BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — People along a swath of southern Asia gazed at the sky in marvel on Thursday at a “ring of fire” solar eclipse. The so-called annular eclipse, in which a thin outer ring of the sun is still visible, could be seen along a path stretching from...
Fresno Is the Heart of California's Tight-Knit Hmong Community
Fresno has been the heart of California’s Hmong community for decades, drawing refugees from war-torn Southeast Asia who built a tight-knit population in the farm town. Now, they’re reeling from the shooting deaths of four Hmong American men at a weekend party. Listen to this article: The central California city...
US, Iran Exchange Accusations in Wake of Attacks on Oil Tankers
The U.S. military released a video Friday it said showed Iran's Revolutionary Guard removing an unexploded limpet mine from one of the two oil tankers targeted near the Strait of Hormuz, suggesting Tehran wanted to hide evidence of its alleged involvement. Iran's president, meanwhile, assailed the Trump administration, accusing it of...
Zakaria: America’s Dangerous Retreat on Trade
President Donald Trump has made plenty of waves with his approach to trade and the effect are rippling across the globe. Washington Post columnist Fareed Zakaria says that poses risks for the world's economies as well as for peaceful co-existence between nations. "Few ideas have been as thoroughly tested through...