A picture shows a general view of the Israeli settlement of Givat Zeev, near the Palestinian city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, on Feb 3, 2023. Egypt has stepped up mediation between Israel and the Palestinians in a bid to tamp down violence in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank and to prevent […]
The silhouette of US engineer and NASA astronaut Megan McArthur is seen past the NASA logo in the Webb Auditorium at NASA headquarters in Washington, DC, on June 7, 2022. (STEFANI REYNOLDS / AFP) WASHINGTON – The United States plans to test a spacecraft engine powered by nuclear fission by 2027 as part of a […]
Travelers check the status of their flight as they arrive at the United Airlines Terminal 1 ahead of the Christmas holiday at O'Hare International Airport on Dec 22, 2022 in Chicago. (KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP) WASHINGTON — US flights were slowly beginning to resume departures and a ground stop was lifted after the Federal Aviation […]
A resident wounded after a Russian attack lies inside an ambulance to be taken to a hospital in Kherson, southern Ukraine in this Nov 24, 2022 file photo. (BERNAT ARMANGUE / AP) BRUSSELS/KYIV — Western allies stepped up their support of Ukraine with additional funding, sanctions against Moscow and expanded military training. European Union leaders […]
MOGADISHU – Islamist militants attacked a hotel used by government officials in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Sunday evening, police and witnesses said. Al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab, which controls large swathes of the country, claimed responsibility for the attack, saying in a statement that it was targeting the nearby presidential palace. "We were shaken by a […]
A catamaran rests atop a dock in Getaway Marina, which was destroyed during the passage of Hurricane Ian, most of its boats left scattered on the road or stuck in the mangroves, on San Carlos Boulevard in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, Oct 2, 2022. (REBECCA BLACKWELL / AP) MIAMI – The death toll from Hurricane […]
File photo of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. (JIM WATSON / AFP) WASHINGTON – The Biden administration has decided to withhold US$130 million of foreign military aid to Egypt over its failure to fulfill human rights conditions, US officials said on Wednesday, but allowed some funds to go through due to its determination that […]
The NASA Artemis rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard stands on pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, March 18, 2022. (JOHN RAOUX / AP) CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida – Launch teams at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida spent a final full day of preparations ahead of Monday’s planned liftoff of […]
Police work the scene where dozens of people were found dead in a semitrailer in a remote area in southwestern San Antonio, June 27, 2022. (ERIC GAY / AP) SAN ANTONIO, Texas – At least 51 migrants have died after being trapped inside a sweltering tractor-trailer truck found abandoned in Texas, authorities said on Tuesday, […]