Tag Archives: United States

Russia’s SU-35 fighter jet flies in Turkish airspace during Teknofest Istanbul Aerospace and Technology Festival as Ankara looks for alternatives after being removed from the US F-35 fighter jet program in response to its purchase of S-400 missile systems delivered by Moscow. (Source: AFP)

The delivery of the second battery of Russian S-400 missiles to Turkey was completed on Sunday with the controversial defense system expected to become fully active in April 2020. Efforts to mount the missile system and train military personnel to use it were continuing, a Turkish defense ministry statement said. …

More than 2,000 medically preserved fetal remains have been found at the Illinois home of a former Indiana abortion clinic doctor who died last week, authorities said. The Will County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release late Saturday that an attorney for Dr. Ulrich Klopfer’s family contacted the coroner’s …

Multiple ambulances and a large number of firefighters were dispatched to rescue people trapped under three-stories of decking that reduced itself to a pile of beams and splintered wood. A three-level deck collapsed in Wildwood, New Jersey, on Saturday, leaving 22 injured, including three children. The collapse reportedly happened at …

A U.S. Navy destroyer sailed near islands claimed by China in the South China Sea on Friday, the U.S. military said, a move likely to anger Beijing. The busy waterway is one of a growing number of flashpoints in the U.S.-Chinese relationship, which include an escalating trade war, American sanctions …

The US Department of Justice has said it will reveal a key name sought by people suing Saudi Arabia for alleged involvement in the 9/11 attacks. It says the information will be shared with lawyers representing the victims’ families. It is unclear if the person’s identity will become public. Fifteen …

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday granted a request by President Donald Trump’s administration to fully enforce a new rule that would curtail asylum applications by immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, a key element of his hardline immigration policies. The court said the rule, which requires most immigrants who want …

Police in Florida’s capital city says a suspect is in custody after multiple stabbings in an industrial area. The Tallahassee Police Department says in an online news release that they were called to an industrial area in the city for a stabbing Wednesday morning. When they arrived, they found multiple …

President Donald Trump has fired national security adviser John Bolton. Trump tweeted Tuesday that he told Bolton Monday night that his services were no longer needed at the White House. He says Bolton submitted his resignation on Tuesday morning. Trump tweeted that he “disagreed strongly” with many of Bolton’s suggestions, …

South Korean Foreign Ministry announced that it was aboard a cargo ship capsized off the coast of the United States in the Atlantic Ocean 4 Korean citizens. Four sailors were closed in the engine room of the ship, which belongs to one of the country’s largest logistics companies, Hyundai Glovis …

Iran says it has started up advanced centrifuges to boost the country’s stockpile of enriched uranium, warning signatories of the 2015 nuclear deal that the clock is ticking for them to salvage the landmark agreement in the face of pressure by the United States. As a third step in Iran’s …

The death toll from Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas will be “staggering”, the country’s government has warned as aid efforts are being stepped up. The official death toll stands at 30 but is expected to rise further. Officials are sending morticians and 200 body bags to the Abaco Islands, the …

Indonesia has sent hundreds of garbage-filled shipping containers back to their countries of origin, according to the customs agency. The Southeast Asian nation, which is pushing back against becoming a dumping ground for foreign trash, has already returned about 250 containers seized across the archipelago in recent months, and authorities …

The United States, Britain, and France may be complicit in war crimes in Yemen by arming and providing intelligence and logistics support to a Saudi-led coalition that starves civilians as a war tactic, the United Nations said on Tuesday. U.N. investigators recommended that all states impose a ban on arms …

Hurricane Dorian has been upgraded to a Category 5 storm by the US National Hurricane Center, with the potential to wreak destruction once it makes land. The storm is currently en route to the Bahamas. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) upgraded Dorian to Category 5 on Sunday, placing it in …

Six people have died and over 20 were shot as a gunman went on a shooting rampage in the area of Midland and Odessa, Texas, after an officer attempted to pull his vehicle over for a traffic stop. How it unfolded The incident began unraveling at 3:17 pm local time …

Hurricane Dorian strengthen into an “extremely dangerous” storm as it barrels towards the US, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) has said. Dorian is now a Category Three hurricane. The storm is expected to hit Florida as a 130mph (209km/h) category four. Forecasters warn it could be the state’s deadliest storm …

Donald Trump has suggested he should be given “stolen time back” due to “how unfairly” he has been treated by the FBI and its investigations into him. “The disastrous IG Report on James Comey shows, in the strongest of terms, how unfairly I, and tens of millions of great people …

An Iraqi parliamentarian says the Baghdad government is preparing a complaint to the United Nations after investigations revealed that the Israeli regime is “certainly” behind several attacks on the bases of pro-government Popular Mobilization Forces, known as Hashd al-Sha’abi. Ahmad al-Assadi, the spokesman of the Fatah Alliance, told journalists on …

Warsaw and Washington have agreed on six locations for new US troops to be stationed on Polish soil, the country’s defense minister, Mariusz Blaszczak, said on Friday. In June, Poland signed a deal to increase the American military presence on its soil to counter what Warsaw describes as “Russia’s growing …