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Malta navy rescues 75 migrants clinging to tuna pen
May 30, 2019 (AFP)
The rescue took place off the Libyan coast late Wednesday and the migrants will be brought to Malta, the Maltese military said in a statement. It said it had co...
Italy, Malta rescue stricken migrants in Mediterranean
May 30, 2019 (AFP)
The Italian navy said that it rescued "100 people, including 17 women and 23 minors, with health checks underway". Only a few of the migrants had a lifejacket, ...
Military to set up tents for migrants on US-Mexico border
May 23, 2019 (AFP)
Military personnel will erect the tents, but the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will run the camps, a statement by Pentagon spokesman Major Chris Miller ...
Bolsonaro revises decree, bans Brazilians carrying assault weapons
May 22, 2019 (AFP)
Eligible "common citizens" will be allowed to carry handguns but not rifles, the government said in a statement, admitting the change was in response to public ...
Ramadan struggle in cyclone-hit Mozambique island
May 15, 2019 (AFP)
The island on the Quirimbas archipelago off Mozambique's northeastern coast was one of the regions worst hit when Cyclone Kenneth struck last month packing wind...
Pentagon may send tents to house migrants at US-Mexico border
May 15, 2019 (AFP)
Department of Defense spokesman Chris Mitchell said the Pentagon had received a request from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) "to construct temporary f...
Just a small increase in precipitation could cause widespread road outages
May 15, 2019 (UPI)
"The road system, identified as one important, critical infrastructure system, is capable of moving people and goods and providing essential function to modern ...
Glassy menagerie of particles in beach sands near Hiroshima is fallout debris
May 14, 2019 (SPX)
Wannier, who is now retired, had been comparing biological debris in beach sands from different areas in an effort to gauge the health of local and regional mar...
Italy takes in migrants rescued by navy, but not charity ship
May 10, 2019 (AFP)
Thirty-six people were plucked from a floundering boat off Libya on Thursday after they were spotted by a navy boat patrolling as part of an Italian operation t...
Pentagon assigns another $1.5 bn for border wall
May 10, 2019 (AFP)
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has agreed to take charge of the replacement of 78 miles (125 kilometers) of fencing on the southern frontier in Arizo...
Bolsonaro's decree allows millions of Brazilians to carry guns
May 09, 2019 (AFP)
Pro-gun Bolsonaro, whose tough-on-crime rhetoric helped get him elected last year, signed the controversial order on Tuesday, but the full text was only release...
Italian navy ship rescues 36 migrants off Libya
May 09, 2019 (AFP)
The Cigala Fulgosi patrol vessel picked up the group from a makeshift craft around 75 nautical miles off the Libyan coast as part of Italy's "Mare Sicuro" ("Saf...
Amid plague of US mass shootings, 'heroes' emerge
May 09, 2019 (AFP)
Kendrick Castillo became the latest example of this bravery after the 18-year-old confronted one of the gunmen who attacked his school outside Denver on Tuesday...
AFRL Technology Employed By U.S. Coast Guard To Rescue Stranded Ice Fishermen
May 08, 2019 (SPX)
ATAK is a tool that supports situational awareness, communication and information sharing. Developed by AFRL scientists and engineers in 2010, Special Operation...
Mexico president says no to US security plan
May 07, 2019 (AFP)
Launched in 2008, the Merida Initiative aims to combat drug trafficking with US military equipment, technical support and training for security forces in Mexico...
Jihadist attacks threaten relief efforts in cyclone-hit Mozambique
May 04, 2019 (AFP)
"Alleged terrorists attacked Ntapuala and Banga Velha villages in the Macomia district where they killed a teacher who was on a motorcycle and burned three othe...
Praise for India's response to devastating cyclone
May 04, 2019 (AFP)
Cyclone Fani, one of the biggest to hit India in years, tore into Odisha Friday, leaving a trail of devastation across the coastal state of 46 million people be...
What next for cyclone-hit Mozambique?
May 02, 2019 (AFP)
As relief efforts continue, Birgit Holm, director of the Mozambican non-governmental development organisation ADPP, discusses the impoverished southern African ...
Pentagon to send 320 more troops to US-Mexico border
Apr 30, 2019 (AFP)
The troops, set to deploy until the end of September, will add to around 2,900 active duty military and 2,000 National Guard members currently posted to the bor...
Ukraine says radiation levels safe after nuclear plant fire
Apr 30, 2019 (AFP)
The fire, which was extinguished within an hour, began late Monday at the Rivne nuclear power station in western Ukraine, around 300 kilometres (190 miles) from...
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