Two US army soldiers were injured in a helicopter crash at the Fort Riley military base in Kansas earlier this week, the latest in a series of airborne mishaps among army aviators, local US media have reported. The hospitalized soldiers were members of the Army’s 1st Infantry Division, public affairs …
Read More »Iran sends 2nd notice to US over Gen. Soleimani assassination
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has sent a second official notice to the US administration, seeking arbitration over the 2020 assassination of Iran’s top anti-terror commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani. Tavakkol Habibzadeh, the head of center for Iranian President’s Legal and International Affairs, made the announcement on Monday, saying the second …
Read More »Thousands of U.S. Healthcare Workers Go on Strike
Picketing began Wednesday at Kaiser Permanente hospitals as some 75,000 healthcare workers went on strike in Virginia, California and three other states over wages and staffing shortages, marking the latest major labor unrest in the United States. Kaiser Permanente is one of the country’s larger insurers and healthcare system operators, …
Read More »U.S. Mass Killings on Record Pace
Texas — At least eight people were killed after the driver of a vehicle plowed into a crowd of migrants on Sunday outside a center that serves homeless people in this city near the border with Mexico, the authorities said. Seven of the people who were struck “were dead on …
Read More »Chomsky: Harming Iran’s Economy Has Been U.S. Goal for 40 Years
U.S. sanctions have severely harmed the Iranian economy, incidentally causing enormous suffering, according to American writer, academic and political analyst Noam Chomsky. But harming the Iranian economy has been the U.S. goal for over 40 years, the analyst said. Chomsky made the remarks on Iran in an exclusive interview with …
Read More »‘Betrayal’: U.S. Says MBS Has Immunity in Khashoggi Case
The U.S. government recommended on Thursday that Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman was immune from legal action over the 2018 murder of a dissident journalist, according to court documents. Prince Muhammad was named prime minister by royal decree in late September, sparking suggestions he was looking to skirt exposure …
Read More »Russia: U.S. Has Lowered ‘Nuclear Threshold’
Russia said on Saturday that the accelerated deployment of modernized U.S. B61 tactical nuclear weapons at NATO bases in Europe would lower the “nuclear threshold” and that Russia would take the move into account in its military planning. The Ukraine war has triggered the gravest confrontation between Moscow and the …
Read More »New Reuters/Ipsos Survey Finds: Americans Worried About Intimidation at Polls
Two in five U.S. voters say they are worried about threats of violence or voter intimidation at polling stations during the country’s midterm elections, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. So far no violence has been reported at any early voting centers or ballot drop-off locations ahead of the Nov. …
Read More »Bird Flu Kills Record Number of Poultry in U.S.
A near-record number of U.S. chickens and turkeys have died in this year’s outbreak of avian flu, as a different form of the virus than farmers battled before has infected more wild birds that then transmit the disease, officials said. More than 47 million birds have died due to infections …
Read More »USA’s officials: Iran nuclear talks at dead end
The Biden administration’s negotiations with Iran over a revamped version of the 2015 nuclear deal have hit a dead end, USA’s officials informed Congress during a classified briefing. A deal seemed within reach earlier this month as USA’s officials presented Iran with a proposal that would significantly unwind economic sanctions. …
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