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by Olivia HAMPTON Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — As a US strike group led by an aircraft carrier steamed toward the Korean peninsula Sunday, a senior official said President Donald Trump has asked to be provided with a range of options for eliminating the North Korean nuclear threat. The US naval move will certainly raise tensions in the region and comes hard on the heels of a US cruise missile strike on […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — The United States strikes ordered by President Donald Trump against a Syrian air base Friday inflict further “considerable damage” to US-Russia relations, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said, according to Russian news agencies. “This step by Washington inflicts considerable damage to US-Russia relations, which are already in a lamentable state,” Peskov said.
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin considers the United States strike on a Syrian airbase early Friday as an “aggression against a sovereign state,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said, according to Russian agencies. “President Putin considers American strikes on Syria aggression against a sovereign state in violation of international norms, and under an invented pretext,” Peskov was reported as saying.
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — The US military strike on a Syrian airbase has caused several deaths, said the governor of Homs province where the Shayrat base is located. “There are martyrs, but we don’t yet know the number either of martyrs or of wounded,” Talal Barazi told AFP by telephone. He said parts of the base were on fire and some of the wounded were suffering from burns. “It will take some time to determine the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (February 20) – Jeepneys or Jeeps were originally used by American soldiers during the World War II as a military vehicle. As the war ended, Americans left it in the country and enterprising Filipinos modified it – allowing the lowly jeep to become the king of the road. The crowded seating was soon overshadowed by how it was artistically adorned – soon the jeep became an iconic representation of Filipino pop culture. Not […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A US strike against a senior Al-Qaeda leader in Afghanistan in October also killed two other senior operatives, the Pentagon said Monday. The Defense Department had already announced the death of Farouq al-Qahtani, Al-Qaeda’s emir for northeastern Afghanistan, who was killed in the October 23 drone strike in Kunar province. On Monday, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook confirmed the strike also killed Bilal al-Utabi, Qahtani’s deputy, as well as Abd […]
by Maureen COFFLARD Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – From trains and planes to parcels, British workers are gearing for the festive season with a string of strikes, rounding off a year of action that began with an unprecedented walkout by doctors. Hundreds of thousands of commuters were on Friday left stranded for the third day this week after staff on Southern Rail, which runs trains from southern England into London, stopped work. […]
