Last summer, Israel shot down yet another military drone near the line that separates the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights from the rest of Syria. The confrontation would have been business as usual, if not for a twist. Images of the destroyed drone showed Cyrillic tail markings and other identifiable components of a Forpost belonging to Russia...Photo ... ....
France will not back down in the face of U.S. threats of legal action over its plans for a digital tax on tech giants, the French finance minister has said, The Guardian reports.“We will never give up,” Bruno Le Maire told the Guardian in an interview ...The U.S....
Rep ...The House voted late Tuesday to approve a resolution to formally condemn Trump for tweets in which he told four nonwhite, progressive freshman congresswomen — Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) — to "go back" to their countries ... This will be a defining vote....
At the request of Californian attorney general Xavier Becerra, the judge doubled Garcia’s bail from $25 million (£20.1 million).Law enforcement officers testified about sexual images and videos discovered on Garcia’s electronic devices. One also testified that $5 million (£4 million) had been raised for Garcia’s defense ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
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Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accused British forces of "theft" and "piracy" after authorities seized an Iranian tanker off the coast of Gibraltar while vowing Iran would not "leave such evil deeds unanswered," according to The Independent... Tensions in the region have been at a high all summer but especially between Iran and the U.K....
Fifty years ago on Tuesday, three American astronauts set off from Florida for the Moon on a mission that would change the way we see humanity’s place in the universe ... Their commander and the first man on the Moon, Neil Armstrong, passed away in 2012 ... Armstrong emerged a few hours later ... Only four of the 12 men who have done so remain alive ... ....
Retired Justice John Paul Stevens, whose Supreme Court opinions transformed many areas of American law during his 34-year tenure, died at the age of 99 in in Ft ... "He brought to our bench an inimitable blend of kindness, humility, wisdom, and independence. His unrelenting commitment to justice has left us a better nation ... Supreme Court ... ....
Fifty years after their history-making voyage to the moon, Buzz Aldrin recalls the first moments of the Apollo 11 launch being so smooth that he and his two crewmates, Neil Armstrong and Mike Collins,... ....
AirlineGaruda Indonesia is urging passengers not to take any pictures or videos onboard its flights. The Indonesian national carrier circulated an internal memo banning the practice on 14 July, writing. “It is not permissible to document activities on the plane, either in the form of photos or videos, by the cabin crew or passengers.” ... Subscribe now....