– AFP – NOS News•today, 13:05 – carmen dorlo editor Online — carmen dorlo editor Online — — He was killed by a US drone strike in Kabul and the US previously placed a $25 million bounty on Ayman al-Zawahiri’s head. The Egyptian is seen as the man who, along with Osama Bin Laden, planned … Read more
– AFP/Al Jazeera – NOS News•today, 00:06 — The United States has killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan. US President Biden said in a press conference. “The terrorist leader is no more.” – Al-Zawahiri was killed in a drone attack carried out by US intelligence agency CIA on Saturday in the capital Kabul. It … Read more
– Reuters – NOS News•today, 02:54 — At least 2,000 people have been evacuated in the US state of California because of a wildfire that broke out last Friday. In two days, the fire, on the border with the state of Oregon, has grown to more than 207 square kilometers. This makes it the largest … Read more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wants the United States to officially recognize Russia as a country that supports terrorism. He said that Friday evening in a video message specifically addressed to the US. His request was in response to the alleged Russian attack on a prison camp in occupied territory. More than 50 Ukrainian prisoners of … Read more
– EPA – NOS News•yesterday, 22:08 — For the first time since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, the United States has had direct contact with Russia. US Secretary of State Blinken spoke by telephone with his counterpart Lavrov, among other things about that war. There was also talk of a possible prisoner exchange. … Read more
– AFP – NOS News•today, 20:56 — Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned his US counterpart Joe Biden not to “play with fire”. That warning relates to a possible visit to Taiwan by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. – Xi strongly opposes such a visit to what he believes to be a renegade Chinese province, … Read more
The United States and Saudi Arabia believe it is very important that Iran does not acquire nuclear weapons. This is stated in a joint statement released by the Saudi state news agency after President Joe Biden’s visit. Biden has resumed negotiations to revive the Iran nuclear deal. So far they have been unsuccessful. Biden’s predecessor, … Read more
69-year-old Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero has been arrested in the state of Chihuahua. This is reported by government sources. After years in prison, Caro Quintero was released in 2013. Shortly afterwards, he went into hiding. He is suspected of being behind the murder of an employee of the American anti-drug unit DEA. In … Read more
– AFP – NOS News•today, 20:19•Amended today, 20:42 — The American space agency NASA and its Russian counterpart Roskosmos have reached a new agreement on joint flights to the International Space Station. As a result, Americans can continue to fly in Russian Soyuz capsules and Russians can travel on American spacecraft. – Space is one … Read more
The United States Supreme Court recently abolished the nationwide right to abortion. That means American women are dependent on the state in which they live whether they are allowed to have an abortion or not. New York now wants to enshrine the right to abortion and contraception in state law, reports the Volkskrant† A bill … Read more