Month: January 2020

Baghdad (AFP) – US-led forces helping Iraqi troops fight jihadists have scaled back operations, a US defence official told AFP Saturday, a day after an American strike killed top Iranian and Iraqi commanders. “Our first priority is protecting coalition personnel,” the official said, saying the US-led force had “limited” their training and other anti-jihadist operations.…

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison faced renewed criticism Saturday, after sharing bushfire themed party campaign ads that opponents condemned as “disgusting” and a respected defence association said was “milking” the crisis. Facing sustained anger for his handling of the months-long crisis, Morrison sought to get on the front foot Saturday, announcing increased military assistance to…

While the dangerous fires in Australia continue to make national headlines this week, the opposite side of the country may be under a different weather threat. “Meteorologists continue to monitor the Timor Sea for development through the weekend and into early this week,” said AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Adam Douty. In this zone, conditions are favorable…

Kentucky’s attorney general has asked the FBI to formally investigate former Governor Matt Bevin’s controversial pardons, two state legislators said Thursday. Bevin issued hundreds of pardons between losing his re-election bid and leaving office. Lawmakers are concerned that some of the pardons were favors to supporters. Last month, federal law enforcement sources confirmed to CBS…

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Almost five years later, the death of Alberto Nisman, the prosecutor who led the investigation into Argentina’s deadliest terrorist attack, still perplexes and fascinates many in this South American country. Much as they did on Jan. 18, 2015, when the prosecutor’s lifeless body was found in mysterious circumstances that launched…

A US airstrike is said to have struck a convoy of Iran-backed militia in Iraq – just hours after the targetted killing of Qassem Soleimani. Just hours after Donald Trump appeared in Florida to make his first public comments about the killing of the veteran Iranian military leader, reports said a US airstrike hit two…

WASHINGTON — Many top Democratic presidential candidates cautioned against potential military escalation in the Middle East after a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad killed a top Iranian official, Gen. Qassem Soleimani.  “Trump’s dangerous escalation brings us closer to another disastrous war in the Middle East that could cost countless lives and trillions more dollars,” Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders,…

DENVER ― They mostly come at night. Mostly. Swarms of drones have been spotted flying across eastern Colorado and western Nebraska since mid-December, typically between the hours of sunset and midnight. They often fly in groups and travel along seemingly coordinated, grid-like paths. On the night of Dec. 20, the Phillips County Sheriff’s Office, along with…

Idaho police and FBI agents investigating two missing children swarmed a home owned by their stepfather and his mysteriously deceased first wife. Fremont County Sheriff Len Humphries told East Idaho News that investigators developed probable cause for a search warrant of the Salem house. Officers with rakes and metal detectors could be seen scouring the…

The Pentagon launched an airstrike Thursday night that killed a powerful Iranian military leader, Gen. Qasem Soleimani, at Baghdad’s international airport. The Defense Department said it conducted the attack at President Donald Trump’s direction as a “defensive action” against Soleimani, who it said was planning further attacks on American diplomats and service members.  Soleimani is an extremely…