Representatives of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have reached a draft agreement that could end decades of conflict. The breakthrough, mediated by the US and Qatar, provides for the “disengagement, disarmament and conditional integration” of armed groups fighting in eastern DR Congo. It also includes provisions for a joint security mechanism to prevent…
Israel’s largest attack ever against Iran has targeted nuclear and military facilities, gas and oil depots and the government-run broadcaster. More than 200 people have been killed and hundreds more injured. Iranian facilities hit by Israeli attacks Sources: Nuclear Threat Initiative, International Atomic Energy Agency, Global Oil & Gas Features Database and New York Times…
WHEN ISRAEL launched its war on Iran on June 13th it did so on the basis of intelligence that it claimed showed Iran had reached a “point of no return” in its quest for a nuclear weapon. That evidence galvanised Israel’s own security establishment to support an attack now. It has been shown to America…
By Steve Holland, Parisa Hafezi and Alexander Cornwell WASHINGTON/DUBAI/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Iran and Israel traded further air attacks on Thursday as President Donald Trump kept the world guessing about whether the United States would join Israel’s bombardment of Iranian nuclear facilities. A week … Source link
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has rejected Donald Trump‘s call for ‘unconditional surrender’ and warned that the US military involvement in the Iran-Israel conflict would cause “irreparable damage.” Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with a group of students in Tehran.(REUTERS file) The statement was made by Khamenei in his…
The colossal black hole lurking at the center of the Milky Way galaxy is spinning almost as fast as its maximum rotation rate. That’s just one thing astrophysicists have discovered after developing and applying a new method to tease apart the secrets still hidden in supermassive black hole observations collected by the Event Horizon Telescope…
AQUEBOGUE, N.Y. (AP) — Doug Corwin knew there was a problem at his family’s commercial duck farm in Long Island when he spotted scores of dead or lethargic birds during a barn inspection in January. Within days, Crescent Duck Farm became a casualty of the global avian flu outbreak, one of many farms around the…
NEED TO KNOW Opal Lee, also known as “The Grandmother of Juneteenth,” will miss marching in this year’s Walk of Freedom event The 98-year-old was recently hospitalized, which led to her first time sitting out the march since it launched in 2016 This year marks the 160th anniversary of Juneteenth Opal Lee, known to many…
THE JUSTIFICATIONS vary, but the examples are legion. In December in Florida, local politicians faced threats over housing developments. Police shot a Montanan in March after she brandished a gun at a judge. A police chief in North Carolina retired in May after getting violent threats over the death of a police dog. Threats of…
MIAMI (AP) — A drug informant who helped the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration build some of its biggest cases has been arrested and charged with scheming to extort major cocaine traffickers facing extradition from Colombia and the Dominican Republic. Jorge Hernández, 57, was charged in a criminal complaint unsealed Wednesday with one count of conspiring…