WASHINGTON. The US military carried out multiple air strikes in Syria on Thursday night against Iran-aligned groups whom it blamed for a drone attack that killed an American contractor, wounded another and also hurt five US troops, the Pentagon said ... Reuters was unable to independently confirm the toll. REPEATED ATTACKS ... FILEPHOTO. U.S ...REUTERS ... .
Russia would bomb any country that arrests Vladimir Putin, a former Russian president has warned after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant against Putin over the abduction of Ukrainian children ... Mr Putin could face arrest in more than 100 countries that recognise the jurisdiction of the ICC warrant ... .
Ukrainian troops, on the defensive for four months, will launch a long-awaited counterassault “very soon” now that Russia’s huge winter offensive is losing steam without taking Bakhmut, Ukraine’s top ground forces commander said yesterday ... Just like with every city and village that suffered because of the occupiers,” he wrote. .
Britain is becoming a sick society. I don’t mean this merely in a figurative sense, that the country is suffering from an epidemic of depravity and knife crime. Sixteen per cent of the British labour force — one in six — report that they suffer from long-term health problems ... More on the UK ... Long-term health problems ... The future doesn’t look any better.
Saudi Arabia and Syria are in talks over a resumption of consular services between the two countries, according to Saudi state television, an indication of a possible restoration of ties between the two countries ...The channel added that the foreign ministry source was commenting on international media reports ... .
HELSINKI -- The Finnish president on Thursday formally sealed the Nordic country's historic bid to join NATO by signing into law the required national legal amendments needed for membership in the Western military alliance ...Turkey has presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for May 14, and ratification is expected before that ... .
By SAM METZ. The Associated Press. PARKCITY, UtahGwyneth Paltrow’s attorneys asked the daughter of a man suing the actor-turned-lifestyle influencer over a 2016 ski collision about missing GoPro camera footage that they called “the most important piece of evidence” at trial Thursday ... ....
PresidentEmmanuel Macron was under pressure on Friday to find a way out of a crisis that has seen some of France's worst street violence in years over a pension bill he has pushed through parliament without a vote ... A tag on an ATM read. "Paris is burning.". Some 441 police officers were injured and 475 people were arrested ... Capitol. 'Worried' ... .
Estados Unidos bombardeó este jueves instalaciones de grupos cercanos a la Guardia Revolucionaria de Irán en el este de Siria como represalia por la muerte de un contratista del Ejército horas antes en un ataque con un dron de fabricación iraní, informó el Pentágono en un comunicado ... El río Éufrates divide a grandes rasgos Deir al zur en dos partes.
The British government has announced it will provide Ukraine with armour-piercing rounds containing depleted uranium – a byproduct of the uranium-enrichment process needed to create nuclear weapons. PresidentVladimir Putin warned Russia would “respond accordingly given that the collective West is starting to use weapons with a ‘nuclear component'”.
NEW DELHI. Top Indian opposition figure Rahul Gandhi has been disqualified from parliament as a result of his conviction for defamation, a notice from the national legislature said Friday. “Rahul Gandhi...Congress spokesman Akhilesh Pratap Singh confirmed to AFP that his party had received the notice ... .
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - At least 13 people were killed in clashes with police just outside Brazil's seaside city of Rio de Janeiro after a raid... .