Six American service members were killed Thursday when their helicopter crashed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula while on a peacekeeping mission. A spokesperson for coalition forces told CNN that the incident appeared to be an accident, and that foul play or combat was not thought to have been an issue. One American was injured during the […]
North Korea unveiled a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICMB) at a military parade Saturday, showing off its long-range weapons for the first time in two years. The missile appeared to be one of the largest Pyongyang has ever rolled out and adds to its already threatening stockpile of weapons. “This missile is a monster,” Melissa […]
President Trump has picked up another nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, after a Finnish member of the European Parliament (MEP) called for the American president to receive the honor. Laura Huhtasaari, an MEP and a member of the right-wing Finns Party, wrote to the Nobel Committee to nominate Trump for the 2021 prize “in […]
A rescue operation is underway to save any surviving pilot whales among the 500 or so stranded along the coast of the Australian island of Tasmania on Wednesday. “Our focus is on those animals that are still alive,” Nic Deka, regional manager for Tasmania’s Parks and Wildlife Service, told a press conference. “The mortality has […]
The Trump administration intends to declare U.N. sanctions reimposed on Iran in the coming days, a month after it triggered a “snapback” mechanism in the Security Council resolution pertaining to the Iran nuclear deal — but the move is likely to be ignored by a number of countries, including U.S. allies. “We will return to […]
President Trump will preside over the signing of two historic deals between Israel and two Gulf nations at the White House on Tuesday – a ceremony that will burnish Trump’s foreign policy credentials as he seeks reelection. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will sign deals marking the normalization of relations with both the United Arab […]
Jerry Falwell Jr. and his wife Becki met and befriended Granda when he was a 20-year-old college student working as a pool attendant at the 5-star Fontainebleau Miami Beach hotel. What allegedly followed was seen as lurid by some, but jaw-dropping hypocrisy for the first family of evangelical education. “Becki [Falwell] approached me and invited […]
Stocks climbed to record highs Wednesday as investors sifted through positive news on the U.S. economy, a number of corporate earnings reports and two high-profile forthcoming stock splits. Ticker Security Last Change Change %SP500 S&P 500 3478.73 +35.11 +1.02%I:COMP NASDAQ COMPOSITE INDEX 11665.060312 +198.59 +1.73% The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite notched records, rising […]
Newly unearthed photos show former President Bill Clinton — who will deliver a key address to the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night — receiving a neck massage from alleged Jeffrey Epstein victim Chauntae Davies following a flight on the financier’s infamous “Lolita Express.” “Would you mind giving it a crack?” Davies recalled Clinton asking, […]
More than 65 nights of demonstrations carried on in areas of Portland, Ore., on Thursday night, just hours after the city’s mayor decried the unrest that has roiled Portland since George Floyd’s death. A police officer was hurt and at least three elderly people who tried to thwart vandalism attempts were apparently targeted or blocked […]
Investigators probing the devastating blast in Beirut that killed at least 135 people and injured 5,000 more are pointing to a Russian ship docked in the city’s port for nearly seven years without appropriate security precautions that officials warned was “a floating bomb.” The Russian vessel, named MV Rhosus, carrying agricultural fertilizer with 2,750 metric […]
BEIRUT — A “colossal” explosion rocked the port area of Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, on Tuesday, injuring thousands and causing widespread damage in a densely populated part of the city. At least 3,000 people have been injured and 50 killed, Minister of Health Hassan Hamad said at a press conference. Those numbers are likely to rise […]
