Last Wednesday, PresidentJoe Biden announced he would withdraw all US ground troops from Afghanistan by September 11, the two-decade anniversary of the attacks that brought on the war. Then he visited the fallen at Arlington National Cemetery. A reporter asked him whether his decision was hard to make. “No, it wasn’t,” Biden replied ... .
SAMARRA, IRAQ - Five rockets targeted an Iraqi airbase hosting U.S. soldiers Sunday, wounding two foreign contractors and three Iraqi soldiers, in the latest attack coinciding with tensions between Baghdad's allies Tehran and Washington. Two of the rockets fired at Balad airbase, north of Baghdad, crashed into a dormitory and a canteen of U.S ... ....
French PresidentEmmanuel Macron urged a change in the country’s law during an interview with Le Figaro published Monday, after a man who murdered a Jewish woman in 2017 avoided a trial on the grounds he acted in delirium due to taking drugs ...Sarah Halimi, Hy”d. Mrs ... French Jews have been repeatedly targeted by terrorists in recent years ... .
Pride and jealousy have driven North and SouthKorea to engage in propaganda shouting matches and compete over who could build a taller flagpole on their border. Now that one-upmanship is intensifying a much more dangerous side of their rivalry. the arms race ...The country also recently revealed plans to acquire dozens of new US combat helicopters ... .
A Russian diplomat taking part in talks to save the landmark Iran nuclear deal said Monday that the negotiations had entered 'the drafting stage' ... "Practical solutions are still far away, but we have moved from general words to agreeing on specific steps towards the goal," he added ... Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to stay connected ....
No words can adequately explain what this past year has been like for TerrenceFloyd and the other members of George Floyd’s family. Surreal? Without doubt. A mental rollercoaster? For sure ... Intense, is surely an understatement ... “[A guilty verdict] would be a big spark of hope ... “You have a right to be angry ... And to express that anger ... He adds ... SIGN UP ... ✕ ... .
In this image from NASA, NASA’s experimental Mars helicopter Ingenuity hovers above the surface of Mars Monday, April 19, 2021. The little 4-pound helicopter rose from the dusty red surface into the thin Martian air Monday, achieving the first powered, controlled flight on another planet. (NASA via AP) ... (NASA via AP). Sound ... (NASA via AP) ... Photo ... .
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian state penitentiary service said Monday a decision has been made to transfer imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is in the third week of a hunger strike, to a hospital ... According to the statement, Navalny’s condition is deemed “satisfactory” and he has agreed to take vitamin therapy ... All rights reserved.
Israel and Greece have signed their biggest ever defence procurement deal, which Israel said would strengthen political and economic ties between the countries as the two countries’ air forces launched a joint exercise ...Elbit will supply kits to upgrade and operate Greece’s T-6 aircraft and also provide training, simulators and logistical support ... .
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A comprehensive look at references to the press in justices’ opinions revealed “a marked and previously undocumented uptick in negative depictions.” ... .
(CNN)Twelve of Europe's top soccer clubs have announced plans to form a so-called European super league, in a move that looks set to rock the foundations of the sport's top competitions, including preeminent leagues in England, Spain and Italy and extending all the way up to the World Cup... Read More ...Super League players could face bans ... .
Nearly 800 people were killed by police in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro in the past nine months, as raids remain a terrifying routine for favela families – despite a supreme court ruling to halt incursions during the coronavirus pandemic ...Black lives shattered. outrage as boy, 14, is Brazil police's latest victim. Read more ... Photograph ... .