The search for victims of the collapse of a Miami-area high-rise condominium reached its 14th day on Wednesday, with the death toll at three dozen, more than 100 people still unaccounted for, and authorities sounding grimmer The search for victims of the collapse of a Miami-area high-rise condominium reached its …
Read More »Russia says Afghan situation can swiftly worsen, pledges help if needed
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that the situation in Afghanistan had a tendency to swiftly deteriorate and said Moscow was ready to defend its regional allies if necessary. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday told Emomali Rakhmon, the president of Tajikistan, that Moscow would help the impoverished …
Read More »Death toll rises to 32 after 4 more bodies found in U.S. Florida building collapse
Wind gusts and heavy rains from Tropical Storm Elsa are expected in Surfside on Tuesday. Miami-Dade mayor said that search continued overnight through “extremely adverse and challenging conditions.” The confirmed death toll in the partial collapse of a 12-story residential building in Surfside, southeastern U.S. state Florida, has risen to …
Read More »Beijing issues protest after Japan signals that it would join US to defend Taiwan in case of Chinese attack
Beijing has warned Tokyo against damaging bilateral relations after Japan’s Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso suggested that his country should work with the US to defend Taiwan in case of a Chinese invasion. “If a major incident happened [in Taiwan], it would not be strange at all if it touches …
Read More »US weighs drone strikes, commando raids in Afghanistan after exit: CNN
The Biden administration is considering whether to continue to authorize the CIA and the Pentagon to carry out deadly drone strikes and commando raids in Afghanistan after the complete withdrawal of US forces from the country. CNN reported on Monday that as withdrawal from Afghanistan nears completion, the administration of …
Read More »US police hunt for killer after 3 bodies found at golf club
Police in the southern US state of Georgia were searching Monday for a shooter after a suspect drove onto a golf course, killed one employee there, and then fled, leaving two corpses in the bed of his pickup truck. Five shots were heard Saturday on the Pinetree Country Club in …
Read More »Taliban aim to present written peace plan at talks as soon as next month -spokesman
The Taliban plan to present a written peace proposal to the Afghan government side as soon as next month, a spokesman for the Islamist insurgents said even as they make major territorial gains in the breach left by departing foreign forces. Hundreds of Afghan security force members have fled into …
Read More »Ukraine to hold land military drills with US, Poland, Lithuania
Ukraine, the US, Poland, and Lithuania will hold a large military exercise in the western part of Ukraine later in July, the Ukrainian military said on Monday, the second round of war games involving Kyiv and foreign partners in a month. The drill, Three Swords-2021, will involve more than 1,200 …
Read More »Miami condo collapse: death toll reaches 27 as demolition expands search area
Three more victims were discovered in the rubble of the collapsed South Florida condo building on Monday after crews set off a string of explosives that brought down the last of the structure, allowing search efforts to resume. Miami-Dade’s assistant fire chief, Raide Jadallah, told family members that the bodies …
Read More »Rockets hit Ain al-Assad military base housing US forces in western Iraq; no casualties reported
An airbase in Iraq’s western province of Anbar, where American military forces and trainers are stationed, has reportedly come under attack by a barrage of rockets. An Iraqi security source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that three Katyusha rockets targeted the vicinity of Ain al-Asad Air Base, located about …
Read More »Hundreds of Afghan security personnel flee into Tajikistan as Taliban advance
More than 1,000 Afghan security personnel fled across the border into Tajikistan on Sunday after Taliban advances in northern Afghanistan, the Tajik border guard service said, while dozens of others were captured by the insurgents. The crossings underscore a rapidly deteriorating situation in the country as foreign troops near a …
Read More »Trump calls Biden ‘most unpatriotic president in American history’
Former US President Donald Trump has once again attacked his successor Joe Biden, calling him “the most unpatriotic president in American history.” Trump made the remarks Saturday in Sarasota, Florida, during a rally billed as a Fourth of July celebration with fireworks, the latest in a series of appearances as …
Read More »USA | Eleven arrested in armed group stand off with police near Boston
Eleven heavily armed, self-professed militia members were arrested near Boston Saturday, ending an overnight standoff that shut down a major U.S. Interstate at the start of the Independence holiday. The group, identified by multiple media outlets including WBZ Boston, a CBS affiliate, are members of the “Rise of the Moors”, …
Read More »Hundreds of US companies hit by ‘devastating’ ransomware attack, cyber experts say
A security firm said the REvil gang, allegedly a Russian-speaking ransomware syndicate appears to be responsible for the attack. A “colossal and devastating” ransomware attack is thought to have paralysed the networks of at least 200 US companies. The federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have said it is closely …
Read More »Security forces foil attempt to target Baghdad International Airport
Baghdad Operations Command announced on Friday, that it thwarted an attempt to target Baghdad International Airport. Baghdad Operations Commander Maj. Gen. Ahmed Salim Bahjat said in a brief statement “The 6th Brigade foiled an operation to attack Baghdad International Airport with 10 Grad missiles.” A security source told Alghadeer News, …
Read More »Death toll rise to 20 in Florida condo collapse, 128 still missing.
The death toll from last week’s condominium collapse in Florida rose on Friday to 20 after search-and-rescue crews found two more bodies, including the 7-year-old daughter of a Miami firefighter, officials said. The grim, painstaking search for victims in the rubble, which was suspended for most of Thursday over safety …
Read More »US increases pressure on Myanmar military in fresh sanctions
The United States on Friday increased pressure on Myanmar’s junta in response to the February military coup, adding four companies it said support the military to its trade blacklist and imposing sanctions on key military officials. The U.S. Treasury Department said it imposed sanctions on seven key members of the …
Read More »Taliban welcome US pullout from Bagram airbase
The Taliban say Afghanistan can get closer to peace and stability now that all US troops are leaving the country, as the foreign forces’ main base, Bagram, gets fully evacuated. “We consider this withdrawal a positive step,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Reuters on Friday, hours after US military officials …
Read More »US troops in Iraq targeted for 2nd time on Friday
Local Iraqi media have reported a second attack on the US troops in the country after this morning’s attack on another US logistics convoy in Hilla. After it was reported on Friday morning that a US logistics convoy in Hilla was targeted, there are now reports coming out of Iraq …
Read More »On the 101st anniversary of the 1920 Revolution… Al-Amiri stresses the stability and the necessity of exiting the occupation to build a prosperous Iraq
The head of the Al-Fateh Alliance, Hadi Al-Amiri, called on Friday to “expel the American occupiers” from Iraq immediately. Al-Amiri said in a speech that Iraq’s stability and prosperity cannot be achieved as long as “American occupation” is still in Iraq and implementing “Zionist agendas.” Al-Amiri called on all Iraqis …
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