U.S. warplane downs Syrian army jet in Raqqa province A U.S. warplane shot down a Syrian army jet on Sunday in the southern Raqqa countryside, with Washington saying the jet had dropped bombs near U.S.-backed forces and Damascus saying the plane was downed while flying a mission against Islamic State […]
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Seven sailors missing after U.S. Navy destroyer collides with container ship in Japan U.S. Navy destroyer USS Fitzgerald sailed back to its base in Yokosuka, with seven of its sailors still missing after it collided with a Philippine-flagged container ship more than three times its size in eastern Japan early […]
Oregon first US state to add third gender option on driver ID Oregon has become the first US state to include a third gender option on state-issued identification cards. Beginning in July, Oregon residents who do not identify as male or female can mark X for sex on driver’s licences, […]
Catalans woo immigrants in quest to split from Spain In a community hall in the Spanish region of Catalonia, two independence activists take the stage against a backdrop of red and yellow striped Catalan flags: a Syrian-born tourist guide and a Spanish member of parliament born in Uruguay. With barely […]
U.N. rights envoy urges North Korea to clarify U.S. student case The United Nations human rights investigator on North Korea called on Pyongyang on Friday to provide a full explanation of why an American student was returned home this week in a coma after being in custody for more than […]
Trump to clamp down on Cuba travel, trade, curbing Obama detente President Donald Trump on Friday will announce plans to tighten restrictions on Americans traveling to Cuba and clamp down on U.S. business dealings with the island’s military, rolling back parts of former President Barack Obama’s historic opening to Havana. […]
British PM May faces mounting criticism over London tower block blaze British Prime Minister Theresa May faced increasing criticism on Friday for not meeting survivors of a deadly London tower block blaze as she scrambled for a deal to stay in power after a botched election gamble. May pledged to […]
Kremlin says takes negative view of proposed new U.S. sanctions The Kremlin takes an extremely negative view of the proposed new U.S. sanctions against Russia and believes that they can harm other countries that have to adhere to these sanctions, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday. The U.S. Senate […]
Philippines says some militants may have slipped out of embattled city The Philippines military said on Friday that some of the Islamist militants who stormed Marawi City in the south of the country last month may have mingled with evacuees to slip away during the battle that has raged for […]
Russia military says may have killed IS leader Baghdadi Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Friday it was checking information that a Russian air strike near the Syrian city of Raqqa may have killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in late May. The air strike was launched after the Russian […]
