Category: Nations
2nd assassination attempt against Trump sparks concerns 45 is still in danger: experts
Fox News Former President Donald Trump has faced two known assassination attempts against his life across a roughly two-month span, and he may still be in danger of others, experts warned Fox News Digital. “This is not the last attempt that there’ll be. They’re going to keep coming at him,” Gene Petrino, a retired SWAT…
Read MoreTrump has ‘presidential level’ Secret Service protection, lawmakers told
Fox News Former President Trump had presidential-level security in place when officers foiled an attempt on his life last weekend, the U.S. Secret Service told lawmakers on Wednesday. The House task force probing the July 13 shooting at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, received a briefing from USSS after the incident at the ex-president’s…
Read MoreIsraeli army attacks Hezbollah targets in Lebanon — press service
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The Hezbollah movement “has turned southern Lebanon into a warzone” and for decades has used civilians there “as human shields,” the IDF reported https://tass.com/world/1845361
Read MoreIDF announces fallen soldiers Nael Fwarsy, and Tomer Keren killed in Israel’s North
Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-820912
Read MoreTaliban say Afghanistan will now rely only on Sharia law
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The supreme leader said that the negotiation process with the US in Doha was based on Sharia, “not a single step in these negotiations was taken against religion” https://tass.com/world/1845353
Read MoreTwo-thirds of Abrams tanks in Ukraine already destroyed — Russia’s deputy OSCE envoy
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. As Maxim Buyakevich noted, the discussion is afoot in the West about the possibility of using high-accuracy long-range weapons against facilities deep inside Russian territory https://tass.com/politics/1845349
Read MoreIsrael Launches Airstrikes Against Hezbollah Targets in Lebanon
Wall Street Journal The attack came as the militant group’s leader said two days of pager and walkie-talkie explosions amounted to a declaration of war. https://www.wsj.com/articles/israel-launches-airstrikes-against-hezbollah-targets-in-lebanon-53438bc3
Read MoreAfter Trump Assassination Attempts, Congress Debates Secret Service Funding
New York Times Virtually everyone on Capitol Hill agrees that the Secret Service needs to do a better job. But Democrats and Republicans are at odds over whether to increase the agency’s budget. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/19/us/politics/secret-service-funding-congress.html
Read MoreRussian Industry Ministry does not rule out restricting strategic raw materials exports
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. First Deputy Minister Vasily Osmakov noted that the regulator develops measures to counter sanctions pressure on Russia https://tass.com/economy/1845343
Read MoreCross-strait same-sex marriages can be registered in Taiwan: MAC
Taipei, Sept. 19 (CNA) The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) announced Thursday that from that day, Taiwan-China same-sex couples married in a third country can register their marriage in Taiwan, marking a step closer to full marriage equality in the first country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage. https://focustaiwan.tw/cross-strait/202409190030
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