More than 100 people were killed when a car bomb exploded near buses evacuating Syrians outside of Aleppo on Saturday, rescue services say. The explosion Saturday hit an evacuation point south of Aleppo city where dozens of buses have been parked for over 30 hours as a much criticized population transfer deal stalled. In footage […]
Category: Foreign
U.S. May Launch Preemptive Attack On North Korea
The U.S. is prepared to launch a preemptive strike with conventional weapons against North Korea should officials become convinced that North Korea is about to follow through with a nuclear weapons test, multiple senior U.S. intelligence officials told NBC News. North Korea has warned that a “big event” is near, and U.S. officials say signs […]
CIA Says WikiLeaks Is A Hostile Intelligence Service
CIA Director Mike Pompeo blistered WikiLeaks in a speech Thursday, calling WikiLeaks a “hostile intelligence service” aided by Russia and accused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of making “common cause with dictators.” The former Kansas congressman was speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., his first public address since becoming director. […]
Air Force Drops Largest Non-Nuke In Afghanistan
The U.S. military dropped its largest non-nuclear bomb on an ISIS tunnel complex in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, a U.S. defense official confirmed to Fox News. The GBU-43B, a 21,000-pound conventional bomb, was deployed in Nangarhar Province. The MOAB — Massive Ordnance Air Blast — is also known as the “Mother Of All bombs.” It […]
Military Force Won’t Stop North Korea Threat
Military force cannot resolve tension over North Korea, China said on Thursday, while an influential Chinese newspaper urged the North to halt its nuclear programme in exchange for Chinese protection. With a US aircraft carrier group steaming to the area and tension rising, South Korea said it believed the United States would consult it before any […]
China Wants Peaceful Solution To North Korea Problem
China’s President Xi Jinping has called for a “peaceful” resolution to tensions over North Korea, in a phone conversation with US President Donald Trump, Chinese state media said. On Tuesday Mr Trump tweeted that the US was not afraid of acting alone on North Korea if China would not help. Tensions have risen on the […]
North Korea Warns They Will Use Nuclear Weapons
PYONGYANG North Korean state media warned on Tuesday of a nuclear attack on the United States at any sign of American aggression as a U.S. Navy strike group steamed toward the western Pacific. U.S. President Donald Trump, who has urged China to do more to rein in its impoverished neighbor, said in a Tweet that […]
China Deploys 150,000 Troops To North Korean Border
The Chinese army has reportedly deployed 150,000 troops to the North Korean border to prepare for pre-emptive attacks after the United States dropped airstrikes on Syria. President Donald Trump’s missile strike on Syria on Friday was widely interpreted as a warning to North Korea. And now China, left shocked by the air strikes, has deployed […]
US Navy Sending Strike Group To Korean Peninsula
SEOUL — A U.S. Navy strike group led by the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier was making its way towards the Korean peninsula Sunday “to maintain readiness” as Kim Jong Un’s regime in North Korea prepared to mark key anniversaries this coming week. North Korea is expected to hold a huge military parade on April […]
North Korea Calls US Aggression “Unforgivable”
North Korea said on Saturday U.S. missile strikes against a Syrian airfield on Friday were “an unforgivable act of aggression” that showed its decision to develop nuclear weapons was “the right choice a million times over”. “The U.S. missile attack against Syria is a clear and unforgivable act of aggression against a sovereign state and […]
Civilians Killed By US Airstrikes In Syria
BEIRUT – U.S.-led coalition aircraft struck two locations in northern Syria on Saturday, killing at least 21 people, including a woman and her six children who were on a boat fleeing clashes between the Islamic State group and U.S.-backed fighters, activist groups said. Activist groups that operate in IS-held territory and are opposed to the […]
Terrorist Attack Kills 4 In Sweden
At least four people were killed Friday when a truck crashed into a department store in central Stockholm, according to Swedish media. Here’s what we know: It took place at the upscale Ahlens department store around 3 p.m. local time. The store is located on Drottninggatan (Queen Street), one of the city’s main pedestrian streets, […]