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Authorities and volunteers respond to a Mexican Navy plane crash near Galveston, Texas, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025
Five dead after plane carrying child burns victim crashes in Texas
MEXICO CITY — At least five people have been killed after a Mexican Navy plane crashed in foggy conditions near Galveston, Texas on Monday while transporting a child burns victim.According to flight tracking website Flight Radar, the plane was last recorded at 15:01 local time (21:01 GMT) over Galveston Bay, near Scholes International Airport.The aircraft was taking part in a medical mission on behalf of the Michou y Mau Foundation, which provides care to Mexican children with severe burns.Mexico's Secretariat of the Navy said one person remains missing and two others were rescued alive.Video footage shared with AP news agency showed the wreckage of the plane in the water, with witnesses and police officers seen entering the water to search the debris.Sky Decker, a local yacht...
December 23, 2025

Five dead after plane carrying child burns victim crashes in Texas

The US military conducted a strike against a “low-profile vessel” allegedly trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday
US strikes vessel in eastern Pacific, killing 1
WASHINGTON — The US military conducted a strike against a “low-profile vessel” allegedly trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday, killing one person, according to US Southern Command.“On Dec. 22, at the direction of @SecWar Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a low-profile vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters,” SOUTHCOM wrote on X.SOUTHCOM added no US service members were harmed in the strike.At least 105 people have now been killed in strikes on suspected drug boats as part of a campaign, dubbed Operation Southern Spear, that the Trump administration has said is aimed at curtailing narcotics trafficking. The US military most recently struck two alleged drug-trafficking boats...
December 23, 2025

US strikes vessel in eastern Pacific, killing 1

US intercepts an oil tanker off Venezuela
Trump says US is pursuing third oil tanker linked to Venezuela
WASHINGTON — The US Coast Guard is still pursuing a vessel in international waters near Venezuela as tensions in the region escalate, President Donald Trump has confirmed."We're actually pursuing" the tanker, Trump said on Monday. "It came out of Venezuela and it was sanctioned". US authorities have already seized two oil tankers this month - one of them on Saturday.The Trump administration has accused Venezuela of using oil money to fund drug-related crime, while Venezuela has described the tanker seizures as "piracy".The current chase is related to a "sanctioned dark fleet vessel that is part of Venezuela's illegal sanctions evasion", a US official told the BBC's partner CBS News.Late on Saturday the US Coast Guard approached an oil tanker, which US officials said was...
December 23, 2025

Trump says US is pursuing third oil tanker linked to Venezuela

US Attorney General Pam Bondi
US lawmakers threaten legal action against Pam Bondi over unreleased Epstein material
WASHINGTON — A pair of US lawmakers have threatened legal action against US Attorney General Pam Bondi, after her deadline to release all government files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was met only in part.The release of the Department of Justice (DoJ) documents was highly anticipated but in the end, only a portion of the available material was made public.A leading campaigner on the issue, Republican congressman Thomas Massie, said he could try to bring contempt proceedings against the attorney general as a result.The DoJ insists it is complying with its legal obligations, and Bondi herself has said she is part of "the most transparent administration in American history".The phrase "Epstein files" refer to the trove of information that was amassed by the US...
December 22, 2025

US lawmakers threaten legal action against Pam Bondi over unreleased Epstein material

A US military helicopter flies over the Panama-flagged Centuries, which was intercepted by the US Coast Guard, days after President Donald Trump announced a blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezu
US pursuing another tanker ship near Venezuela amid Trump blockade
WASHINGTON — The US is pursuing a vessel in international waters near Venezuela on Sunday after attempting to intercept it, a US official said, as President Donald Trump’s administration tightens its crackdown on the country’s oil industry.The tanker, called Bella 1, was sailing toward Venezuela to pick up oil. It is under US sanctions for links to Iranian oil. American officials view it as part of the shadow fleet that transports oil from sanctioned nations, and a warrant had been issued for its seizure.When US Coast Guard personnel attempted to board the ship, however, the vessel kept sailing, the official said, leading to the pursuit.The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing operation.“The United States Coast Guard is in active pursuit of a...
December 22, 2025

