June 16, 2015
Nato condemns Putin’s nuclear ‘sabre-rattling’
US Secretary of State John Kerry also expressed concern over President Putin's announcement, saying the decision was in contravention of the Start agreement designed to destroy nuclear weapons in the former territories of the Soviet Union. "It could…
June 16, 2015
Donald Trump to run for president in 2016
Property billionaire Donald Trump has announced he will run for the White House in the 2016 election. Mr Trump, a Republican, has never run for the party's nomination before, but has often talked about it. "I am officially running for president of…
June 16, 2015
Pakistan Troops Cross Border to Rescue Wounded Afghan Soldier
In a demonstration of increased security cooperation, Pakistan's military says its troops crossed the border Tuesday and went 600 meters inside Afghanistan to rescue an Afghan soldier who was critically wounded in a firefight with “terrorists”. The…
June 10, 2015
Obama to Send Up to 450 Military Advisers to Iraq
President Barack Obama on Wednesday ordered 450 additional military advisers to Iraq in a new effort to bolster Iraqi troops as they try to retake Ramadi, the Anbar provincial capital seized last month by Islamic State insurgents. The White House…
June 10, 2015
Makeshift memorial for woman shot, run over
Balloons, flowers, candles and a message spray-painted on the road make up a growing memorial for a South Florida mother of two who was shot and run over, Saturday. It happened early Saturday morning, in the area of Northeast 149th Street and Sixth…
June 10, 2015
Ex-SC officer indicted for murder in shooting of black man
A grand jury today affirmed the state of South Carolina's murder charge against a white former North Charleston police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man trying to run from a traffic stop. The shooting on April 4 was captured on video by…
June 10, 2015
Video shows black Muslim shot by Boston police, FBI
US authorities today released video of a black Muslim man shot dead by police and the FBI in Boston, and accused of planning to behead police officers. The grainy video was filmed by a surveillance camera fixed to a Burger King about 50 yards from…
June 5, 2015
Dozens Killed in Nigeria Market Blast
Officials in Nigeria said more than 30 people have been killed in a bomb blast in Yola, the capital of Adamawa state, in Nigeria's northeast where the militant group Boko Haram is active. Sa'ad Bello of the National Emergency Management Agency said…
June 4, 2015
Israel PM Netanyahu attacks Orange boss
Israel's Prime Minister has attacked the boss of the French telecom giant Orange for looking to pull out of a deal with an Israeli partner. On Wednesday, Orange CEO Stephane Richard said he would back out of an agreement with Partner……
June 2, 2015
US Congress Approves Reform of Lapsed Surveillance Program
The U.S. Congress has approved a bill to reform and restart the bulk collection of Americans’ telephone records, along with other anti-terrorism tools that expired earlier this week. After days of intense and heartfelt debate about protecting…