DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, US president says ‘deadly strike’ in Nigeria targeted ISIL fighters who had killed ‘primarily, innocent Christians’. Published On 25 Dec 202525 Dec 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share The United States has carried out an air strike against ISIL (ISIS) fighters in northwest Nigeria, US President Donald Trump […]
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New Eastern Pacific strike on alleged drug boat kills 1, SOUTHCOM says
LONDON and WASHINGTON — U.S. Southern Command said in a statement late on Monday that a strike “at the direction” of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in the Eastern Pacific hit a vessel and killed one man it alleged to be a “narco-terrorist.” “Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a […]
BMA accused of hypocrisy as its own staff threaten strike over below-inflation pay rise | Trade unions
The British Medical Association is facing a strike over pay by its own clerical staff, prompting calls of hypocrisy as resident NHS doctors in England launch five days of strike action with the union’s backing. Talks between the BMA and the GMB union failed to come to a resolution on Tuesday, raising the prospect of […]
Staff strike forces Louvre to close doors to visitors
The Louvre museum in Paris was forced to close on Monday as its employees went on strike over working conditions and pay, leaving thousands of would-be visitors disappointed. The walkout at the world’s most visited museum in the French capital was earlier backed unanimously by some 400 staff, trade unions announced. They said understaffed museum […]
Drone strike on UN facility in war-torn Sudan leaves six peacekeepers dead | Sudan
A drone strike hit a United Nations facility in war-torn Sudan on Saturday, killing six peacekeepers, the UN secretary general António Guterres has said. The strike hit the peacekeeping logistics base in the city of Kadugli, in the central region of Kordofan, Guterres said in a statement. Eight other peacekeepers were wounded in the strike. […]
Doctor strike during flu outbreak would be ‘beyond belief’, says Starmer
EPA Sir Keir Starmer has urged resident doctors not to go ahead with “reckless” strikes planned for next week, saying it is “beyond belief” they could take place during a flu outbreak. The prime minister said the NHS is in its “most precarious moment” since the coronavirus pandemic due to soaring flu cases across the […]
Top Armed Services Dem says Sept. 2 strike video would show Republicans’ description ‘completely false’
The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee said Sunday that surveillance video of U.S. military strikes targeting an alleged drug trafficking vessel in the Caribbean Sea on Sept. 2 would contradict how Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and other Republicans have described it. “When they [the survivors] were finally taken out, they weren’t […]
Ukrainian city hit by ‘massive’ strike as peace talks in US conclude
Russia continued its aerial attacks on Ukraine overnight, hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had a “very constructive” phone call with Donald Trump’s negotiating team following three days of talks in Florida. The mayor of Kremenchuk, a major industrial hub in central Ukraine, said the city was repeatedly struck in a “massive” attack. […]
Family of Colombian man killed in U.S. strike files human rights challenge : NPR
The Pentagon is seen on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023, in Washington. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption toggle caption Carolyn Kaster/AP BOGOTA, Colombia — The family of a Colombian man has filed the first formal challenge to U.S. military strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats, arguing in a petition to the premier human rights watchdog in the Americas […]
Trump admin live updates: White House says Adm. Bradley gave order on 2nd drug boat strike
The Trump administration fired eight immigration judges on Monday, according to an official with the National Association of Immigration Judges. The judges who were dismissed worked at 26 Federal Plaza. Earlier on Monday, an immigration judge who was fired by the Trump administration in February filed a lawsuit against the Department of Justice, alleging she […]