A Canadian soldier known as “one of the world’s deadliest” snipers left his computer programmer job, his wife and year-old son to cross the Ukrainian border at night and fight Russian invaders alongside other foreign volunteers, according to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Capable of killing a person with a rifle from over 2 miles […]
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America “Deeply Alarmed” By Military Takeover In Sudan
The U.S. expressed alarm on Monday over an apparent military coup in Sudan, shortly after the Biden administration’s special envoy for the Horn of Africa was in the country encouraging cooperation between civilian and military leaders of Khartoum’s transitional government. Thousands of protesters took to the streets after reports emerged that the country’s Prime Minister […]
Coordinated Taliban Attacks Across Afghanistan Kill 74
The Taliban unleashed a wave of attacks across Afghanistan on Tuesday, targeting police compounds and government facilities with suicide bombers in the country’s south, east and west, and killing at least 74 people, officials said. Among those killed in one of the attacks was a provincial police chief. Scores were also wounded, both policemen and […]
‘Mad Dog’ Mattis Says Iran Deal Is Good For National Security
Twelve days before the Trump administration will decide whether or not to re-certify Iran’s compliance with the Iran deal, Secretary of Defense James Mattis told Congress it’s in America’s national security interest to keep the agreement. Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, Mattis replied in the affirmative to a question about whether […]
Governor Asks Nation To Pray For Florida As Irma Begins Assault
Hurricane Irma has begun its assault on Florida as a category 4 storm, lashing the area with winds near 130mph (215km/h) and drenching rain. Millions of people huddled in shelters or in battened-down homes in preparation as Irma’s northern eyewall – the area just outside the eye of the storm, where the most damaging winds […]
Pope Francis Injured By The Popemobile
Pope Francis sustained minor injuries today after hitting his head against the vehicle in which he was traveling in Cartagena, Colombia. A spokesman for the pope confirmed the injuries, which were captured on video, saying he has a wound on his cheekbone and eyebrow but is “fine.” He is receiving “ice treatment,” the spokesman added. […]
Putin Says President”Trump Is Not My Bride”
Russian President Vladimir Putin today called it “naïve” to ask him whether he is disappointed with the presidency of Donald Trump, saying the relationship between the two leaders, often described as a so-called bromance, isn’t personal. “He’s not my bride,” Putin told reporters at an economic summit in the Chinese city of Xiamen. “I am […]
Senate GOP Unveils Health Care Plan That Will Affect Millions
After weeks of secret negotiations, the US Senate has released its draft of a bill that could upend the healthcare system for millions of Americans. The Senate’s 142-page proposal, unveiled on Thursday, would eliminate or reduce key benefits provided by Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act; lower taxes for the wealthy; strip funding from the women’s […]
Trump Says Working With China To Deal With North Korea Failed
President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday that China “tried” to help the United States curb North Korean aggression but it “has not worked out.” Trump tweet: While I greatly appreciate the efforts of President Xi & China to help with North Korea, it has not worked out. At least I know China tried! It is not […]
Puerto Rico Votes To Become 51st State, Will Ask House For Approval
The governor of Puerto Rico, Ricard Rosselló, has announced that he is to visit Washington in the next phase of his campaign to turn the island into the 51st state of the United States. Rosselló will go to the US capital armed with a 97% backing for statehood from voters in Sunday’s plebiscite on the […]
Trump Cancels State Visit Due To Potential Protests
Donald Trump has told Theresa May in a phone call he does not want to go ahead with a state visit to Britain until the British public supports him coming. The US president said he did not want to come if there were large-scale protests and his remarks in effect put the visit on hold […]
President Bashes London Mayor For Response To Terror Attack
Donald Trump has criticised the mayor of London, hours after seven people were killed and 48 injured in a terror attack in the centre of the city. “At least 7 dead and 48 wounded in terror attack,” the president wrote on his personal Twitter account, “and Mayor of London says there is ‘no reason to […]