Israel-Palestine Fighting Threatens To Spread Across Middle East
MOSCOW – The Kremlin on March 11 accused British specialists of involvement in a deadly Ukrainian strike on the Russian city of Bryansk that used British Storm Shadow missiles and said it would take Britain’s role “into account”. The Bryansk regional governor said the strike on March 10 killed at least six civilians and injured…
Moldova’s Foreign Ministry said the decision was taken following “ongoing tensions and unfriendly actions,” and that embassy staff and diplomats would have to leave by 15 August. Several diplomats from the Russian embassy in the Republic of Moldova left the country on a charter plane on Monday morning, after being expelled in the wake of…
April 16 (UPI) — Customs and Border Protection officers in Chicago on Thursday seized a shipment from China containing methamphetamine precursor and a cocaine cutting agent, the CBP announced Tuesday. A narcotics detection dog named Aldo helped CBP officers discover and detain 26 boxes of unknown powders that subsequent testing showed were 1,117 pounds of…
Feb. 6 (UPI) — A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s proposal to federal employees to take government buyouts until a hearing can be held on Monday. U.S. District Judge George O’Toole Jr. ruled Thursday that the administration cannot carry out its “so-called directive” until after a briefing and oral arguments take place, according…
France’s parliament voted to topple the government of Prime Minister François Bayrou on Monday after the PM surprised even his own allies by calling a confidence vote to resolve a months-long deadlock over his austerity budget. Bayrou will tender his resignation on Tuesday morning, plunging France into fresh political turmoil. Read our liveblog to see…
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte praised President Donald Trump for making Europe “pay in a BIG way,” as leaders gathered in the Netherlands on Tuesday for a historic summit that could unite them around a new defense spending pledge or widen divisions among the 32 member countries of the security alliance….