Dallas and Fort Worth mayors, chambers of commerce leaders, local Anglo and Latino citizens, and a municipal band waited eagerly at the Fort Worth T&P station on Oct. 16, 1920, at 7 a.m. for their special guest. After the train pulled to a stop at 7:17 a.m., they searched the Pullman cars, only to discover […]
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Jordan’s king wants neighbours to confront groups smuggling drugs, arms
DUBAI (Reuters) -Jordan’s King Abdullah on Thursday called on Arab states to confront what the U.S. ally has called an alarming rise in incursions of drugs and weapons smugglers linked to Iranian militias operating in southern Syria. Jordanian officials, like their Western allies, say the operations are controlled by Lebanon’s Iranian-backed Hezbollah group and other […]
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Swiss to Soften Rules on Arms Exports But Won’t Help Ukraine
(Bloomberg) — The Swiss government wants to be able to sidestep the country’s rigid neutrality to allow more weapons exports but will maintain a ban on shipments to Ukraine. Most Read from Bloomberg Switzerland forbids arms sales to countries at war unless they are fighting under a United Nations mandate. Because of this, Swiss weapon […]
US to give 1 billion dollars in arms deal to Israel, congressional aides say
The Biden administration has told key lawmakers it is sending a new package of more than $1 billion in arms and ammunition to Israel, three congressional aides said on Tuesday. It is the first arms shipment to Israel to be announced by the administration since it put another arms transfer — consisting of 3,500 bombs […]
Jordan foils arms plot as kingdom caught in Iran-Israel shadow war
By Samia Nakhoul and Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordan has foiled a suspected Iranian-led plot to smuggle weapons into the U.S.-allied kingdom to help opponents of the ruling monarchy carry out acts of sabotage, according to two Jordanian sources with knowledge of the matter. The weapons were sent by Iranian-backed militias in Syria to […]
US to give 1 billion dollars in arms deal to Israel, congressional aides say
The Biden administration has told key lawmakers it is sending a new package of more than 1 billion dollars (£794 million) in arms and ammunition to Israel, three congressional aides said on Tuesday. It is the first arms shipment to Israel to be announced by the administration since it put another arms transfer — consisting […]
Local firefighter adopts dog after rescuing it from deceased owner’s home: ‘Jumped into my arms’
A firefighter has added a four-legged friend to his life after handling a very tough assignment. Firefighter James Trounson recently adopted a terrier named Martha after helping to rescue the dog from her previous owner’s home. The 52-year-old Mullion Community Fire Station firefighter in Cornwall, England, was among those called to assist the Helston Community […]
Blinken says US arms will ‘make difference’ in Ukraine on surprise visit to Kyiv
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that American military aid on its way to Ukraine will make a “real difference” on the battlefield, as the top diplomat made an unannounced visit to reassure an ally facing a fierce new Russian offensive. In increasingly intense attacks along the northeastern border in recent days, Moscow’s […]
Blinken says US arms will ‘make difference’ in Ukraine on surprise visit to Kyiv
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that American military aid on its way to Ukraine will make a “real difference” on the battlefield, as the top diplomat made an unannounced visit to reassure an ally facing a fierce new Russian offensive. In increasingly intense attacks along the northeastern border in recent days, Moscow’s […]