Speaking to journalists, Bosso said they had tracked the kidnappers. “The drone actually showed us exactly their location. But our predicament is that with the intel we have… the camp is mined with IEDs [homemade bombs],” he said. Bulldozers and armoured vehicles are being deployed as police prepare for a rescue operation. Kidnapping for ransom
WASHINGTON — The top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee said Wednesday that he’s going to block a proposed sale of $2.8 billion in heavy weaponry to Israel over concerns that the powerful bombs may not be used in line with U.S. and international law. Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York said he would
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is planning to deliver powerful 2,000-pound bombs to Israel as part of an upcoming arms deal, weapons that prompted such concerns about the possibility of mass casualties in Gaza that the Biden administration paused their delivery two years ago. The $2.8 billion package includes 40,000 of the bombs, made up
Indonesia is in the throes of a wildfire catastrophe. Amid a so-called “Super El Niño” that has supercharged local drought conditions, thousands of active fire hotspots are spreading and multiplying across the country, fuelling a transnational haze crisis that is the region’s worst in more than a decade. But what makes Borneo’s fires particularly worrying
“The Dog Stars” couldn’t beat the heat during the dog days of summer and melted down over its opening weekend. Disney and 20th Century’s “The Dog Stars” opened to just $8 million domestically from 3,330 locations for a fifth-place finish. The post-apocalyptic thriller, which cost more than $80 million to produce, has not sat well
The rising sun bathes Herefordshire’s rolling hillsides in a warm glow as birds sing softly and sheep graze in the fields. But this rural idyll is shattered by the sound of explosions, followed by columns of smoke and deafening screams. Six camouflaged men rush to the scene and find a soldier screaming for help while
