US Air Force pilot Lieutenant Colonel Jeremy Renken knew that whatever happened next might escalate the war in Syria. The 40-year-old father of four was flying his F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet in “a race track” pattern around an Iranian-made drone, which had just tried to kill US-backed forces and
New Delhi – An Indian court on Monday sentenced controversial spiritual guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh to 20 years in prison for raping two female followers of his popular Dera Sacha Sauda sect. Riots erupted on Friday when the Singh was convicted of the charges, leaving 38 people dead. He is accused
In an unprecedented move, North Korea fired on Tuesday a mid-range ballistic missile over Japan’s northern Hokkaido island that landed into the northern Pacific Ocean and that sparked a critical reaction from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The launch came as US and South Korean forces conduct annual mil
At least eight people have been killed in Texas since powerful Tropical Storm Harvey struck the largest US state. More torrential rain is expected to pound the US Gulf Coast, as tens of thousands have bee displaced from their homes, officials said on Monday. Harvey has already dumped more rain in th
A car bomb exploded in a market in the Iraqi capital district of Sadr City on Monday killing 11 people and wounding another 26, security officials and medical sources said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but terror group ISIS has claimed previous bombings in the capit
Paris- France’s President Emmanuel Macron said that the Paris summit on Monday will focus on seeking concrete action on getting Europe’s migrant crisis under control. Europe’s “big four” continental powers and three African nations participated in the migrant crisis summit. Over the summer, Macron s
United States rescue agencies in Huston were struggling to find beds Monday for tens of thousands of citizens driven from their homes by a monster rainstorm that swamped America’s fourth largest city. AFP correspondents wrote that roads are flooded, Houston’s two airports have suspended
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on Monday that Iran is building sites in Syria and Lebanon to build missiles. These missiles will ultimately be used to target Israel, he said during talks with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who arrived in Jerusalem on Sunday on a three-day
Iraqi forces engaged in heavy clashes Monday near Tal Afar with the last pocket of ISIS militants in the northern province of Nineveh. An Agence France Presse journalist saw fierce clashes pitting Iraqi government forces and allied militia against ISIS militants in the town of Al-Ayadieh 15 kilomete
Divers have recovered the remains of all 10 US sailors killed after their warship John S. McCain collided with an oil tanker off Singapore, the US Navy said Monday. The remaining eight sailors were retrieved by divers searching flooded compartments of the guided-missile destroyer, it said, after the
Thousands of Rohingya Muslims fled Myanmar’s Rakhine state in the northwest to neighboring Bangladesh as border clashes continued on Sunday. The government evacuated some 4,000 non-Muslim villagers in the unrest. The death toll from the violence that erupted on Friday with coordinated attacks by Roh
Dozens of Saudi craftsmen are hard at work in a factory in Mecca preparing an embroidered black and gold cloth to cover the Kaaba, the holiest site in Islam. Known as the Kiswa, the cloth is woven from silk and cotton and adorned with verses from the Qoran. A new one is made each year […]
The death toll from the twin terrorist attacks in Spain two weeks ago rose to 16 after a German woman succumbed to her injuries on Sunday. She was left in a critical condition when a militant drove the rented vehicle into crowds in Barcelona’s famous Las Ramblas boulevard on August 17. That at
For a people struggling to establish their own state, traditional food is an important part of the national heritage, and for Palestinians in the West Bank that goes well beyond the standard hummus (chickpea paste), said a Reuters report. In Hebron, a biblical town in the Israeli-occupied territory,
The Iraqi military announced on Sunday that its forces have captured the majority of the northwestern city of Tal Afar from the ISIS terrorist group. All 29 neighborhoods in Tal Afar city had been taken back from the terror group, the military said in a statement. The battle for the city was kicked
The Lebanese army announced on Sunday that a ceasefire in its battle to expel ISIS terrorists from its eastern border with Syria got underway at 7:00 am. The truce was declared to pave the way for final negotiations linked to the fate of soldiers abducted by the terrorists in 2014. The army did not
The most powerful storm to strike the US state of Texas in more than 50 years claimed its second victim on Saturday as Harvey ripped off roofs, snapped trees, triggered tornadoes and threatened “catastrophic floods.” The second fatality was identified as a woman who was killed as she drove through f
A United States citizen working in South Sudan as a freelance journalist was among 19 people killed on Saturday during fighting between government troops and rebels in Yei River state, the rebels and the military said. Christopher Allen, who worked for various news outlets, was killed in heavy fight
France will help reconstruction and reconciliation efforts in Iraq as it emerges from the war against ISIS, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Saturday after talks with Iraqi officials in Baghdad. France is a main partner in the US-led coalition helping Baghdad fight the militants wh
Indian security forces in the Kashmir Valley shot dead two militants after an hours-long gun battle for control of a government compound in which eight policemen were also killed, the state’s top police official said. The shootout ensued after the militants stormed into the police camp in Pulwama, a
