removed. Blair said the September 11 Al Qaeda attacks on the More… |
Green timebomb ticking, warns expertBahrain and its neighbours are sitting on an environmental timebomb, an expert has warned. It could go off at any moment, thanks to the reckless 'invasion' of the sea by governments and developers, says Regional Organisation for the Protec More… |
Colombia, US plotting invasion: ChavezVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez said the government of Colombia was plotting with the United States to attack Venezuela, even as Colombia hosted US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Friday. "I accuse the government of Colombia of plo More… |