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U.S.-Afghan forces take down top al-Qaeda leaders

An Afghan official says a joint U.S. and Afghan military operation in eastern Paktika province killed two al-Qaeda linked leaders and led to the capture of a third. Paktika provincial governor’s spokesman Mohammad Rahman Ayaz says the battle in a remote mountainous region on the border with Pakistan’s North Waziristan… Read More

Suspected ‘chainsaw terrorist’ caught without a fight

The suspect in a chainsaw attack on a health insurer’s office in Switzerland was carrying a bag with two crossbows when he was detained, but didn’t resist arrest, police and prosecutors said Wednesday. Suspect Franz Wrousis was arrested Tuesday evening in Thalwil, a lakeside town south of Zurich and some… Read More

Iranian president threatens Trump over missile sanctions

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday his country will respond if a bill in the U.S. Congress imposing sanctions on people involved in Iran’s ballistic missile program becomes law. The House of Representatives passed the bill on Tuesday and it now goes to the Senate. Without giving details, Rouhani said… Read More

Girl and her father fined…for selling lemonade!?

A British man and his young daughter have gained international attention for being fined for selling lemonade. Andre Spicer said his 5-year-old daughter was left in tears after local council officers fined her 150 pounds ($195) for selling lemonade without a license near their home in London. The girl was… Read More

U.S. Navy pilot: Chinese fighter jet was ‘unsafe’

The pilot of a U.S. Navy EP-3 surveillance plane took evasive action to avoid possible collision with a Chinese fighter jet during an encounter off the Korean peninsula, a Pentagon spokesman said Monday. The spokesman, Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, said two Chinese J-10 fighters intercepted the U.S. plane Sunday in… Read More

U.S. Coast Guard set to respond to N. Korean missile tests

The U.S. will conduct as soon as next weekend another test of a missile defense system meant to counter threats from North Korea. The launch from Alaska’s Kodiak Island is scheduled to occur at the Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska, according to a U.S. Coast Guard notice. Mariners are advised to remain… Read More

Insanity! Five people hospitalized in chainsaw attack

An unkempt man armed with a chainsaw wounded five people Monday at an insurance office in the northern Swiss city of Schaffhausen and then fled, police said. A manhunt was on for him. Police were alerted to the attack at 10:39 a.m. (0839 GMT). Five people were taken to the… Read More

Outrage! Iran accuses U.S. of corrupt nuke dealings

A senior Iranian official is accusing the United States of not living up to its side of the nuclear agreement that Washington and five other world powers signed with Tehran, saying it is trying “scare off” foreign companies from doing business with the Islamic Republic. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas… Read More

Revealed! CIA plots Kim Jong Un “regime change”

President Donald Trump has officially had it with North Korean Dictator Kim Jong Un, and he’s finally taking action. CIA Director Mike Pompeo offered tough words to Un Thursday when talking about the growing nuclear stockpile in North Korea. “It would be a great thing to denuclearize the peninsula, to… Read More

Austria to Italy: ‘Stop sending refugees to mainland!’

Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz on Thursday urged his Italian counterpart not to allow migrants arriving by boat to Italy’s islands to travel on to the mainland, declaring that “being saved in the Mediterranean cannot be connected with a ticket to Central Europe.” After meeting with Italy’s Angelino Alfano, Kurz… Read More