The fate of a New York woman who says she was tricked as a teenager by her father into traveling to Syria and marrying a member of the Islamic State group rests in the hands of the Brooklyn jury after her lawyer implored it on Thursday to find that she never received weapons training. “Find
When it comes to buying a home, many people pay a premium for privacy. But one new listing Carlton, Kansas, takes the cake. For a measly $1.6 million, someone can call a converted Cold War Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) silo home. Though the site sits on 18.2 acres of rural grassland, nearly the entire
Billionaire technology investor Peter Thiel said he’s skeptical of the US war with Iran and does not believe the United States should have launched it, putting the major Republican donor at odds with President Donald Trump over one of the administration’s defining foreign policy decisions, POLITICO reported. Thiel’s remarks, delivered on October 12 at a
Russia is “ready in principle” to resume talks with the US and Ukraine on ending the conflict, Vladimir Putin’s top aide has said. Yuriy Ushakov was speaking after Putin met US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff in the Russian city of St Petersburg. Kyiv has been pressing Moscow for an immediate resumption of
Last month’s announcement from the Dutch central bank that it was moving gold from North America to Europe added to the trend of a global redistribution of reserves. The New York Fed has long served as the custodian of the gold on behalf the U.S. government, foreign governments, other central banks, and official international organizations.
President Donald Trump is still playing hardball with Russia, according to US Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright. Wright defended Trump’s decision to waive sanctions on Russia during a Sunday interview on CNN’s “State of the Union with Jake Tapper and Dana Bash.” In September, Trump signed into law a sanctions package targeting Russian officials