US pursuing another tanker ship near Venezuela amid Trump blockade

Jordan confirms participation in US strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria
DAMASCUS — Jordan confirmed on Saturday that its air force took part in US-led military strikes against Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria, carried out in retaliation for the killing of three US citizens earlier this month. In a statement, the Jordanian Armed Forces said Royal Jordanian Air Force jets participated in “precise airstrikes” targeting multiple IS positions in southern Syria. Jordan is a member of the international coalition fighting IS, which now includes Syria. The strikes were launched on Friday by the United States following an attack near Palmyra on Dec. 13, in which two US soldiers and an American civilian interpreter were killed. Three additional US troops were wounded in the attack. U.S. Central Command said its forces struck more than 70 targets across central...
December 20, 2025

Jordan confirms participation in US strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria

US releases initial tranche of Jeffrey Epstein files amid criticism over redactions
WASHINGTON — The US Department of Justice has released an initial batch of documents related to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, following a congressional mandate requiring the full disclosure of the files by Friday. The release includes photographs, videos and investigative records, but has drawn criticism from Democrats and some Republicans after the Justice Department said it would not meet the deadline for releasing all documents. Many of the thousands of pages made public were heavily redacted, with some files entirely blacked out. The first tranche names and depicts several high-profile figures, including former US President Bill Clinton, Britain’s Prince Andrew, and musicians Mick Jagger and Michael Jackson. Being named or appearing in the files does not imply wrongdoing, and...
December 20, 2025

US releases initial tranche of Jeffrey Epstein files amid criticism over redactions

Peter Arnett
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Peter Arnett, who reported on Vietnam and Gulf wars, dead at 91
LOS ANGELES — Peter Arnett, a renowned journalist whose coverage of multiple conflicts earned him a Pulitzer Prize, has died at 91.Arnett spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from the rice paddies of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq.He died in Newport Beach, California, on Wednesday, surrounded by friends and family, according to his son Andrew Arnett. The cause of death was prostate cancer, his daughter Elsa confirmed.Arnett was originally from New Zealand. He dropped out of high school before starting his work as a journalist, which eventually led him to a position with the Associated Press.Arnett began his work in war zones in 1960, when he wrote about a coup in Laos and reportedly swam across the Mekong River to neighboring Thailand in...
December 19, 2025

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Peter Arnett, who reported on Vietnam and Gulf wars, dead at 91

A person dressed head to toe in black is seen walking along a pavement, with a blue ring drawn around them
Suspect in Brown University and MIT shootings found dead
SALEM — The suspect ‍in ​last week's ‌mass shooting at Brown University has been found dead in a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire, following a six-day multi-state manhunt, police say.They identified the suspect as Claudio Neves Valente, 48, a Portuguese national who studied at the university in Providence, Rhode Island, about 25 years ago.Providence police chief Oscar Perez said video evidence and tips from the public led investigators to a car-rental location where they found the suspect's name and matched him to their person of interest.Officials said they also believe Valente killed a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor two days after the 13 December shooting at Brown.Authorities have not suggested a motive for either attack.Brown University...
December 19, 2025

Suspect in Brown University and MIT shootings found dead

The US Southern Command released new video of showing a lethal strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat operated on December 18, 2025
US strikes 2 more boats in the Pacific Ocean, killing 5
WASHINGTON — The US military conducted strikes against two alleged drug-trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Thursday, killing 5 people, according to US Southern Command.At least 104 people have now been killed in US strikes on alleged drug boats, and Thursday’s attack marks the third this week.“On Dec. 18, at the direction of @SecWar Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted lethal kinetic strikes on two vessels operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters,” SOUTHCOM wrote on X, adding that no US service members were harmed in the strikes.On Monday, the US killed 8 people in strikes on three alleged drug-trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific, and the US killed 4 people in a strike on a single boat on Wednesday.The strikes on...
December 19, 2025

US strikes 2 more boats in the Pacific Ocean, killing 5

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