The United States military shot down an Iranian drone on Tuesday that had approached the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea, officials said, marking a significant escalation amid ongoing diplomatic efforts to resume nuclear talks with Tehran. The Shahed-139 drone, described by the US military as flying “with unclear intent,” was intercepted by […]
Syrian government forces entered the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli on Tuesday as part of a deal agreed last week to gradually integrate the Kurds’ forces and institutions into the state, days after entering the mixed Kurdish-Arab city of Hasakeh and the countryside around the town of Kobane. Kurdish forces have ceded swathes of territory to […]
The United Arab Emirates urged Iran and the United States on Tuesday to use the resumption of nuclear talks this week to resolve a standoff that has led to mutual threats of air strikes, emphasizing that the Middle East does not need another war. Iran and the United States will discuss Iran’s nuclear programme on […]
Jeffrey Epstein denied he was the “devil” and insisted he was only the lowest level of sexual predator in a video interview included in the latest release of files by US authorities. The interview, which lasts around two hours, was conducted by President Donald Trump’s former adviser Steve Bannon. It appears to be filmed in […]
Finland is building a new fleet of icebreakers for the US but President Donald Trump’s plans for Greenland, which he covets, and tense US-EU ties have raised concerns over the deal. The US coast guard currently operates three ageing vessels. In October, Trump and Helsinki announced that the United States coast guard will procure 11 […]