By Samia Nakhoul and Laila Bassam DUBAI(Reuters) – Hamas’ elusive military leader Mohammed Deif, one of the masterminds behind what Israel called its 9/11 moment, rarely speaks and never appears in public, a secretive existence that helped him survive seven assassination attempts. Now he is being sought outside of Gaza, from where he directed the […]
Missouri lawmakers approved a $51.7 billion budget just hours before the Friday deadline, narrowly avoiding what could have been a legislative disaster. The proposed spending plan includes 3.2% raises for state employees, millions for highway projects, including $53 million near Kansas City, and $17.5 million to prepare for the 2026 World Cup in Kansas City. […]
Former President Donald Trump spent last week stuck in New York City for the beginning of his hush money trial. But on Wednesday, between days in court, Trump made time to call into a secretive donor meeting back at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, according to two people involved with the group who […]
In a sandy patch of rainforest in Brazil, a “very secretive” creature laid its eggs in the foam nest built by its mate. The white, almost Styrofoam-looking nest was dug into the ground and difficult to find. Difficult, but not impossible. Scientists located the discreet animal and its nest. It turned out to be a […]
(Bloomberg) — North Korea has shipped containers that could hold millions of artillery shells to Russia, a top South Korean official said, allowing President Vladimir Putin to maintain his assault on Ukraine as Kyiv’s stocks of ammunition dwindle. Most Read from Bloomberg South Korean Defense Minister Shin Wonsik told reporters that North Korea is estimated […]
ABOARD A FRENCH AIR FORCE AWACS (AP) — Off in the distance, Ukraine, fighting for its survival. Seen from up here, in the cockpit of a French air force surveillance plane flying over neighboring Romania, the snow-dusted landscapes look deceptively peaceful. The dead from Russia’s war, the shattered Ukrainian towns and mangled battlefields, aren’t visible […]
Every four years, Americans on the East and West coasts remember there exists a mysterious and enchanted place called “Iowa.” We here in the Midwest are familiar with the state, largely because its residents deep-fry anything that’s not nailed down and the jet stream carries those fumes into our yards and homes. We routinely have […]
The Pentagon has released new details about defence secretary Lloyd Austin’s secretive stay in hospital. It states Mr Austin underwent a medical procedure on December 22, went home a day later, and was admitted to intensive care on January 1 when he began experiencing severe pain. The latest information came as members of both parties […]
The US military’s X-37B space plane has blasted off on another secretive mission, expected to last at least a couple of years. Like previous missions, the reusable plane resembling a mini-space shuttle carried classified experiments. There is no-one on board. The space plane took off aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket from Nasa’s Kennedy Space Centre […]
The U.S. military’s X-37B space plane blasted off Thursday on another secretive mission that’s expected to last at least a couple of years. Like previous missions, the reusable plane resembling a mini space shuttle carried classified experiments. There’s no one on board. The space plane took off aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA’s Kennedy […]
By Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – After weeks of false starts and delays, SpaceX teams prepared again on Thursday to launch the military’s secretive X-37B robot spaceplane on its seventh mission, the first atop a rocket capable of delivering it to a higher orbit than ever before. The SpaceX Falcon […]
SpaceX’s hulking Falcon Heavy rocket will return to the skies Thursday evening, and this time it’s launching a mysterious spacecraft for the US military that will carry out cutting-edge research. The rocket is scheduled to lift off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 8:07 p.m. ET, carrying the military’s X-37B space plane — […]