Hurricane Harvey moved slowly but powerfully across Texas on Saturday, downgraded to a Category 2 storm, but only after hammering the coast with torrents of rain and packing powerful life threatening winds. The hurricane, initially a Category 4 and the first major storm to hit the US mainland in 12
Iraqi forces have driven militants from central Tal Afar and its historic citadel, they said Saturday, placing them on the verge of fully recapturing one of the last ISIS strongholds in the country. “Units of the Counter-Terrorism Service liberated the Citadel and Basatin districts and raised
A US Black Hawk helicopter crashed off the southern coast of Yemen on Friday during a training mission, leaving one service member missing, the US military said. US Central Command said in a statement that five other service members aboard the aircraft had been rescued after the crash, which took pl
The number of people killed in an attack on a Shi’ite mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul during Friday prayers rose to at least 28 up from 20, the chief of Kabul’s hospitals said Saturday as hundreds of mourners buried the victims. Distraught relatives and friends carried coffins into the ceme
North Korea fired three short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast early Saturday, South Korea and the US military said, reviving tensions with Washington after President Donald Trump had said Pyongyang was starting to show some “respect”. The launches come as tens of
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and Defence Minister Florence Parly arrived Saturday in Baghdad to affirm their country’s support in the war on ISIS, Iraqi State TV said. Le Drian and Parly will discuss with Iraqi leaders the fight against ISIS, the stabilisation of cities destroyed
A knifeman who attacked two police officers outside Queen Elizabeth II’s Buckingham Palace residence in London on Friday night has been arrested, British police said Saturday. The 26-year-old attacker stopped his car near a police vehicle in a restricted area outside the world famous palace ea
Saudi Industrial Property Authority (MODON) and National Industrial Clusters Development Program (Program) signed on Friday a memorandum of understanding with Goldwind Science & Technology Co., Ltd., a Chinese company specializing in the manufacturing of wind turbines and accessories, to assist
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley voiced concern on Friday that nuclear inspectors were not granted access to Iranian military bases, and she urged the International Atomic Energy Agency to use all its authorities to ensure Tehran’s compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal. “I
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) will soon launch an offensive to oust ISIS from Deir al-Zor province, an official from the alliance said Friday, as the terrorist group successfully pushed back regime forces advancing on one of the last towns still in the organizaton’s hands in Raqqa pro
At least 18 people were killed in southern Russia when a bus carrying construction workers plunged into the Black Sea on Friday, Russian investigators said. Eight more people were injured, five of whom were in a serious condition, Interfax news agency reported, citing the emergency ministry which ca
The heir to the Samsung empire, Lee Jae-yong, was convicted of bribery and other offenses Friday and jailed for five years in connection with the scandal that brought down South Korean president Park Geun-Hye after a six-month trial. Lee’s penalty could leave the vast conglomerate, which inclu
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday warned the armed forces against “fissures” in their ranks, ahead of war games seen as a show of strength after US President Donald Trump threatened military action. “We must be clear, especially for the youth in the military, that we
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, held talks at Al-Salam palace in Jeddah on Thursday evening with the governor of the US State of Mississippi, Phil Bryant, the Saudi Press Agency reported. During the meeting, they reviewed bilateral relations an
McDonalds says it will start globally rolling back use of antibiotics in its chicken products from 2018 as part of efforts to curb microbial resistance to drugs and the rise of superbugs. “Starting in 2018, we will begin implementing a new broiler chicken antibiotics policy in markets around t
Saudi Arabia aims to exceed its target to generate 9.5 gigawatts of electricity from renewable energy annually, to highlight its long-term commitment to green energy, a senior government official said. “We plan to exceed 9.5 gigawatts,” Turki al-Shehri, head of the energy ministry’
The Governor of Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) Engineer Ibrahim bin Abdulrahman Al-Omar handed on Thursday investment licenses to four Chinese companies as part the visit being paid by China’s Zhang Gaoli to the Kingdom with Chinese representatives of ministries and busines
Up to 14 people, including Germans, Austrians and Swiss, were still missing and several villages were evacuated after a landslide in southeast Switzerland, police said on Thursday. Authorities had evacuated around 100 people from the village of Bondo, about 130 kilometers (80 miles) north of Milan,
The top US military commander in Afghanistan said on Thursday President Donald Trump’s new strategy is a sign of a long-term commitment to what is already America’s longest war and vowed to annihilate the ISIS affiliate in the country. General John Nicholson said in the Afghan capital, K
Switzerland’s attorney general has indicted a 30-year-old Swiss woman suspected of trying to reach Syria to join the ISIS terrorist organization with her four-year-old child in tow. The Office of the Attorney General (OAG), Michael Lauber, said Thursday the woman from the Zurich area, whose na
