BERLIN (AP) — An Iraqi man who is accused of standing by to carry out attacks for the Islamic State group after he arrived in Germany in 2022 has been arrested, prosecutors said Thursday. The suspect, identified only as Mahmoud A. in line with German privacy rules, was arrested on Wednesday in Esslingen, near Stuttgart […]
Russia has resumed its aerial pounding of Ukraine’s power grid and Kyiv’s forces again targeted Russian oil facilities with cross-border drone strikes, officials said. With no major changes reported along the 600-mile front line, where a recent push by the Kremlin’s forces in eastern and north-eastern Ukraine has made only incremental gains, both sides in […]
ABOARD THE USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER IN THE RED SEA (AP) — The combat markings emblazoned on the F/A-18 fighter jet tell the story: 15 missiles and six drones, painted in black just below the cockpit windshield. As the jet sits on the deck of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier in the Red […]
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Ukraine has been systematically targeting Russian energy infrastructure to try to disrupt Russia’s economy and its ability to fund its military effort. Ukrainian officials say attacks have been carried out in retaliation for Russian strikes on the Ukrainian energy system. Following is a chronology of some of the main drone strikes on […]
Sir Keir Starmer lashed out at the Tories as he denied claims Labour was planning a secret tax raid on families across the UK. Here are the key moments from day 24 of the UK General Election campaign: Starmer finds making gains is taxing Mr Starmer hit out at “desperate” Tory tactics as he was […]
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump pushed back Friday night in an aggressive — and at times misleading — way against an effort to curb his public attacks on the FBI agents working on his classified documents case in Florida. In a 20-page court filing, the lawyers assailed prosecutors in the office of special counsel […]
If you’ve ever frequented a beach along coastal South Carolina, you’ve probably been near a shark and might not have even known it. In this screen capture, Jill Horner a recent transplant to the area from Buffalo, N.Y., captured video of a shark swimming off Hilton Head Island on Sept. 4, 2022, Labor Day weekend. […]
Lebanese militant group Hezbollah says its intensified attacks along Israel’s northern border this week demonstrate to Israeli leaders that an all-out war would be costly, senior official Sheikh Ali Daamoush said in a sermon during Friday prayers. Iran-backed Hezbollah militants launched dozens of rockets on Friday in a third day of retaliation for the killing […]
An intoxicated customer allegedly attacked a Myrtle Beach Waffle House employee after she took away his cigar, according to a Myrtle Beach Police report. Another person was cut while trying to breakup the fight that happened about 6:30 a.m. on June 2. This happened at the Waffle House near U.S. 17 Bypass and U.S. 501, […]
Democrats offered a muted celebration to the Supreme Court’s ruling Thursday upholding access to a common abortion medication, warning that the Trump-led Republican campaign against reproductive rights is far from over. “This case brought on by Donald Trump’s allies was only one tactic in a broader relentless strategy to strip away access to reproductive freedom […]
BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah vowed Wednesday to intensify its attacks along the Lebanon-Israel border to avenge the killing of its most senior military commander by Israel since the latest round of violence began eight months ago. “Our response after the martyrdom of Abu Taleb will be to intensify our operations in severity, strength, quantity and […]
Russian forces have launched new deadly attacks on Ukraine, killing at least nine people on Wednesday, a day before the leaders of countries that are some of Ukraine’s biggest backers were to discuss how to slow Moscow’s offensive. Ukrainian authorities said that along with the nine killed, 29 others, including five children, were wounded when […]