ANKARA, May 20 (Reuters) – Turkey said on Wednesday that Germany would send it a Patriot missile defence system for a six-month deployment from June to replace a system deployed as part of NATO measures in southeast Turkey to bolster air defences amid the war in Iran. In March, Ankara said a U.S. Patriot system …
Opposition leaders in the Bahamas are demanding an investigation into a suspected drug trafficker who survived a recent plane crash near Florida and was allegedly found with roughly $30,000, according to a U.S. federal agent. The money was inside a bag labeled with the name of an unidentified high-ranking politician from the archipelago. The suspect, …
6m ago Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard warns it will take war “beyond the region” if U.S.-Israel strike the country again Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned Wednesday that any renewed U.S. or Israeli attacks would be met with retaliation “beyond the region.” In a statement, the IRGC said it still had not brought “all …
JERUSALEM, May 20 (Reuters) – Israel’s parliament is expected to vote on Wednesday on a bill to dissolve itself, potentially bringing forward by a few weeks the next national election, which surveys predict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will lose. An election date is yet to be set. Israel is supposed to hold elections every four …
El Paso, Texas – An active-duty U.S. Army soldier and Afghanistan war veteran told CBS News he still worries about the possibility his newly-freed wife could be deported to a country where she has no ties, putting at risk his decades-long career in the American military. Sergeant 1st Class Jose Serrano, who was deployed to …
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are unhappier with President Donald Trump’s handling of the economy than they were a few months ago, but they’re largely continuing to stand behind him as the war with Iran continues, a new AP-NORC poll finds. The poll comes as the war with Iran fuels higher gasoline prices, while the U.S. …
Washington — The final weeks of the Supreme Court’s term are fast approaching, and the justices are poised to hand down decisions in some of its most significant cases before they go their separate ways for the summer. The high court has already struck down President Trump’s sweeping tariffs and weakened the Voting Rights Act. …
HONG KONG, May 20 (Reuters) – Rescue workers used boats or swam through floodwaters to evacuate people in waterlogged areas across central and southwest China on Wednesday after torrential rain killed at least 25 people and shut businesses, schools and transport links. Heavy rain is expected to continue across southern and central parts of the …
May 20 (Reuters) – Kyiv and Budapest began expert-level consultations online on Wednesday, the countries’ foreign ministers said. • Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said he focused his opening statement on three key issues – bilateral relations, minority rights, and Ukraine’s EU accession. • Both countries look to rebuild ties following a change of government …
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday the risk of global spread of the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda is high at national, regional levels but low at the global level. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said so far 51 cases have been confirmed in Congo in the …