“We will not be able to coerce Europe, Russia, and China into shunning Iran’s economy over policy interests that they do not share.” — Adam Szubin, former director of the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control “The United States would have to threaten all customers who buy Iranian crude. The response would be global outrage and…
LAS VEGAS — A gunman perched high on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas Strip casino unleashed a shower of bullets down on an outdoor country music festival below, killing at least 58 people and wounding more than 515 as thousands of frantic concert-goers screamed and ran for their lives, Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo…
Mass shooting on the Las Vegas strip Gunmen opened fire during open-air concert on the Las Vegas strip A gunman turned a Las Vegas concert into a killing field Sunday night, murdering at least 50 people and injuring more than 200 others in the deadliest mass shooting in modern United States history. The suspect, who…
More than 20 people were killed and 100 injured in a horrific shooting near the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas Sunday night, police said. The “nonstop gunfire,” according to one witness, sent bystanders outside the resort on the Vegas strip ducking for cover and fleeing for their lives. Tourists hid in their…
President Donald Trump stops to talk with reporters and members of the media as he walks from the Oval Office across the South lawn to board Marine One at the White House in Washington, DC on Friday, Sept 29, 2017. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) President Trump’s often-controversial foreign policy pronouncements, which have generated…
Some European leaders vow to stand by Iran nuclear deal President Trump slams the agreement at the United Nations, calls it ‘the worst’ As President Donald Trump considers whether to certify to Congress the controversial 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, word that the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog can’t verify a crucial part of the agreement…
The Amazon Forest contributes to global carbon emissions. Caesar Oleksy Not only do tropical forests now emit double the amount of carbon they consume — they also release more of it than all vehicles in the United States, according to a new study. Scientists at the Woods Hole Research Center, a climate change think-tank, found that…
Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson arrived for a meeting with the Chinese foreign minister, Wang Yi, in Beijing on Saturday. CreditPool photo by Andy Wong BEIJING — The Trump administration acknowledged on Saturday for the first time that it was in direct communication with the government of North Korea over its missile and nuclear tests,…
It has been a trying week for Satellite Beach resident Erika Rodriguez as she’s continued to reach out to Puerto Rico, hoping to hear from family members struggling in the catastrophic aftermath of Hurricane Maria. With much of the island without power, short of fuel and with limited access to clean water, Rodriguez wants her…