Several thousand women marched in the capital of Belarus on Saturday waving flags, flowers and balloons in the latest in a series of anti-government protests that have gripped the country since a disputed presidential election this month.
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Turkey Attacks U.S.-allied Kurds in Syria: Thousands Flee, Hundreds Reported Dead
Turkey pounded Kurdish militia in northeast Syria for a second day on Thursday, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee and killing at least dozens of people in a cross-border assault on U.S. allies that has turned the Washington establishment against President Donald Trump.
At Least 44 People Killed, 130 Wounded When Brutal Air Strike Hits Migrant Detention Center in Libya
An air strike hit a detention center for mainly African migrants in a suburb of the Libyan capital Tripoli late on Tuesday, killing at least 44 people and wounding more than 130, the United Nations said.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg Says Trump’s Tough Talk to Allies ‘is Having an Impact’ With Organization on Track for $100 Billion Boost
President Donald Trump “is committed to NATO” and deserves credit in obtaining $100 billion more in defense spending for the alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, the secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, said Sunday.
Trump’s Evolving Foreign Policy Presents Challenge to Pompeo
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — If Mike Pompeo was surprised, he didn’t show it. But the secretary of state had woken up in the capital of Saudi Arabia on Monday to find that President Donald Trump had tweeted a threat to NATO ally Turkey warning […]
WATCH: Former President George H.W. Bush Dies at Age 94
HOUSTON (AP) — George H.W. Bush, a patrician New Englander whose presidency soared with the coalition victory over Iraq in Kuwait, but then plummeted in the throes of a weak economy that led voters to turn him out of office after a single term, has […]
Retired Air Force General Roger Brady Says Soldiers Are More Religious but the Military Is More Cautious About Faith
The issue of religious tolerance has created challenging times for the United States military. All the service branches are trying to protect the rights of both those with religious beliefs and those with none. The choices made by military leaders exist in a pressure-packed environment […]
U.S. Gen. Scott Miller Survives Taliban Attack in Afghanistan That Killed Three Top Afghan Leaders and Wounded Two Americans
Three top provincial leaders – including the governor and a fearsome police chief – were killed and two Americans injured Thursday in an inside attack by Afghan bodyguards at a security conference in Kandahar. Army Gen. Scott Miller, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, was […]
UK is Practicing Cyber War Games That Could Black Out Moscow
British defense officials say they have practiced cyber war games that could shut off electricity in Russia’s capital, the Sunday Times (paywall) reports.
White House Turns Down Turkey’s Trade Offer to Release Pastor Andrew Brunson
The Trump White House has turned down an offer from the Turkish government to release imprisoned evangelical pastor Andrew Brunson.
Turkey’s President Erdogan Dismisses Threat of U.S. Sanctions, Refuses to Release American Pastor
Turkey’s president said his government would not back down and was willing to “go its own way” if the United States imposes sanctions over an American pastor who is being tried on espionage and terror-related charges.
Mike Pence Says He Spoke With Jailed Pastor Andrew Brunson, Threatened Turkey With Sanctions if He Isn’t Released
Vice President Mike Pence said Thursday that he has spoken with jailed pastor Andrew Brunson and warned Turkish leaders that if they don’t release the church leader the country will face “significant sanctions,” a promise President Donald Trump has seconded.
