A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck off northwestern Japan on Tuesday, triggering a two-hour tsunami advisory for three prefectures in the region. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake struck Tuesday night at 10:22, or 9:22 a.m. EDT, 30 miles southwest of Sakata and more than 6 miles below the surface. Sakata is about 200 miles north of…
A top American general has given an assessment which downgrades North Korean nuclear warhead delivery capability, saying Pyongyang has only made minimal advances but doesn’t yet possess the capability of hitting the American mainland, contrary to recent North Korean claims. General Paul Selva, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff – the US’s number…
Deadly ticks that carry an ebola-like virus have been found in the UK after spreading across Europe, health officials have warned. The hyalomma tick was discovered in Dorset last year and was 10 times larger in size than average, as experts believe the blood-sucking parasites have mutated to survive the cold winters. The hyalomma tick…
President Trump formally launched his 2020 re-election campaign Tuesday night before a jam-packed crowd in Orlando’s Amway Center arena and quickly unloaded on the media organizations and government actors he said tried their hardest with “everything they had” to bring down both his candidacy and presidency. To chants of “USA,” Trump took the stage after…
Nigel Farage has laid out his proposal for a Brexit Party coalition with the Conservatives that could see him in government by the autumn and crash the UK out of the EU with no deal. The Brexit Party leader, who has never won a parliamentary seat, said that a so-called ‘clean’ exit from the EU…
The three Northern Triangle nations have done little to provide for the poor. Central American refugees ride a cargo truck in Mexico. Photographer: Alejandro Cegarra/Bloomberg Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador are, by all accounts, countries ravaged by gang violence, drug trafficking and extreme poverty. It’s these elements that have driven wave after wave of illegal immigration to…
CÚCUTA, Colombia — The walkers come in a steady flow, individually and in small groups, through most of the day. The serpentine mountain road they take often has little room at the sides, leaving refugees in the path of traffic. The 350-mile journey to Bogota is part forced march and part pilgrimage — impelled by…
Four-day combat exercise simulates simultaneous warfare in Gaza, Syria, and Lebanon and features F-35 jet fighters. Israeli Air Force F-35I Adir fighter on its first flight with the IAF, Dec. 13, 2016. Credit: Maj. Ofer/ Israeli Air Force via Wikimedia Commons. (June 19, 2019 / JNS) The Israeli Air Force is holding a large-scale, four-day combat exercise simulating…
Terror group’s assurances that the truce is still in place comes amid reports of delays in Qatar transferring funds to needy families in the Strip. Palestinians receive their financial aid as part of $480 million in aid allocated by Qatar, at a post office in Gaza City on May 19, 2019. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90) The…