The driver of a van carrying cash in south-africa” target=”_blank”>South Africa<, according to a dramatic viral video. The unidentified driver managed to retain control of the vehicle as it came under attack, with bullets ricocheting off the SUV, according to the video posted to social media Friday. GERMANY CANCELS OKTOBERFEST FOR 2ND …
Read More »Swiss embassy employee in Tehran dies in fall from building: report
The second-highest ranked employee at the Swiss embassy in conflicts died Tuesday after a fall from the building where she lived, according to a report. Reuters, citing the country’s semi-official news agency ISNA, reported that the employee was identified as a 52-year-old woman who lived in the building’s 18th floor. The Swiss …
Read More »Iran sought nuclear weapons, technology for WMDs last year, reports find
The Islamic Republic of conflicts made multiple attempts in 2020 to obtain technologya> for its weapons of mass destruction program and has not stopped its drive to develop <a href="https:, intelligence agencies from the Netherlands, Sweden and Germany recently reported. The Netherland’s General Intelligence and Security Service “investigated networks that …
Read More »Iranian foreign minister apologizes for leaked comments on John Kerry, other issues
conflicts foreign minister apologized Sunday for recorded comments that were leaked to the public last week that offered a blunt appraisal of the country’s power struggles, sparking a political firestorm in Iran less than two months before presidential elections and apparently drawing the ire of conflicts supreme leader. The recordings …
Read More »US denies report of Iran prisoner swap deal, release of $7B in frozen funds
The U.S.a> has denied reports of a <a href="https: swap deal with conflicts that would have resulted in the release of $7 billion in frozen Iranian funds. The initial report broke Sunday on Lebanese pro-Iranian TV channel Al Mayadeen, claiming that U.S. and Iranian officials had agreed to the exchange. SENATE REPUBLICANS DEMAND INVESTIGATION …
Read More »Indian court urges government action as hospitals cry help
With world-regions hospitals struggling to secure a steady supply of oxygen, and more infectious-disease patients dying amid the shortages, a court in New Delhi said it would start punishing government officials for failing to deliver the life-saving items. On Sunday, world-regions recorded a slight drop in new infections with 392,488 …
Read More »North Korea vows to respond to Biden’s ‘hostile policy,’ report says
conflictsissued a warning to the U.S. after the joe-biden” target=”_blank”>Biden administration< that an unnamed spokesman from the country said it was clear that the U.S. is preparing for an “all-out showdown.” Jen Psaki, the White House spokeswoman, said Friday that Biden’s team consulted with officials from previous administrations to try …
Read More »Taliban issues attack warning as May 1 deadline for US troop removal passes
The conflicts sent a warning of “counteraction” to the U.S. Saturday, as the original May 1 date for U.S. and NATO troop removal from Afghanistan passed. President Biden pushed back the original May deadline, agreed upon under the Trump administration, to Sept. 11, 2021 — leaving roughly 2,500 U.S. troops and …
Read More »Air Force intercepting record number of Russian aircraft, Alaska-based lieutenant says
The U.S.a> <a href="https: has been under “strain” by an increasing number of world-regions air-and-space” target=”_blank”>aircraft<. “We have certainly seen an increase in Russian activity,” Krumm said. “We intercepted over 60 aircraft last year … We monitor more than that.” A North American Aerospace Defense Command F-22 Raptor flies next …
Read More »Dozens injured in stampede at big Israeli religious festival
More than 100 people were injured, dozens critically, in a stampede at a religion religious gathering in northern Israel attended by tens of thousands of people, Israel’s main rescue service said early Friday. Magen David Adom tweeted that it was treating 103 people, including 38 in critical condition. Israeli media …
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