President Biden has put a date certain on the U.S. military‘s withdrawal from its 20-year mission in Afghanistan, but that might be the only thing certain about Afghanistan‘s short- and long-term future. White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan insisted Sunday that the U.S. military and intelligence agencies will be able to closely monitor any …
U.S. to monitor Afghanistan after troop withdrawal Read More »
Former President Donald Trump said Sunday that President Biden should withdraw troops from Afghanistan before September and not use the sacred date of Sept. 11 as the deadline. “I wish Joe Biden wouldn’t use September 11th as the date to withdraw our troops from Afghanistan,” Mr. Trump said. “September 11th represents a very sad event …
Donald Trump blasts Biden Sept. 11 Afghanistan withdrawal deadline Read More »
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) – Gunmen on motorcycles attacked a village near Niger‘s troubled border with Mali, shooting at people as they prayed at the mosque during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and killing 19 people, officials said Sunday. The attack took place Saturday evening in the village of Gaigorou in Niger‘s Tillaberi region, which …
Suspected Islamic militants kill 19 people in Niger village Read More »
A 36-year-old Brazilian man caught jumping the border over the weekend pointed to an 8-year-old girl with him and claimed she was his daughter. Agents didn’t believe him. After questioning the two immigrants, they realized their stories didn’t match up. The man then admitted he was a friend of the child’s mother in Brazil and …
SAN DIEGO (AP) – Marines are training in seafaring tanks for the first time since nine men died when when one of the troop carriers sank off the Southern California coast during an exercise last summer, a newspaper reported. The Marine Corps’ fleet of the amphibious assault vehicles was suspended from all water training following …
Marine tanks back in water after deadly accident last year Read More »
