White House Wars and Military Conflicts

ERBIL, Iraq, Sept 25- Voting started on Monday in an independence referendum organised by the Kurdistan Regional Government in northern Iraq, ignoring the threats of the Kurds' neighbours and fears of further instability and violence across the Middle East. The vote, expected to deliver a comfortable "yes" for independence, is not binding and is meant to give...

Miss Turkey organizers said the 18- year-old Itir Esen was dethroned on Friday, a day after she won the contest and the right to represent Turkey at the Miss World contest in China. Runner-up Asli Sumen will now represent Turkey in China. But Can Sandikcioglu, who heads the Miss Turkey Organization, said the committee said it confirmed she was the author of the...

TOKYO, Sept 22- Asian stocks fell and the Japanese yen and Swiss franc gained on Friday after North Korea said it might test a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean and escalated a war of words with U.S. Spreadbetters expected European stocks to start lower amid a chill in risk appetite, forecasting Britain's FTSE to open down 0.3 percent, Germany's DAX to open 0.2...

PROVIDENCE, R.I.— The U.S. Navy awarded a $5 billion contract to General Dynamics' Electric Boat Thursday to finish designing a new class of ballistic-missile submarines so construction can start. The Navy called the program its top priority because ballistic-missile submarines help deter nuclear war. The first of the 12 submarines is expected to be delivered...

NEW YORK— President Donald Trump added economic action to his fiery military threats against North Korea on Thursday, authorizing stiffer new sanctions in response to the Koreans' nuclear weapons advances. The exchange of super-heated rhetoric and unusually personal abuse between the adversaries will escalate tensions that have been mounting as North...

UNITED NATIONS— The leaders of Britain, France and Italy are setting an ambitious goal for tech companies to tackle online posts that promote terrorism: Take them down within an hour or two. French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni joined May in leading what she called a first-of-its-kind session on the sidelines of annual...

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 20- Leaders of France, Italy and the United Kingdom urged social media companies on Wednesday to more swiftly remove "terrorist content" from the internet, with the aim of stopping it from being uploaded in the first place. "The tech companies have made significant progress on this issue, but we need to go further and faster to reduce the time it...

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 20- British Prime Minister Theresa May urged social media companies on Wednesday to more swiftly remove "terrorist content" from the internet, with the aim of stopping it from being uploaded in the first place. "The tech companies have made significant progress on this issue, but we need to go further and faster to reduce the time it takes to...

With successive military defeats in Iraq and Syria, many of its recruits dead or on the run and its Twitter and Facebook accounts being shut down, the group's propaganda drive is increasingly homemade. They are using these stories because they know it is a safe channel to share information, "said Stroppa, who is also affiliated with the World Economic Forum.

Kent Walker, general counsel for Alphabet Inc's Google, will speak on behalf of technology companies Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube at an event on the sidelines of the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations. The leaders of France, Britain and Italy want to push social media companies to remove "terrorist content" from the internet...

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 20- The leaders of Britain, France and Italy will push social media companies on Wednesday to remove "terrorist content" from the internet within one to two hours of it appearing because they say that is the period when most material is spread. British Prime Minister Theresa May, French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister...

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 20- The leaders of Britain, France and Italy will push social media companies on Wednesday to remove "terrorist content" from the internet within one to two hours of it appearing because they say that is the period when most material is spread. British Prime Minister Theresa May, French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister...